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School Supplies - Delivered!

School supplies were delivered on time for the school year from the Rotary Club of St John. Students at Gifft Hill, Christian Academy, and JESS received planners, dictionaries, and a fine selection of supplies to support learning. This is one of our fondest duties of your Rotary Club Members.

Rotary Club of St. John Results of Holiday 2024 Efforts

Cruz Bay, St. John — January 15th — The Rotary Club of St. John proudly announces that the club members, with the support of the local community, accomplished the following over the holidays:

Donated $500 to Love City Bites for the Cruz Bay Christmas Town.
Raised $410 to support the Salvation Army. Our local Salvation Army has been active in supporting St John individuals.
A total of 246 letters written to Santa Clause by our local children were delivered to the North Pole. With Rotary’s help, Santa provided a personal return letter to each child.

Rotary supports ACC Spay/Neuter Clinic

The Rotary Club of St John announced its support for the Animal Care Center Spay/Neuter event scheduled November 2025. Besides providing funds, Rotarians will volunteer as workers for the event.

Rotary Club of St. John Partners with Santa Clause on letter delivery

The Rotary Club of St. John proudly announces that the club members have partnered up with local businesses and organizations to deliver letters to Santa Clause. This collaboration begins on Monday the 25^th of November with boxes strategically placed at The Tap Room (Cruz Bay), Dazey Drive In (Coral Bay), Julius E. Sprauve School, and the Dynamic Dancers. The letter collection effort will continue through December 6^th for the letters to be safely delivered to St. Nick so that he will have adequate time to respond before Christmas.

Start writing your letters to Santa!

Animal Care Center of St John

7020 District Governor visits St John

President Stone Proposes 2023-24 Club Plans

Tour of Island Green

Installation of Officers

Induction of New Members

Welcome to our new members, Jacqueline Perry, Cid Hamling, and Tom Shirey.

The photo shows Jacqueline Perry receiving her Rotary pin from President Elect Jennifer Stone.

Jacqueline is a returning member of the Rotary Club of St. John

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Mark McKenna, San Jose Rotary Club Visits St John

The Rotary Club of St. John was pleased to welcome Mark McKenna, San Jose Rotary Club, to our regular meeting. Mark is the chair for climate issues of the San Jose Rotary Club and he offered to share some ideas regarding recycling and specifically, lithium batteries.

BJ Harris Awarded Paul Harris

Congratulations to the Rotary club of St. John's BJ Harris who received the Paul Harris fellow recognition award yesterday.

The Paul Harris fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute substantially, or who have contributions made in their name, to the Rotary Foundation.

Rotary established the recognition in 1957 to encourage and show appreciation for substantial contributions to what was then the Foundation's only program, Rotary foundation fellowships for advanced study the precursor to ambassador your scholarships

Member in Focus: Shena Esannason

Meet Shena Esannason, our Membership Chair.

Shena Esannason was born in New York and raised in the Virgin Islands. She lives on the island of St. John and is a proud mother of three. Shena is currently working on her bachelors degree in psychology from SNHU. She is a professional entrepreneur who owns SGE consulting agency and SGE health and life coach. She has worked for the waste management authority on St. John since 2007 and is currently the collections manager on the island of St. John.

Sheena has served on other boards such as the Headstart policy Council as secretary from 2013 to 2016 and the coral Bay community council from 2018 through 2020. In 2019 Sheena also became a volunteer for the junior achievement program and a participating member of the Rotarian STJ chapter where is she is currently serving as membership chair position. She now has a strong passion for helping those in her community to fight for their rights. She served as a union representative in waste management from 2014 through 2018. Sheena is dedicated to protect and promote and human rights. She is not afraid to speak up and be heard.

Member in Focus: Jennifer Stone

Our member in focus for October is our very own Secretary. So happy to have Jennifer in our club!

Jennifer and her husband, Andy, moved to St. John from Maine in 2018. They were in search of a warmer climate, a sense of community, and the island life. Besides finding employment, being a part of the community and giving back was at the top of her to-do list. She had been introduced to Rotary for the first time in Portland, Maine. By looking online and asking around, it didn't take long to find the Rotary Club of St. John, a small group of people who come together for the sole purpose of helping others. When Jennifer is not acting as the Secretary of our Club, she spends her time working for the Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park as the Membership and events coordinator.

Member in Focus: Alecia Wells

September is Education and Literacy month!

This month's member in focus is our Youth Services Chair, Alecia Wells.

In her own words:

"I am Alecia M. Wells, an original Virgin Islander. I am retired from the Government of the Virgin Islands, Department of Education. I have taught middle and high schools, GED and ACE Programs on St. Thomas and St, John. I served as Deputy Superintendent for Secondary Education in the Stt/STJ District. I served as a Commissioner of the Public Services Commission. I was elected to serve on the Fifth Constitutional Convention. I am a member of the Bishop's Committee (Vestry) of St. Ursula's Church on St. John. I have been a member of The Rotary Club of St. John for more than fifteen years and am presently the Youth Services Chair. I previously served as President for two terms.

I support any and all activities and endeavors involving the youth and/or young people in the Virgin Islands in general and on St. John in particular. It is never too early to drill down the importance of young people owning a "piece of paradise", not selling land, and taking an active role in the governance of their island."

Calendar 2020-2021 Rotary Club of St. John

July 2020: Installation of Officers

August 2020: Membership Month

September 2020: Education and Literacy

October 2020: World Polio Month

November 2020: Rotary Foundation Month

December 2020: Heath Month

January 2021: Service Month

February 2021: Peace and Conflict Resolution Month

Valentines Orchid Sale

March 2021: Water and Sanitation Month

April 2021: Environment Month

Earth Day April 22nd

May 2021: Youth Services Month

June 2021: Rotary Fellowships Month

June 12-16 Rotary International Convention, Taipei Taiwan

DG Charles meets with the Rotary Club of St. John's Board

Each year our District Governor (DG) meets with all of the board of directors in his district. This year, this highly anticipated gathering was held virtualy on August 26th.

DG Charles focused on three areas with the board:

1. Protecting our Environment

2. Enhancing Health and wellness

3. Improving communication

DG Charles Sealy II joined Rotary in 1997 when he was inducted into the Rotary Club of Southeast Nassau. He is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, member of the Paul Harris Society, Benefactor/Bequest Society, and a major donor.

August is Membership Month

The Rotary Club of St. John is looking for...

Community Minded People

Passionate & Fun People

Practical &Resourceful People

Helpful People

If you're one of these people, then get in contact to see how you can change the world starting in your own community.

Membership Chair, Shena Esannason

Email: Info@rotarystjohn.org

School Supplies Distributed to over 400 St John Students

The Rotary Club of St. John successfully completed its annual distribution of school supplies on St. John. Well over 400 students received school supplies, a planner, or a dictionary. The students of Gifft Hill School prepared a poster and a group of thank you cards that were presented to President Harry Daniel during the October 16th meeting at Bajo El Sol Gallery.

Postponed to 2020: Flavors a Taste of St John

The Rotary Club of St. John is sad to announce that “Flavors” will be postponed one more year and will not take place on November 23, 2019, as scheduled due to continuing refurbishment at The Westin St. John Resort Villas during the lead up to the busy Thanksgiving holiday.

St John Supports Bahamas Relief

The Rotary Club of St John in partnership with the Bajo El Sol Gallery, raised money to support Bahamas Relief by organizing a raffle. The northern Bahamas Islands experienced a category 5 storm for 30 hours in early September 2019. Artists Aimee Trayser and Livy Hitchcock each donated an art piece and the Bajo El Sol Gallery donated a $250 gift certificate. A total of 124 tickets at $25 each were sold totalling $3,100. All of the funds raised will benefit the Bahamas Relief effort directly. Thanks to all who participated in raising money for the people in the Bahamas!

St. John a treasure trove of native species, says Rotarian and rare plant ecologist

St John Rotarian, Gary Ray, led a discussion with well over 30 attendees during the regular meeting held at Bajo El Sol Art Gallery on August 21, 2019. Gary explained his work to find, identify, protect, and propagate native and rare plants on our beautiful island. Andrea Milam, writer for the VI Daily News, covered to the meeting for the August 29th issue of that local paper. I highly encourage all to read her article.

Shena Esannason joins Rotary; Nigel Fields guest speaker

What a great meeting of the Rotary Club of St John at Da Livio ristorante italiano today. We proudly inducted our newest member Shena Esannason to the Club. Shena is a local business owner and she is also the Collections manager for VI Waste Management. Pictured with Shena is her sponsor Alice Krall and our President Elect Harry Daniel.

Our guest speaker for the meeting was the highly anticipated Nigel Fields, the new superintendent of the Virgin Islands National Park. Nigel spoke about the need to get Cinnamon up and running as a campground, CBI at Caneel, and the work he is doing to improve security of the Park.

Senator Marvin Blyden and St John Adminisrator Shikima Jones also attended and spoke to the full audience. Their topics included VI Waste Management, St John road repairs, electrical outages, to name a few.

Thanks to Harry Daniel for running the meeting, Sharon Coldren and her guest Rachel McKinney managing the host duties, and Paul Johnson our Sergeant at Arms. Special thank you to Mr. Fields and all who attended the meeting.

Thanksgiving in the Park

It is the day after Thanksgiving and there continues to be a feeling of thankfulness. We are so thankful for all of the volunteers who enthusiastically jumped in where needed and greeted everyone with a warm ‘happy thanksgiving’ greeting. The positive community spirit was contagious for residents and visitors alike.

From BJ, “Based on leftover cutlery, we served 250 meals last night. Everyone also walked with extras and we sent food to the police, fire station, clinic and two churches. We have turkey leftover, all bagged and ready to go to churches this morning. It was a wonderful event and we thank everyone who helped make it happen!”

Thank you everyone!

School Supplies for local Students

Gifft Hill students receive school supplies hand delivered by members of the Rotary Club of St John, September 5th