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Chris Hadome

Director - Public Relations & Communication

Oct 2020

Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise Announces the Winner for 2020 Car Raffle

The Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise (Rotary Sunrise) held its annual Car Raffle draw on Saturday, September 26, 2020, to select the winner of the 2020 BMW X3 motor vehicle and three other prizes.

The Car Raffle draw, initially scheduled for May 2nd, 2020, was postponed due to the COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place restrictions implemented by the Cayman Islands Government earlier this year. Following the lifting of many of the restrictions, the club announced the new draw date of Saturday, September 26, 2020.

The Draw took place at A.L. Thompson’s in George Town and was broadcast live on social media with a number of hopeful ticket holders onsite to witness the draw in person.

The winning ticket #2673 was purchased by Miss Lisa Vassell who was elated when it was relayed to her in a congratulatory call by Club President, Stacy Parke.

The handing over ceremony took place on Monday at G.T. Motors where the beaming Lisa Vassell was handed the key to her new vehicle.

Miss Vassell, in responding to what lead her to purchase tickets in the draw noted that “The Rotary Sunrise Club does wonderful things for our community and I wanted to support them when I purchased the raffle tickets. She further expressed surprise at winning. “I am so surprised I won but I feel happy and honoured to have contributed in some small way to their fundraiser. Thank you Rotary Sunrise!”

The other winners of the afternoon were:

2nd Prize: Eric Brady Gould who won a round trip for 2 to the continental US complements of Delta Airlines;

3rd Prize: Gauge who won KYD 1,000 Gift Certificate compliments of A. L. Thompson’s;

4th Prize: Oliver Smith who won a 50” Samsung television complements of Priced Right.

An elated club president, Stacy Parke, in her concluding remarks on behalf of the club gave a vote of thanks to all who made the raffle a success. “We are truly grateful to our sponsors, the fundraising committee, every Rotarian and Rotaractor, volunteers, and everyone who purchased tickets. It was a joint effort to make this year’s car raffle a huge success. We also thank KPMG who was on hand to audit and oversee the draw on Saturday. The funds raised will go toward various projects in our community and also support other Rotary’s initiatives locally.”

This raffle is put on annually by the Rotary Sunrise to raise funds for various service projects the club participates in - each of which directly benefits the community. The club announced earlier this year that part of the proceeds from the raffle will go towards offering support to our community during this global pandemic.

Rotary Sunrise would like to thank its members, volunteers, and the general public for supporting the club and looks forward to the next initiative.

Aug 2020

The Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise (Rotary Sunrise) donated 60 backpacks

Filled with school supplies to the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) for distribution to needy students in Grand Cayman.

Besides some of the essentials, each backpack contains a card and quote from Rotary Sunrise President Stacy Parke, which states, “A good education will give you the opportunity to make a real difference in your life and community.”

600 Dictionaries Donated

In February 2020, Rotary Sunrise donated around 600 Usborne illustrated dictionaries across the ten government primary schools in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac. As students now return to their classrooms, they will benefit from having these high-quality reference books which can help enhance their vocabulary and further develop their literacy skills.

Honorary Rotarian Geoff Mathews was a Charter Member of Rotary Sunrise, and the club’s Charter Secretary.

Over the years Geoff championed many causes, and had a profound impact on the shape and direction of Rotary Sunrise – from the club’s public relations strategy which was his pet project almost from the start, to club members’ wellbeing, community service events, fellowship events, etc. Geoff was also a strong proponent of the involvement of women as members of our club, and often highlighted the benefits of Rotary Sunrise’s diverse culture.

Being Rotary Sunrise’s Public Relations guru, Geoff ensured that Rotary Sunrise was regularly in the news, highlighting whatever projects the club’s committees were working on, including in the months after Ivan – highlighting the joint efforts of Rotary in rebuilding our communities. Geoff often cajoled the owners of those news outlets to provide that coverage gratis, as a part of their contribution to society – not a difficult accomplishment as those news outlet owners had become dear friends with Geoff.

Geoff also got involved with many health promotions through his friendship with Dr. Sook Yin, including the promotion of the use of aspirin as a preventative measure against heart attacks – this eventually evolved into the distribution of Aspirin pod necklaces to the elderly, a joint project with the four Cayman Rotary club’s.

Who can forget our many "cheap and cheerful" fellowship events, usually held at someone’s home, often Geoff’s home (with the threat of turning into a pool party!). The Austin Powers fellowship is one of the most memorable, our wine tasting nights epic, and Geoff even stepped out of his comfort zone to support an Indian curry night (he was not a fan of spicy foods!).

Geoff was kindhearted, supportive, inquisitive, generous, challenging, happy, and loved a good laugh. We were all saddened when his health took a downturn over the last several years to where he was no longer able to attend our weekly meetings. We were heartbroken for his wife, our Past President Christine, when we learnt of his passing.

May his lovely soul forever rest in peace.

New members for Rotary Sunrise

Four new members were inducted last week to the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise.

The inductions were done at the first meeting of the club under its new president, Patricia Steward.

Joining the club are Takeyce Palmer, Marlon Bodden, Bruce Smith and Kurt Walton.

“Rotary success comes from connecting our membership to the local community. By growing our family, we can continue to do projects that impact community needs in the Cayman Islands and internationally,” President Steward, said.

View article at Cayman Compass

600 Dictionaries Donated

Rotary International Convention

We are proud to have had our President, Matthew Seales, speak at the Convention on the importance of fostering the transition from Rotaract to Rotary, as a way of opening dialogue "about how we as Rotarians and Rotaractors can do better, be better, and create meaningful relationships amongst each other".

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CIIP - Battle of the Books

Congratulations to the champions of the 2019 CIIP Lera Parchment Battle of the Books Competition!

'The Books and the Sword' from First Baptist Christian School (Division 1) and 'The Book Minions' from CIS (Division 2).

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Earth Day Clean Up

Rotary Sunrise joined the Chamber of Commerce for their Earth Day Clean Up as part of their campaign efforts to keep the Cayman Islands litter free, on Saturday, April 13th 2019.

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And The Winners Are...

Rotary Sunrise's annual Car Raffle Draw was held on Saturday, April 6th at A.L. Thompson's at 4:00pm. Visit our website Car Raffle Page to find out who our lucky winners were.

2019 Car Raffle Page

Rotary Schoolhouse - A Royal Opening

The Rotary Schoolhouse was officially opened on March 26th by Prince Charles, in true Royal fashion. The Schoolhouse is a joint project with Rotary Sunrise, the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman and Rotary Central Cayman Islands.

Read Full Article in Cayman Compass

Another Successful Flea Market

Rotary Sunrise's Foundation Committee was able to pull off another successful $5 & $10 Flea Market on March 23rd. The event took place at the Lions Centre and was able to raise over US$2,244 which will be donated to The Rotary Foundation's PolioPlus programme.

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Blue Iguana Facility Project

Rotary Sunrise and the Rotaract Club of Grand Cayman were on hand to assist the Staff of the National Trust's Blue Iguana Recover Programme in their efforts to clean up and perform restorations to the facility in time for the Royal visit.

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Rotary Sunrise's Newest Members

Congratulations to the 4 newest members of the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise, who were inducted at our weekly meeting on Wed, February 6th.

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LIFE donates books to East End students

Santa made a special surprise visit to East End Primary School this week to present each of the school’s 92 students with two books for Christmas.

Read Full Article in Cayman Compass

Annual Car Raffle is back!

The Rotary Sunrise Annual Car Raffle has returned. Tickets went on sale December 19th, and will resume on January 19th at A.L. Thompson's.

Visit the Car Raffle website today!

Work begins on education center for Botanic Park Children’s Garden

The Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park has started construction of the Rotary Education Centre on the site of its newest attraction, the Children’s Garden.

The educational facility is the result of a combined effort of all the Rotary Clubs in the Cayman Islands.

Read Full Article in Cayman Compass

Rotary Sunrise - Club of the Month Winner for November 2018!

Rotary Sunrise is proud to receive the District 7020 Club of The Month award for November - Rotary Foundation/Public Image.

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Christmas is about Community

Rotary Sunrise was pleased to sponsor another annual Windsor Park Community Christmas Party. It was held Saturday December 8th at the Community Park and playground in the afternoon.

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