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Weekly Update
Our Monthly Social will be held on July 21, 2016, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at Bretton Woods Recreational Center, 15700 River Road, Germantown, MD 20874
Guest Speaker on July 14, 2016, was Steven Grant, Mayor of Boynton Beach, Florida.
President Bob Fuhrman welcomed guests on July 14, 2016: Buck Williams, retired from the NBA; Steven Grant, newly installed Mayor of Boynton Beach, Florida; Irene Grant; Nancy Mason and Nabil Bedewi.
Alan and Irene Grant introduced their son Steven, the new Mayor of Boynton Beach, Florida.
 
President Bob Fuhrman Highlights Plans for the New 2016-17 Rotary Year at the Club Assembly on July 7, 2016
[Above] Bob Fuhrman is congratulated by Bob Nelson for his continuing service as President for the second year.  Both President Bob Fuhrman and President-Elect Dr. Todd Nitkin described their work planning international service projects in Nepal and Ethiopia respectively.  [Below L-R] President Bob Fuhrman, guest BT Arnett, Dr. Noel Howard and Nancy Mason.
Dr. Neil Cohen spoke about the TV sitcom pilot he produced locally at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club meeting on June 30, 2016
Our own Neil Cohen discussed his recent work as one of the producers of what may become a new television sitcom.  Ed Asner starred in the pilot that was recently filmed here in Maryland. Photo by Dr. Stephen Hellman.
Nancy J. Altman spoke on "Saving Social Security" at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club Meeting on June 23, 2016
Rotarians Enjoy Big Train Baseball on June 16, 2016
Larry Heilman Shared “Lessons Learned in a Career in International Development” at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club Meeting on June 9, 2016
Larry Heilman shared “Lessons Learned in a Career in International Development” at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club Meeting on June 9, 2016.  In appreciation President Bob Fuhrman presented him with a Rotary cookbook.
New Rotary Club Member Dr. Stephen Hellman Gave His Classification Talk on May 26, 2016
[Above] President Bob Fuhrman thanks Dr. Stephen Hellman for his classification talk including an historical perspective on medical breakthroughs at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club meeting on May 26, 2016.  [Below] Congratulations to Chinyere Amaefule who was awarded her first Paul Harris Fellow and Art Blitz received a pin for his third Paul Harris Fellow.
Veteran Diplomat Bob Smolik Spoke on "Our Future Globalization" at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club Meeting on May 19, 2016
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.
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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