Our guest speaker on June 18, 2015, was Erica Siebrasse, PhD, Education and Professional Development Manager, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Erica talked to us about “Virus Hunting 101: Searching For New Viruses.”
Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Accra - Ring Road Central exchange club banners with President Caesar Kavadoy on June 18, 2015. On the left is President Elect Laud Phiifi Ashon and on the right is Past President Russell Banful.
Guest speaker Erica Siebrasse, Nancy Mason and Melanie Weerakoon.
President Caesar Kavadoy congratulates Dr. Noel Howard on 10 years of membership in the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club and on the 46th wedding anniversary for Gladys and Noel. Noel gave his "re-classification" talk including his time as the highest-ranking psychiatrist in the U.S. Navy.
[Above] Dr. Noel Howard and his wife Gladys. [Below] Visiting Rotarian from Swaziland, Nonhlanhla Dlamini.
[Above] Friend of Nancy Mason from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Graciela Mestroni speaks with Melanie Weerakoon.
Doris Ligon is the founder of the African Art Museum of Maryland as the first Museum in the planned community of Columbia Maryland. It is one of only three museums of its kind in the USA devoted exclusively to the art of Africa. Since its inception in 1980, AAMM has presented for viewing pleasure, in its location and at outreach events, astounding works of the highest quality including contemporary, intercontinentally known, stellar artists, held in the highest esteem. Photos by Monica Farmer.
Rotary International Scholars [L-R] Misa Azuma (Japan), Will Todman (England), Jun Sugihara (Japan) and Alessia Thiebaud (Italy) spoke at the 35th Annual Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club's International Night hosted by the Bretton Woods Recreation Center. Governor Bill Fine, President Caesar Kavadoy, President Elect Bob Fuhrman, International Night Chair Melanie Weerakoon, MCs Art Blitz and Judd Gould and Silent Auction Announcers Chinyere Amaeule and Monica Farmer highlighted the evening.
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.
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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