October is when we focus on ending polio in the world. Only three countries still suffer with it: Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
Volunteers are on the ground throughout the world to make sure this effort is completed.
Our donation to Rotary International toward this goal will be raised from our dinner at Longhorn in San Patricio Plaza on Thursday, October 27.
Show up with some friends any time between 5 and 10pm, and 25% of your check will be sent toward endpolio.org. This coupon must be included in each check.
The following candidate is being considered for membership in San Juan Rotary: ISMAEL VELEZ DE LA ROSA(Financial Services: CPA) Ismael is a CPA and lawyer with Price Waterhouse Coopers. He was sponsored by PP Raymond Erb. Any objection must reach the Secretary by October 16, 2016. The.final decision rests with the Board of Directors).
Club Director in charge of Service Projects, Telesforo Fernandez, attended local APS and Sta. Teresita before going off to the U of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Telin worked with Young and Rubicam and then joined the family business, La Esquina Famosa, where he stayed for 20 years. He went back again to private industry spending 25 years with firms such as Morgan Stanley. He retired this year - 2016. Telin has been a Rotarians since the l970's when he became a member of the RC of Santurce. He moved to Coral Gables, FL in 1986,joining Rotary there. Back to Puerto Rico where he was President of the Santurce Club before joining San Juan Rotary last year.
On October 5 the Rotary Club of Boone, IA, through its President Troy Thompson, invited our PDG Jose (Pepito) Rivero to make a presentation regarding how to establish a Rotary Satellite Club in central Iowa.
The San Juan Branch of AAUW (American Association of University Women) is sponsoring A Panel Discussion of Puerto Rico's legal and constitutional relationship to the United States from the insular cases to the Sanchez-Valle decision.
Date: October 17. Time: 7 pm. Venue: Interamerican U School of Law located on 170 Federico Costa Street (Urb. Industrial) Hato Rey.
Moderated by Prof. Andres Cordova, the panel discussion will be in ENGLISH.
It is free of charge - Open to the Public - with ample parking.
Past District Governor, Paul Roman, gave a comprehensive talk on the history, achievements, and structure of The Rotary Foundation's Paul Harris Society. Named after the founder of Rotary International, the Foundation is celebrating its 100th year. Our island will be honored when the President of RI, John Germ, will be heading the weekend celebration of the Foundation in Ponce on February 3-5. PDG Paul, a member of the Manati RC, served as District 7000's Governor from 2011-2012. Our Club Director, Hector Gaitan, is spearheading the campaign for San Juan Rotary to become a 100% Paul Harris Society Club.
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