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Clean water is the key to most things in life. It literally keeps us alive; clean and healthy. For many of us, this is something we do not even think about as all we need to do is turn the tap on anywhere in our home.  But for many, access to clean and safe drinkable water is a challenge. The number of people whom find themselves in this predicament is growing annually, but solutions are available. It simply takes money and knowledge.  

 

at Hotel Henry Morgan, West Bay, Roatan

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Saturday March 22, 2014
6PM until 8PM

TICKETS available at The Bulk Gourmet
La Piña Spa at Clarion Suites Roatan
Glam Hair Salon

Tickets: L.500 or $25

Rotarian Jose Interiano, Assistant Governor of District 4250. He will be leading a discussion on the 2014 District 4250 Conference which will be held on Roatan.

Our Guest Speaker Thursday, January 30th is Dr. Angeles Lopez-Agüera of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

She has been appointed as Senior Assessor of the Committee for Local and Regional Leaders Advice (CLRLA) at UNESCO.
Dr. Lopez-Agüera has worked as a scientist in the Centre for Nucelar Research (CERN, Geneva, and Suisse) and other prestigious universities.

Rotary and supporters will be hosting there 2nd Senior Citizens Lunch at the new Gymnasium in Coxen Hole.

Starting time at 11AM - 12PM

The 4th Annual Rotary Gala was a great success yet another year.

 

 

   The new classroom building is underway at P. Nufio School in Politilly Bight. The school approached local residents Janice Carter and Don Rocks to help buy a few blocks to start a new classroom. The students were meeting in the outdoors because the other 2 classrooms were overcrowded. This morphed into a project supported by the Roatan Children's Fund and Rotary Club of Roatan. At the ground breaking ceremony the village volunteer workers with the help of  Mr. Carson Dilbert had prepared the area, trenched the main outline and begun laying the blocks. The classroom will also have a small storage facility for sports equipment and supplies. Rotary President, Dr. Charles Parchment spoke on behalf of Rotary Club of Roatan reminding students that education is one of the most important elements of their lives. Rotary will not only contribute monies for materials for the classroom but will also repair the bathrooms as part of it's Banos Para Ninos Project. Dr Parchment hopes this type project will be supported in many more schools in need on Roatan.

 The Politilly Bight classroom addition is underway. The funds have been secured to build with funding from Roatan Rotary, Roatan Children's Fund and various local businesses and residents providing materials, guidance and labor. The work commenced on Monday Sept 2 with the local Politilly residents providing labor and machinery. The official ground breaking ceremony will be on Sept 5th at Pedro Nufio School in Politilly Bight at 9:30am. All residents, Rotarians, media and local officials are invited to attend.

 

 On June 27th Charles C. Parchment, Ph.D was installed along with the new Board.

 

Javier Guevara, Maria Valle, Michael Coleman, Mike Coleman, Carlos Velasquez, Nadin Flores, Dimitri Rivers, Ingrid Rosales, Logan Bodden, Emilia Espinal

not shown, Darina Ocampo

 2013-14 ROTARY ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

 

Join us on December 13, 2012 from 5:30PM to 10:00 PM for one of our largest fundraising events of the year!

Mark Flannagan and Dave Elmore from SOL foundation (solsite.org)

SOL does a number of programs with children, education and sports on the island. The Rotary Club of Roatan has assisted with SOL's program on several occasions. 
Mark provided a summary of the last year of projects, and also provided some goals for the coming years. 

4 fine young scholars, have recieved The Rotary Club of Roatan's first scholarships. The Rotary Club recently mandated a scholarship be continually built to further the education of those bright students of the community.

Judy Alred, presented the club with information and an update on the Roatan Day Care, and Island Friends programs that she has co-founded and directs.

 The 2nd Annual Rotary Charity Golf Tournament, was a complete success!

Over 20 teams came out to compete in either the scramble or best ball games.

A list of the winners will be published soon...

Special thanks to Pristine Bay, The Black Pearl Golf Course, Roatan Radio (101.1fm) Banco Lafise, Island Concrete, all the hole sponsors, players, and everyone who assisted in the preparation of the tournament.

Special thanks to Edda Borjas, without whom the tournament couldn't have been such a success. 

Check back soon for the winners, and information on the funds raised.

Special thanks to our sponsors:
The Black Pearl
Cerveceria Hondurena
IMVESA Mazda
RECO 
Banco LaFise
Radio 101.1
Pirates Grog Rum
Bay Islands Petroleum
Barefoot Cay
Roatan Life
Island Concrete

The Rotary Club of Roatan, presented a wine and cheese tasting to benefit the Rotary Foundation Polio Eradication Project. 

The Public Safety Comittee has released the 2012 Police Supporter Stickers... L500

The Rotary Club of Roatan proudly hosts visiting from Rotarians David Shea (Ventura, CA), and Carl Gross (Ojai, CA).

Both the clubs visit Roatan and also support the Galinda Faye Clinic in Coxen Hole, and focusing on womens care, diabetes and hypertension on the island. 

They briefly described some of the the fundraising and social projects that they are doing in their communities. 

"...just a quick note about French Harbour police station. I have vivid memories of the condition of the police stations 2 years ago...they were in ill repair and uncared for. Several months ago, while I was out panhandling I was given a 5 burner gas stove that was gently used. (SolGas hooked it up from free) It sat for quite a while so I offered to remove it if it was in the way. NO...William Velesquez had an idea. The idea it seems was to build a kitchen area to house the stove....

Jennifer Scheffler, RN was the guest speaker, offering an efficient Promotora (Community Health Worker) project. Similar to the plan that was proposed to the Rotary Club just  a couple months ago.

Promotoras, or Community Health Workers to improve education and basic health services in the communities of Roatan. Roatan is in need of assistance of Public Health, Jennifer believes that a funded community health program can greatly improve the lives of the communities on the island.

The proposal requests $1500 dollars for startup costs for the project. 

Jose Moreno, District 4250 Governor, was our Special Guest on his Official Visit to the Club. Jose and his group spent an excellent day visiting some of our projects around the Island. 

The Good Samaritans was a group of local men that joined together to form a soup kitchen for the needy senior residents of Roatan.  They serve seniors who are unable to leave their homes.  Joseph further revealed that the organization does whatever it is called upon to do.

The various committees of Rotary Club are the backbone of our organization.These committees need your help. A small investment of your time will reap huge rewards for our Club and our community. Your input and opinions matter!

Review the descriptions of each committee and ask yourself "where can I make a positive difference". Be a force for change - join a Committee and help shape the future of our Club!

Our First Annual Christmas Gala Fund Raiser was a resounding success!

Weekends are usually reserved for beach time, but on a recent Saturday, Donna Evans (wife of Rotary Club of Roatan Membership Chairman Gary Evans) spent her day at the Majken Broby Orphanage in Gravel Bay.

The distinguised attorney, Felipe Danzilo has been welcomed to the Rotary Club of Roatan, as an Honorary member.

Every month we're seeing new Rotarians being inducted into the Rotary Club of Roatan. Each new Member brings with them a wealth of experience, enthusiasm and expertise that are immeasurably important to our Club. Business owners and private citizens of the Island (both full and part time) are welcomed to apply for membership.

Last month saw the completion of our first Beautification Project! Volunteers from the Rotary Club of Roatan provided paint, supervision and their expertise in painting to spruce-up the exterior of The Majken Broby Childrens Home Orphanage in Gravel Bay.

7 of the Roatan Rotarians flew to Belize the past weekend. It was a very informative trip, enabling us to run a better club.

If our website is to become a dynamic place for visitors and a true information resource for our members, we need your contributions!

After several months of discussion, construction and working closely with the management of the Mahogany Bay Cruise Terminal, the Rotary Club of Roatan celebrated the Official Grand Opening of our Tourist Information Booth at Mahogany Bay.