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Veteran Diplomat Bob Smolik to Speak on "Our Future Globalization" at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club Meeting on May 19, 2016
Bob Smolik, a veteran diplomat, represented the United States at embassies throughout Europe and at international organizations such as the United Nations, NATO, and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. As political advisor to U.S. military commanders in Europe and Africa, he worked in conflict mediation. As an economic diplomat, he has helped to open foreign markets to U.S. investors and traders on a fair and equal basis. During academic years 2005-2007 he was faculty member at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and faculty fellow at Telluride House. As an international lecturer on anti-corruption and good governance, he has worked in more than 30 countries throughout Latin America, Africa, and Europe. He engages audiences with passion and expertise, offering a look “behind the scenes” at how foreign cultures view the world. Bob holds graduate degrees from Berkeley and Harvard, an undergraduate degree from Cornell, and he is fluent in five Romance languages.
Rotarians Fix-Up Jewish Foundation Group Home on May 14, 2016
Potomac-Bethesda Rotarians with Jewish Foundation Group Home (JFGH) Executive Director Vivian Bass and Leyana Crumpton. 
Leyana Crumpton said: "Much gratitude to the Rotarians for your hard work on behalf of JFGH’s Wagner Home. All your work helped transform our home into another beautiful space inside and out. Juan Carlos painters’ were terrific as always!"
Art Blitz thanked his fellow Rotarians:  "Just a short note to say thank you to those who participated in the Jewish Foundations for Group Homes “Fix Up” project last Saturday. And a special “Thank You” to Juan Carlos who supplied a crew of professional painters who painted the interior of the premises and to Tom Leuchtenburg who brought a ton of tools, gloves, mulch, seed, fertilizer and other supplies for the outside work.  We had a nice turnout!    Again, thanks to our hard-working Rotarians who labored long and hard to spruce up the landscape areas." 
Vivian Bass is retiring after 30 years and a celebration is set for Sunday, June 26, 2016, from 2pm-5pm at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center, 11810 Falls Road, Potomac. 
Juan Carlos Peirano and his crew painted inside as the others tackled the landscaping.
Rotary Social at Bretton Woods on May 5, 2016, Celebrates Cinco de Mayo and Welcomes Guests
[Above] Tom Lewis and Noel Howard welcome guests Nathan Aguirre and Deepak Soni. 
[Above] Guests Lilly and Nathan Aguirre; [Below] Nan Fuhrman, Noel Howard, Nancy Mason and Bob Nelson.
 
 
Rotary District Governor Nominee Greg Wims spoke about the Victims Rights Foundation at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club meeting on April 28, 2016.
Rotary District Governor Nominee Greg Wims spoke about the Victims Rights Foundation at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club meeting on April 28, 2016. The Victims Rights Foundation performs volunteer support services on behalf of victims of violent crimes and attacks. President Bob Fuhrman gave DGN Greg a copy of the Rotary Cookbook.
Rockville Rotarian John Kolm gave a presentation on the Haiti school project on April 21, 2016, that was supported by the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club.
Rockville Rotarian John Kolm gave a presentation on the Haiti school project on April 21, 2016, that was supported by the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club. President Bob Fuhrman presented John with the Rotary Cookbook.
[Above]  Guest speaker John Kolm addresses the club on April 21, 2016.  [Below] Silver Spring-Kensington Rotarian Jason Taylor and Leslie Gross, John's wife.
Rotary Scholar Kristina Wienhöfer from Germany Was Guest Speaker at the Rotary Club Meeting on April 14, 2016
Rotary Scholar Kristina Wienhöfer receives a cookbook from Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club President Bob Fuhrman on April 14, 2016. 
[Photo by Tom Lewis]
 
Rotarians Pack Food Boxes for the Needy at Manna on April 12, 2016
Alex Naron, Tom Lewis and Bob Nelson packed 144 boxes of food for needy families in Montgomery County on April 12, 2016.
Foundation Update - Amazon and Fundraising
Here is a very easy way to help us with fundraising.  If you are an Amazon shopper please bookmark this link http://pbrotary.org/Page/amazon in your browser and ask your friends and family to do the same.  Whenever you start your Amazon shopping from this page the club gets a percentage.  See the link above for details.  You can also get to it from our website banner at http://pbrotary.org.
Webmaster Update - NEW Foundation Webpage
We now have a page which serves as a launching point to our club’s Foundation.  Check it out at http://pbrotary.org/Page/our-foundation.  You can get to it in three ways from our home page (www.pbrotary.org) : Look for “Foundation” located on the banner or under the menu choices “About Us” or “Services/Projects”. Besides evolving content and links to internal and external resources, on that page we can now accept online donations for everything we do. 
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If you shop at Amazon through this link http://smile.amazon.com/ch/52-1264058, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases (millions of products) to the charitable foundation of our club. Thank You!
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Manna Food Center Packing Night
Manna Food Center
Jun 14, 2016
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
 
Manna Food Center Packing Night
Manna Food Center
Jul 12, 2016
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
 
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