Excerpt from President’s address at the installation of President Roger White at the E-Club of the Caribbean 7020’s first meeting of the new year 2022 – 2023 on 9th July 2022.
“Historically, our club has consistently punched above its weight and certainly since I joined in 2017 the successes of the club indicate that most members on most days do in fact know they can and do make a difference. So that is all good and in this new year we should take that history as a springboard to continue with that same commitment and enthusiasm which members have shown up to now.”
Club members salute incoming President and 4 decade plus Rotarian, Roger White.
Happy New Year Rotary !!
The E-Club of the Caribbean is delighted to be providing "Service Above Self" led by the dynamic Jennifer Jones, Rotary's first female President.
Her theme of "Imagine Rotary" features Australian Indigenous art with a nod to the suffragette movement (with the purple and green colours) and has the E-Club members ready to be creative, active and engaged from July 1st 2022 - June 30th 2023.
For District 7020, District Governor Deborah Howell shall lead the charge for the 10 islands and 80+ clubs in the Caribbean with the district theme of Infinite Possibilities.
Join us any Saturday morning via zoom at 9am AST to see how we IMAGINE ROTARY.
INTERACT CLUBS BACK IN SESSION IN MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
In early April, 2022, the welcome chorus of Rotary’s Four-Way-Test was chanted by newly inducted members of the Interact Clubs of Mount Alvernia and Cornwall College in a ceremony held on Friday April 2nd at Cornwall College’s pristine chapel.
Hosted by the Executive Committee of the Interact Club of Cornwall College headed by President Joshua Flynn, this Interclubbing & Installation event was a long time coming after 2 years of online meetings and socially distant projects and included the participation of neighbouring school Mount Alvernia, led by their President Hanah Chow.
(The Montego Bay High School held their installation earlier in the year, led by President Akili Duncan, inducting 19 new Interact members.)
Altogether, 83 new members of the Rotary International family were inducted into Interact with certificates and logo pins.
Altogether, 83 new members of the Rotary International family were inducted into Interact with certificates and logo pins.
After the formalities, each school took it in turn to entertain with talent items, quizzes and games before refreshments were served.
What a delight to be surrounded by Interactors once again as schools in Montego Bay, Jamaica re-opened for face-to-face classes.
In attendance, from the family of Rotary, were: Past District Governor Haresh Ramchandani; Assistant Governor Elect and Youth Services Director of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean Natasha Parchment-Clarke; President of the Rotary Club of L.I.F.E, Nickeisha Campbell-Brooks and Cornwall College Alumni and Rotaractor Ivan Godfrey.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ROTARY E-CLUB OF THE CARIBBEAN STARTS THE NEW ROTARY YEAR
St. Maarten’s Bonita Hart installed as President
PHILIPSBURG, SINT MAARTEN – JULY 10, 2021 – On July 3, 2021, The Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean for District 7020 held its first meeting of the new Rotary year and St. Maarten’s own Bonita Hart was installed as Club President.
Outgoing President Abigail Leese thanked the outgoing Board of Directors for their service over the past year. Leese explained, “The last year has been a challenging time for the world, yet our Club was well positioned given our well-established online protocols and the hard work and generosity of each member and our Committee Chairs. Our projects, like The Butterfly Storybook, continue to impact youth around the region in an extremely positive way. It is with great pride that I look back on the past year. Thank you for the opportunity to serve”.
President Leese then officially turned over the reigns of the Rotary E-Club of Caribbean to Bonita Hart, by installing Ms. Hart as President.
President Hart went on to say, “I want to thank outgoing President Abigail Leese for her service as president of our Club. Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile and being the president of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean 7020 gives me the opportunity to Serve to Change Lives”.
Newly installed President Hart introduced her new Board Members and Directors. They include, Abigail Leese, Immediate Past President, Vice President, Fundraising Chair and Volunteer Coordinator residing in St. Barth, Diana White, Treasurer and Administration Director residing in Cotswolds, United Kingdom, Lou deLagran , Secretary residing in Ontario, Canada, John Fuller, Sergeant at Arms, residing in St. John, USVI, Brent Leerdam, Membership Director residing in St. Thomas, USVI, Jeffrey “Dr. Soc” Sochrin, Public Image Director, residing in St. Maarten, Terry Robinson, Rotary Foundation Director, residing in Reston Virginia, Natasha Parchment-Clark, Services and Youth Director, residing in Jamaica, Denison Stockman, Environmental Director, residing in Venice, Florida, Camile Seaton, International Director, residing in Jamaica, Dawn Johnson, Disaster Relief Director, residing in Cincinnati, Ohio, Roger White, Assistant Governor and Training Director, residing in Cotswolds, United Kingdom, Services Project Director, Paul Amoury, residing in Lorton, Virginia, H. Wein Dimetros, Support Team Caption Program, residing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Henriette Raccah, our Translator, residing in Guadeloupe and Jacqueline Heyliger, General Support residing in St. Croix.
For more information about the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean District 7020, please contact the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean Press Officer at: soc@island92.com or visit the website https://e7020.org.
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About the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean District 7020:
The Rotary Club of St. Maarten was chartered in 2013 as result of a desire to create an online and flexible way for Rotarians to serve the world, especially those that have a tie to the Caribbean. For more information, visit the club website at https://e7020.org.
We look forward to hearing more about the plans and vision for the upcoming Rotary year.
Our concentration is supporting the communities of the northern Caribbean but our humanitarian service projects reach across the world.
Support is needed for the recovery efforts by Rotarians in St. Vincent. The urgently needed supplies such as water, blankets, shelter are all available locally but funding is required from them to be purchased and delivered to the refugees. If you would like to help, the Disaster Network of Assistance Rotary Action Group (dna-rag.com) are collecting and distributing funds on behalf of Rotary District 7030.
The Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunset is a loyal partner with us in the Butterfly StoryBook. The club organized a presentation event for all their story writers where all the E-Club Butterfly certificates were distributed. In addition, each participant received a publication of short stories on the theme of the Rotary Four Way Test provided by RC St. Martin Sunset. A video of the event is below.
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Congratulations The Rotaract Club of Mandeville, winners of this year's R.O.A.R!(Rotaract Orators Addressing Rotary)
District 7020 Rotaract Clubs were invited to participate in our annual Public Speaking Contest by submitting a video to highlight a club project. The winning club is awarded $1,000.00 to be used to support the humanitarian service undertaken by Rotaract and Rotary.
Mandeville Blood Drive Project
All entries can be viewed at Rotary Caribbean 7020 (vimeo.com)
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We are proud to announce we have been selected as a winner of the annual LitRAG Literacy Contest for 2020. Out Butterfly StoryBook is migrating and spreading its wings with the help of the prie money from LitRAG.
If you were unable to join us on Saturday, October 17th, you will not want to miss this recording of Dr. Keith Paver's fascinating presentation.
Join the 7020 clubs which are participating in our Annual PICS project, Promoting Interact Creative Skills.
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Our application for a Global Grant to establish a prosthetic limb workshop in Northern Ethiopia has been approved. We are proud and delighted to be working with the Rotary Club of Gondar Fasiledes, the Gondar University Hospital and with the Rotary Jaipur Limb Charity to achieve this undertaking. Funding has been provided by The Rotary Foundation, nine individual clubs and three districts as well as a significant private donor. We are grateful to all who are making this possible.
Congratulations to our E-Quiz Winners
At our recent Premiere E-Quiz, everyone was a winner!
The contestants agreed it was a fun filled event with some real brain-teasers! All agreed the questions were not easy!
Overall Winner was Karl Isaac from Providenciales
“I learned a lot!” – First Prize Winner Karl
Individual Round winners were Tahima Barzey of Tortola, Liz Goggins from St. Croix Mid-Isle, Mary Gleason and Marston WInkles both from St. Thomas.
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.
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.
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
New Providence Primary student becomes published author
![[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.](https://loopnewslive.blob.core.windows.net/liveimage/sites/default/files/2020-03/hyUVHqSYLJ.jpg)
[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.
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).
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