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Chic Restaurant,
Royal St. Lucian Hotel
Rodney Bay,  lc
Saint Lucia
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Chuck McCarthy
February 12, 2013
4 years
 
Judy Deterville
February 13, 2007
10 years
 
Angela Clarke
February 14, 2012
5 years
 
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Peace & Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month
Feb 01, 2017 – Feb 28, 2017
 
St Lucia Independence Day
Happy 38th Independence Day
Feb 22, 2017
 
112th Anniversary of Rotary International
Happy 112th Anniversary Rotary International!
Feb 23, 2017
 
Water & Sanitation Month
Mar 01, 2017 – Mar 31, 2017
 
Rotary Club of Gros Islet - 24th Anniversary
Happy 24th Anniversary to the Rotary Club of Gros Islet!
Mar 05, 2017
 
March Board Meeting
Host: Rtn Lenita; Location TBA
Mar 08, 2017 6:00 PM
 
Lunch Meeting Cancelled
Mar 21, 2017
 
Charter Night Dinner
Location TBA
Mar 25, 2017
 
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The Atlanta Host Organization Committee is offering some good old-fashioned Southern hospitality at the Rotary International Convention from 10 to 14 June. It has planned a wide range of activities featuring everything from good food and music to inspiring tours of local landmarks. If it’s your first convention, these events are chances to meet fellow Rotarians from around the world, and if you’re an experienced convention goer, you can catch up with old friends. Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron will host Rotarians for a “Strike Out Polio” night at the new SunTrust Park, where you’ll...
 
When Teguest Yilma helped found the Rotary Club of Addis Ababa Entoto in 2002, she thought polio had already been eradicated from most of the world. But while Ethiopia had been free of the disease, Yilma was shocked to learn that new cases had started cropping up in surrounding countries such as Somalia. “I was thinking, it’s not possible, we can’t be free if the countries around us are not free,” she says. Yilma, the managing editor of Capital, Ethiopia’s largest English weekly newspaper, has brought a journalist’s skills to the fight against polio. She became vice chair of the Ethiopia...
 
Battling breast cancer in 2000, Kathryn Smith found comfort pursuing her lifelong interest in Franklin D. Roosevelt. The more she read, the more intrigued she became with the 32nd U.S. president’s private secretary, Marguerite Alice “Missy” LeHand. “I thought, what a fascinating life she had because she was by his side through the polio crisis, establishing the polio rehabilitation center in Warm Springs and then after his return to politics,” she says. Smith, a past president of the Rotary Club of Greater Anderson, S.C., and a longtime newspaper journalist, turned that curiosity into a book...
 
One of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s earliest memories is of fleeing with his family into the mountains during the Korean War, his village burning behind him. His father and grandfather had to forage for food in the woods; his mother gave birth to his siblings away from anything remotely resembling a health facility. “I have known hunger,” he says. “I have known war, and I have known what it means to be forced to flee conflict.” The soldiers who came to their rescue were flying the blue flag of the United Nations. The UN provided them with food and their schools with books....
 
Like a lot of us, I spent much of my childhood riding bikes, but fell out of the habit for a while. Forty years. Then my wife and I moved to New York, where cyclists risk their necks in a daily Thunderdome of cabs, police cars, firetrucks, double-decker buses, messengers on motorbikes, and delivery trucks backing around corners at 20 miles an hour. Not for me! At least not until my 50th birthday, when my metabolic furnace flamed out. Calories started going directly from beer bottle to beer belly. It was time to start exercising. Either that or give up Samuel Adams, and I couldn’t do that to...
 
News
Happening - Week Ended February 11th 2017
Rotaract Club of Gros Islet inducts five new members
Dr. Stephen King, pathologist, Addresses meeting on Peace and Conflict Resolution
Immediate Past President Dahlia Garia honoured as Paul Harris Fellow
President Elect Angela Clarke registered for District Conference
Rotary Club of Saint Lucia hosts yet another successful "Wine & Cheese Fiesta"
 
Rotaract Club of Gros Islet Induction Ceremony
 
President Astrid Pins IPP Dahlia with PHF Recognition Pin & Dr. Stephen King addresses the RCGI Meeting of 07/02/2017
 
On Thursday February 9th, the Rotaract Club of Gros Islet inducted five new members. The new members are: Brittany James, Clint Walker, Dervon Amedee, Miguel Charles and Vallin Popo.
On Tuesday , February 7th 2016 the Rotary Club of Gros Islet recognized Immediate Past President Dahlia Garia as a Paul Harris Fellow. This brings to four, RCGI's recent recognition of individuals who have personified Rotary's motto of "Service Above Self". An individual is recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation when, either they donate US$1,000 or more to the Foundation or this amount is donated in their name.
Members and guests were treated to a presentation by Dr. Stephen King on the topic of "Peace and Conflict Mitigation/Resolution". Dr. King,
 
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Snippets - Week ending 11th February 2017
1919-20 Albert S. Adams (real estate), Rotary Club of Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Rotary vision: To make Rotary friendship and fellowship a living force in the world at large.
“Friendship…the craving for which brought Rotary into existence is the thing that will keep Rotary a living, vital force in the world for all time, the very foundation of our organization.”
— Address to 1920 Rotary Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
 
The above snippet was taken from a post on ROTI (Rotarians on the Internet).  It speaks to the heart of the primary issue being experienced by Rotary clubs in our district - Friendship.  Friendship, or lack thereof will either cement the members of a club together as an effective force for doing good in the world, or the converse will be true where there is a lack of friendship.  Worth thinking about this my friends in Rotary.
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District 7030 PETS & Conference 2017
 

WHAT IS DISTRICT 7030 CONFERENCE 2017

Where The Rotary World Meets

 

The District Conference is the ultimate showcase for the programs and projects underway at each of the Rotary and Rotaract clubs in our District. It is also a terrific opportunity for fellowship. Join us from April 26 – April 29, 2017 for inspirational speakers, program and project updates and memorable social activities.

The Conference is broken into four distinct categories:

    • PETS Leadership Training – geared to train incoming officers of Rotary and Rotaract clubs.
    • General Assembly and Conference – open to all Rotarians and Rotaractors to learn about new developments and new projects.
    • Daily Excursions – offered to Rotarians, Rotaractors, families and guests and allows one to explore a country.
    • Evening Socials – open to all and designed to promote great food, fun and fellowship.

Set to be one of largest District Conferences in the last 25 years, 2017 is looking to host approximately eight hundred (800) registrants over the four-day event from 26th April to 29th April. These attendees will be made up of both Rotarians and/or Rotaractors from around the Caribbean representing an array of cultures, professions and backgrounds. Several of these guests include Heads of State; Diplomats; prominent individuals from the public and private sectors, as well as, other non-governmental organizations; and, several media representatives.

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Rotary International Convention 2017
 
Convention Dates: 10th to 14th June 2017
 
31 March 2017: Last day for preregistration discount ($415 Rotarians/$100 Rotaractors)
14 June 2017: Last day for online registration ($490 Rotarians/$130 Rotaractors)

Registration fees

Register early to take advantage of discounted rates! View registration fees.

Your registration includes:

  • Inspiring and entertaining speakers, including top leaders in our organization
  • Informative breakout sessions to help you build your communication, leadership, and project management skills
  • Opportunities to network and exchange ideas while browsing the project and fellowship booths in the House of Friendship
  • Entertainment provided by local artists and musicians in the House of Friendship and at the general sessions

Preconvention events, Rotary- and host-ticketed events, accommodations, and meals are not included in your registration fee.

Atlanta Here we come! Register online here.

Members are encouraged to attend if at all possible.

“Every convention breathes new life into your Rotary experience. I’m looking forward to welcoming you to the House of Friendship, where you quickly realize how international Rotary really is.”

Carol Colon, Rotary Club of Gainesville, Georgia; House of Friendship Co-Chair, 2017 Atlanta Convention

 
 
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