Club of Marina City Installs its New President and Board for 22/23 Rotary Year
Rotary Club of Marina City rang in its new Rotary year with the installation dinner on Friday 1 July 2022. More than 99 Rotarians and friends of Rotary attended the dinner event at the Conrad Centennial Hotel. Attendees wore green and purple, in line with Rotary’s 2022 theme “Imagine Rotary” to commemorate this momentous occasion; purple was a nod to polio eradication, a goal that Rotary has been committed to for the past 35 years and which it has made significant progress in overcoming; while green was a nod to supporting the environment, which is the newest addition to Rotary’s areas of focus.
The packed event was expertly guided by Ambaree and Sandar, MCs for the evening. They opened the event and welcomed District Governor Joanne Kam, Assistant Governor Dannis Teo, PDG Dr. Abraham, PDG Lee Kong Hwee, and many other guests from fellow clubs.
Outgoing President Mr Heinrich Grafe delivered a speech encompassing his past year leading the club. The projects highlighted included the teddy bear fundraising campaign, the fundraising concert with the Singapore Symphony, Cambodian Chicken Farm project, and the Rough Sleepers project.
Heinrich thanked club members for their participation during the past two years and for the flexibility to adapt to Zoom meetings, Zoom fatigue, and back and forth between in person and online meetings. Heinrich also share that in the past year our club has grown from 35 to 40 members and that RCMC has a good distribution in age, gender and professions.
After Heinrich’s speech, Ambaree invited Mr Manish Jain, CEO of Jainesis Resources, on the stage. The club inducted Manish and shortly after invited all Rotarians who were inducted over the past two years virtually during Covid to come on stage to acknowledge them in person!
The Handover Ceremony was witnessed by District Governor Joanne Kam. PE Mary installed Heinrich as the immediate past president and Heinrich Grafe with pride passed on the club’s leadership to Mary Kwok. DG Joanne presented Mary with the District Offer name badge.
President Mary Kwok delivered her incoming President’s Address. Her speech noted the importance of the environment and her excitement to lead the club for the year.
The 2022-2023 Rotary Board was welcome to the stage.
The club was honoured to have the new board of directors for the Rotary year of 2022-2023 to be inducted as follows
President – Mary
Immediate Past President – Heinrich
President Elect – Ambaree
Vice President - Jenni
Secretary - Soo Chin & Soma
Treasurer – BG Sergeant-At-Arms – Wai Mun
Community Service – Daisy
Director - Neil
Director - Gladys
Club Services - Sandar
Membership – Harpreet
Youth – Guoxing
PR – Tara Strunk
International Services – Lye Wah Protect The Environment - Ambaree
Throughout the evening winners of the lucky draw were announced. The prizes included staycations at Goodwood Park Hotel, the Conrad Centennial Hotel, dinning vouchers, and many more!
For evening entertainment club members George, played the guitar throughout the evening and Bianca performed a play and sang. The event attendees played sustainability-themed games led by two of Mary’s guests. The crowd was delighted when club member Edward performed a light-hearted adaptation of The Beatles’ When I’m Sixty Four. The club also celebrated the birthdays of those who were born in July.
The installation dinner was a fun filled night and a successful fundraiser taking in a net sum of $1980. The funds will be used for the club’s charitable projects during the year.
Ambaree closed the event after Bianca’s performance and the final raffle draw winners were announced. Each guest took home a bag containing sustainable toothpaste, kale and a gift voucher from SANNA.
