"The oldest continuously operating club in the world south of the Tropic of Cancer"
Hola.
Last week Tito and I were on a cruise with the San Juan Social Club in the Valiant Lady of Virgin Voyages. There were about 250 members from the club, whose leader is Daven Michaels whom you might recall was a speaker on a night activity celebrated when Maria Rivera was President. It was at that meeting that he announced the cruise and Maria and her husband Carlos, Tito and I, and Antonia Jimenez, decided to join the group. We had a really good time. The group is ready to sail again next year, and we are planning to invite Daven to tell us all about the 2025 trip so any of you that will like, may join.
In that cruise, Daven asked me to give a talk about Rotary which I did, and it was good because they even gave me sort of a diploma as a recognition.
This past Tuesday in our lunch meeting, Antonia Jimenez was inducted in our Club, she is going to join the membership committee. Veronica Montalvo was on the cruise also; she is going to become a Rotary soon.
Our speaker at that meeting was Michelle Rexach, who sits on the Board of Acutas, a not-for-profit created after hurricane Maria to help a community in Toa Baja. She explained all their problems and needs, how the community of more than 4,000 people became "an island within an island" when the water surrounded it completely and isolated it from the neighboring land.
DELIA
Rotarians Gerry Hildebrand, Salvatore Nolfo, Maria de Los Angeles Rivera and Georgie Hildebrand started San Juan Rotary Club’s newest Community Service Project last Friday Nov. 10. We read to15 youngsters at the Llorens Torres Montessori School. This begins an ongoing project with Instituto Nueva Escuela to assist in their schools by reading to the children in English and Spanish. We had a great time reading about a young Puerto Rican girl who wanted to fly her kite and become a pilot. We each took a part in the story and acted it our for the children in English and Spanish.
This project will take place in the Llorens Torres and Manuel Elzaburu schools. Please contact Georgie Hildebrand ay 831-345-5299 if you are interested in participating in this project.
FR Jose Irizarry explained today , September 22, the otogram for Veteranos Boricuas. He also highlighted our San Juan Rotary Club not only wearing our polo but also mentioned yesterday's island wide event promoted by PRoPaz.
Gracias
Maria
San Juan Rotary Club present at the installation of DG Maria del Carmen Pacheco. The event took place at the Yauco Rotary Club last Sunday, June 25, 2023. I addition, two Fellow Rotarians, José Rivero and Antonio Colorado will continue as members of the District 7000 Team. Thank you Delia Colorado, Tito Colorado, Jorge González, Pepito for representing our club.
CONGRATULATIONS to JOSE "PEPITO" RIVERO OLMEDO, who was honored by District 7000 for his outstanding efforts as Editor of San Juan Rotary's e-Garita. The weekly newsletter delivers the Rotary message and our Club activities to members and island fellow Rotarians.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR Juanita Valentin Morris presented Rotary International's 100 YEARS OF MEMBERSHIP certificate to Club President Pepito. in recognition of San Juan Rotary's century of the Object of Rotary, Service Above Self.
Celebrating 106 Anniversary
PO Box 9021529
San Juan, PR 00902-1529
United States of America