Dani DiPirro is an author, blogger, and designer living in a suburb of Washington, DC. In 2009, she launched the website PositivelyPresent.com with the intention of sharing her insights about living a positive and present life (something that didn’t always come easy to her!). Anything and everything focused on positive personal development has a home on Positively Present including: tips for being more positive; advice for living in the moment; articles on how positivity can improve you; information on positive personal development; insights on how to share positivity with others; and resources and inspiration for being positively present. She is the author of the recently published book, The Positively Present Guide to Life.
March 26, 2015, was a joint meeting with the Rockville Rotary Club and was held at Bretton Woods Recreation Center. Larry A. Bowers was our special guest speaker and is serving as Interim Superintendent of Schools until June 30, 2015. Mr. Bowers has worked for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) for 37 years and has served in a variety of leadership positions for the past two decades.
Dani DiPirro is an author, blogger, and designer living in a suburb of Washington, DC. In 2009, she launched the website PositivelyPresent.com with the intention of sharing her insights about living a positive and present life (something that didn’t always come easy to her!). Anything and everything focused on positive personal development has a home on Positively Present including: tips for being more positive; advice for living in the moment; articles on how positivity can improve you; information on positive personal development; insights on how to share positivity with others; and resources and inspiration for being positively present.
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The Positively Present Guide to Life
Dani DiPirro is an author, blogger, and designer living in a suburb of Washington, DC. In 2009, she launched the website PositivelyPresent.com with the intention of sharing her insights about living a positive and present life (something that didn’t always come easy to her!). Anything and everything focused on positive personal development has a home on Positively Present including: tips for being more positive; advice for living in the moment; articles on how positivity can improve you; information on positive personal development; insights on how to share positivity with others; and resources and inspiration for being positively present.
- See more at: http://www.pbrotary.org/Speakers#sthash.WvxBDY4o.dpuf
Dani DiPirro is an author, blogger, and designer living in a suburb of Washington, DC. In 2009, she launched the website PositivelyPresent.com with the intention of sharing her insights about living a positive and present life (something that didn’t always come easy to her!). Anything and everything focused on positive personal development has a home on Positively Present including: tips for being more positive; advice for living in the moment; articles on how positivity can improve you; information on positive personal development; insights on how to share positivity with others; and resources and inspiration for being positively present.
- See more at: http://www.pbrotary.org/Speakers#sthash.BBYuxfX3.dpuf
The Rotary Foundation enables Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, support of education, and alleviation of poverty.
The funds raised through the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club’s Annual International Night Event are dedicated to support projects in Haiti, Nepal and Russia.
Please e-mail Melanie Weerakoon at artihc419@comcast.net or call at 301-461-5456 if you have any questions.
All meals ($65 adults & $20 children) served with House Salad (Spring Lettuces, Orange, Fennel, Watermelon Radish, Balsamic Vinaigrette), Fruit Trifle dessert, and soft beverages/ Tea/Coffee.
Second Course choice of:
Herb Roasted Chicken Breast with Sundried Tomato Polenta and Steamed Asparagus.
Miso-glazed Alaskan halibut with Ginger Coconut Rice Pilaf and Sugar Snaps.
Grilled Eggplant and zucchini, Sweet Potato Puree and Roasted Roma Tomato.
Bob Nelson, who's career has been spent at NASA, congratulates Dr. Michelle Thaller for bringing all the latest discoveries by NASA spacecraft and astronomers. As seen in the photo below, Rotarians and guests were captivated by the photographic presentation.
Past President Tom Leuchtenburg with Caroline Taylor, Executive Director, Montgomery Countryside Alliance, and Ellen Letourneau, Outreach/Volunteer Coordinator. Caroline presented her excellent 30-minute video on Montgomery County's Agriculture Reserve featuring some members of the farming community. The video is available on DVD.
New Member Monica Farmer was installed at the meeting on February 12, 2015. [L-R] Chinyere Amaefule (sponsor), President Caesar Kavadoy, Area Governor Barton Goldenberg and new member Monica Farmer. Welcome, Monica, to the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club!
President Caesar Kavadoy presents the Rotary International cookbook to Rotarian Ed Edmundson. Ed reviewed a number of positions that he has held and he currently has a passion to empower entrepreneurship in Nepal and other countries.
Ed Edmundson displays handbags that are handmade in Nepal. In 2004, he started Earth Divas, a fair trade wholesale business. A few times a year he visits Nepal to help artisans design and produce handbags and accessories that are sold in health food stores throughout the US. He takes no compensation – 100% of the profits are paid back to the artisans.
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.
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!
Dani DiPirro is an author, blogger, and designer living in a suburb of Washington, DC. In 2009, she launched the website PositivelyPresent.com with the intention of sharing her insights about living a positive and present life (something that didn’t always come easy to her!). Anything and everything focused on positive personal development has a home on Positively Present including: tips for being more positive; advice for living in the moment; articles on how positivity can improve you; information on positive personal development; insights on how to share positivity with others; and resources and inspiration for being positively present. She is the author of the recently published book, The Positively Present Guide to Life.
