The Rotary Club of
San Juan, Puerto Rico
The oldest continuously operating club in the world south of the Tropic of Cancer.
Chartered 1918
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March 27, 2018
 
 
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The next meeting will be held on March 27 in the AFDA CLUB.
 
SPEAKER: Nancy Alicea-Cabrera, Program Officer for VALOR de FEMA. "How to help people who do not qualify for regular FEMA aid."
 
INVOCATION:          Juanita Valentin Morris
ATTENDANCE:        Frank Earle
DOOR PRIZE:         Bob Schneider
SOUND SYSTEM:   John Ferrandino
PHOTOGRAPHER: Gerry Cumpiano
 
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President Kenneth McGrath Message

This past week we were fortunate to have Rotarian PDG Shab El Awar and his wife, President Bricia of the San Bernardino Sunset Club, visit with us for a full week.  Shab and Bricia travel the world for Rotary spreading their knowledge about Global Grants.  They made Puerto Rico their third stop on their trip, previously visiting Nepal and Mexico.  Shab was kind enough to spend an afternoon with members of the Relief Committee and a few board members to guide us through the process of obtaining the funding for a Global Grant.  They also signed an agreement with our club to become “sister clubs” providing support and guidance to us to process future Global Grants.  Our club has several potential projects which would qualify for matched funding from other Rotary clubs and Rotary International including water supply and purification, education, and training.  RI has identified six areas of focus which would allow a project to be considered for a Global Grant.  They are:  Promoting Peace; Fighting Disease; Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene; Saving mothers and children; Supporting Education: and Growing Local Economies.  Our club will be focusing on projects in these areas of focus as we transition from providing immediate help to the neediest of communities in Puerto Rico, to projects that will be sustainable over a longer period of time.

Ken

100th ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE

The 100th Anniversary Committee, consisting of Past Presidents, will meet on Tuesday, March 27, at 11:00 AM in the AFDA Club.

A PERIOD OF SILENCE

Was held in memory of the Mother and Father of Rotarian Vilma Colon.  Both parents passed away earlier this month.  Our thoughts and prayers are with Vilma and her family.

CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS IN March

 

4-Oscar Castro; 5-Keith Olson; 6-George McMurray; 9-Dottie Hill & Carola Schropp; 11-Hallee Patterson; 16-Tony Miodonka; 21-Anita Roberts; 24-Patricia Schneider & Mainon Schwartz; 25-Ricardo Betancourt; 26-Jennifer Bates; 28-John Hammel & Armand Pique.

 

Be sure to sit at the Birthday Table and enjoy a glass of wine, compliments of your fellow-Rotarians.

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION  
 

Congratulations to Vice President Telesforo "Telin" Fernandez as he receives his 6th Paul Harris recognition award.

HURRICANE RELIEF committee
 

Past District 5330 Governor, Shab El Awar, and  his wife Bricia, President of the San Bernardino, California Rotary Club, were in Puerto Rico to give San Juan Rotary's Hurricane Relief Fund a $13,000 donation.  PDG Shab El Awar also gave a two-hour seminar covering Rotary International's Global Grants Program.  Accompanying the California Rotarians were members of our Club.   

 

LAST WEEK
 

Invited guest speaker, Alejandro Salvatore, showed great enthusiasm as he led us through his career as a successful restaurant owner.  Actually, a three-restaurant owner with number four on the horizon.  Owner/operator of Boca and Acapulco on Loiza Street and Acapulco in the Banco Popular Center, Hato Rey, he has plans to bring Bocca to Dorado.  Sancho has spent much time in Mexico where he played professional soccer and learned to appreciate the local cuisine.  Our young businessman can claim his Rome, Italy, dad for his Italian cooking skills Another innovative program thanks to Speaker Chairman, Warwick Butler.

Celebrating our 100th Anniversary
The oldest continuously operating club in the world south of the Tropic of Cancer.
Club # 4523
 
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Mar 27, 2018
VALOR de FEMA
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