Rotary clubs in districts across Italy worked together to procure state-of-the-art equipment needed to combat the deadly coronavirus disease for 26 hospitals around the country.

Rotaract rising

The ongoing evolution of Rotaract is redefining its place within Rotary.

Kenyan Rotarians take action to prevent spread of COVID-19 

Rotary clubs in East Africa are forging partnerships to provide hand washing stations and food in areas where social distancing is a luxury that few can afford.

Italian club uses expertise to aid in coronavirus fight

Members help launch site so merchants can sell goods, organize supplies to make sanitizer, and provide food to health care workers.

Hacking a solution to the COVID-19 pandemic

Rotarians in Lithuania and the United States promote the use of bubble helmets to help patients avoid mechanical ventilators.

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ESRAG CO-FOUNDER TALKS TO US

On April 18 we were joined by members of RC St. Thomas East to hear the latest news from Karen Kendrick-Hands, Co-Founder of Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group.

ESRAG Presentation April 2020 from Rotary Caribbean 7020 on Vimeo.

PICS Winners

PICS Photographs

District 7020 Interactors submitted photographs depicting Kindness in the First Annual EClub of the Caribbean, 7020 Promoting Interact Creative Skills competition. Their interpretations are shown below:

These are the three winners

Rashante Skylar Garland, RC Providenciales

Alexander Pécard-Leese, RC Saint Barthélemy

Brianna Ricketts, RC Manor Park, Jamaica

There were two additional entries:

Lapshina Ivanka, RC Saint Barthélemy

Ksenia Pignet, RC Saint Barthélemy

Our sincerest thanks to the Rotary Clubs, sponsoring Interact Clubs who partnered with us on this project.

Avoiding COVID-19: We Are Here to Help!

Rotary International is monitoring the global affects of the Coronavirus and is encouraging Rotarians to consider how they can help and support their communities.

As an online club, we recognize the advantage that meeting on line provides in terms of avoiding the spread of viruses among our members. If your club would like to meet on line until the C-19 crisis is over, we would be happy to help you get started with Zoom. You can get your club Zoom Pro account with a good discount for Rotary Clubs, go to https://my.rotary.org/en/member-center/rotary-global-rewards/offers#/offers/featured .

Alternatively, if you would like to join us on Saturday mornings at 9AM AST or hold a joint meeting with us, we would welcome your fellowship. We can be reached at rotarye7020@gmail.com .

The following 6 minute video covers some good tips for your club meetings on Zoom.

And we offered a District-wide Q&A session on Zoom. The video recording of that session is at https://youtu.be/8ijq6GEWiYQ

Jamaica LOOP Highlights Butterfly Winner

New Providence Primary student becomes published author

Loop News Created : 2 March 2020 Jamaica News

[L-r] Sydney Lowrie, President of the Rotary Club of Liguanea Plains presents 10 year old Shannequa Jackson of New Providence Primary School with her certificate and cheque for winning the Caribbean-wide ‘Butterfly Storybook Project’. By her side is the school’s Principal, Olga Clarke.

R.O.A.R Winner!

Please join us in congratulating the Rotaract Club of Port-au-Prince Champ de Mars for their winning entry to the R.O.A.R Competition!

If you missed what R.O.A.R. is about, it means Rotaract Orators Addressing Rotary. It is an oratory competition designed to support and encourage Rotaractors in public speaking. This year's competition asked Rotaractors to discuss how they would approach a critical issue that affects one of the target groups from the Rotaract District Project - T.E.A.M. (teens, elderly, adults (young) and mothers).

Congratulations to Port-au-Prince Champ de Mars!

See Them ROAR!

The 2020 Butterfly StoryBook Available for Pre-Order

The stories can be viewed in the sample book HERE

2019-2020 Butterfly Winners

Happy New “Butterfly” Year!

The Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 is proud to announce

the results of the Butterfly Storybook Contest for 2020

OUR WINNERS!

Kadreanna Campbell - The Greatest Award is Kindness

Amoya Grant - Looking Back at Hurricane Irma

Brandaen Illis - Kindness Matters

Shannequa Jackson - Lost and Found

Trinity Lettsome - Small Actions Can Have a Huge Impact

Srinivas Nidval - Jacob and Jamie to the Rescue!

Xhian Venz D. Refil - Khalid and the Street Chickens

Stephanie Richards - Trouble in Paradise

Jeremy Richolle - Homelessness Creates a Positive Impact

Adam White - Rover's Gift of Kindness

CONGRATULATIONS!

Preview the stories at https://issuu.com/rotary7020/docs/book

The Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020

wishes to thank the following clubs for partnering in the 2019-2020 Butterfly StoryBook Project

and for submitting their winning stores. Merci, merci, merci!

The Rotary Club of Anguilla

The Rotary Club of Delmas Centre

The Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise

The Rotary Club of Liguanea Plains

The Rotary Club of Manor Park

The Rotary Club of New Kingston

The Rotary Club of Road Town

The Rotary Club of St. John

The Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise

The Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunset

The Rotary Club of St. Thomas II

The Rotary Club of Tortola

EClub Roving Rotarians

To celebrate Membership month members of the eClub were encouraged to visit with local clubs in their areas and report on the visits. Each week we featured a different region of our membership and clubs in their area. This video summarizes those visits. We learned a lot about ourselves and other clubs, connecting the world through Rotary.

FUNDRAISING FOR DORIAN RECOVERY

Roger & Diana with Rotary Club of North Cotswolds, Saturday September 7 at the Cooperative Supermarket in Bourton on the Water. Raised almost £400 and the club voted to make a total donation of £1,000.00!

Special Induction Ceremony

Taking heed from RI President Barry’s call to bring Rotaractors into Rotary clubs, on March 16th the EClub of the Caribbean, 7020 held a new member induction headlined by special guests. Rotaractors Jevaughn Rhymer and Akilah N. Corbin were welcomed into the club by RI President Barry Rassin, DG Patrick Adizua, and PDG David Edwards (7030) and DGE Delma Maduro (who did the actual pinning in Barbados and Tortola). Notable is that attendees were in the BVI, Barbados, USVI, Spain, Bahamas, Guadeloupe, Virginia, Florida, Puerto Rico, Dutch West Indies, Anguilla and maybe somewhere else – the beauty of an EClub format.

Spreading the news

Rotarian Wein Dimetros (center) visited The Rotary Club Fort Lauderdale Cypress Creek to share our Butterfly Story Book,

and presented the President and the youth projects member with ten copies of Butterfly Story Book (2018).

The books will be given to the ten elementary school students that they sponsor through their lunch program.

Shared meeting on The Rotary Foundation Cadre

The regular Saturday morning meeting of the eClub of the Caribbean, 7020 provided an opportunity to learn about the Foundation Cadre with a presentation by Cadre Supervisor Christian Pepera. Members of the district were invited to attend, and the response was overwhelming. Attendance was limited. For those who could not attend, we present the recorded meeting.

Rotary in Action in Jamaica