Bulletin 2016-11-17 (Nov 17, 2016)

Alan Grant and Bob Nelson distributed dictionaries to third graders at Waters Landing Elementary School on November 15, 2016

Posted by Bob Nelson on Nov 15, 2016

Alan Grant and Bob Nelson distributed dictionaries to third graders at Waters Landing Elementary School on November 15, 2016. [Below] Students at the Melvin Berman Hebrew Academy display new words they found in their dictionaries.

Back from photo safaris in Botswana and South Africa on November 10, 2016, Nancy Mason and Bob Nelson showed some of their photos from their exciting journey.

Posted by Bob Nelson on Nov 17, 2016

Back from photo safaris in Botswana and South Africa, Nancy Mason and Bob Nelson showed 167 photos from their exciting journey. Nancy received the Rotary Cookbook from President Bob Fuhrman for her presentation. Bob Nelson celebrated his birthday at the Rotary Club meeting.

Susan Mathiascheck of the Nuclear Energy Institute Presented at Potomac-Bethesda Rotary

Posted by Chinyere Amaefule on Nov 01, 2016

Pictured: Susan Mathiascheck and Bob Fuhrman, Rotary Club of Potomac-Bethesda Club President

Summary Contributor, Robert Furhman.

On October 27, 2016, Susan Mathiascheck spoke on environmental policy related to nuclear power plants including storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel. Susan also addressed the role nuclear power could potentially play in reducing U.S. dependency on combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas and resistance to expanding US nuclear capacity by environmental advocacy groups.

October 20, 2016 meeting featured Professor Rudolph Hock's talk, "America, a Mirror Image of Ancient Rome?"

Posted by Chinyere Amaefule on Oct 25, 2016

Pictured: (L to R) Toni Blanchette, Professor Rudolph Hock and Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club President, Bob Fuhrman

Professor Hock discussed the "republican" aspects of both the U.S. and Roman systems of government in addition to his preference for the study of Rome versus ancient Greek civilization and history.

On October 13, 2016, guest speaker Samantha Horwitz was thanked by President Bob Fuhrman after her talk about her new book, "The Silent Fall: A Secret Service Agent's Story of Tragedy and Triumph After 9/11."

On October 13, 2016, guest speaker Samantha Horwitz was thanked by President Bob Fuhrman after her talk about her new book, "The Silent Fall: A Secret Service Agent's Story of Tragedy and Triumph After 9/11."

October 6, 2016, Rotary Club Meeting Featured Brian McGrath Speaking About the U.S.Navy

Posted by Bob Nelson on Oct 05, 2016

Dr. Noel Howard presents the Rotary Cookbook to Brian McGrath with thanks for his presentation on the U.S. Navy. [Photo by Tom Lewis]

144 Boxes of Food Packed by Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club Volunteers on October 11, 2016 at Manna Food Center

Posted by Bob Nelson on Oct 12, 2016

Foundation Update - Amazon and Fundraising

Posted by Nabil Bedewi on Feb 02, 2015

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

Posted by Nabil Bedewi on Feb 02, 2015

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.