Prior to becoming a U.S. citizen, Jacques Paraskévas was an official of the French embassy in Washington, D.C. He became a U.S. citizen, he claims, because, with exposure, he discovered that he preferred our republican form of government to the French system, which he claims has attributes of both a monarchy and a form of multi-national state headquartered in Brussels. His comments on these two political systems should be enlightening. Come prepared to learn how to say the Pledge of Allegiance in French. Jacques is a member of the Rotary Club of North Bethesda.
Dr. Susan Rich spoke about "Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder" at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club meeting on September 15, 2016. Pictured [L-R] are State Senator Brian Feldman, Dr. Susan Rich, President Bob Fuhrman and State Delegate Aruna Miller.
Dr. Neil Cohen presented the TV sitcom pilot “Bennie’s Gym” starring Ed Asner that he produced locally at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club meeting on September 1, 2016.
[Above] President Bob and Nan Fuhrman with their niece, Elena Torres.
[Above] Guests included Nabil Bedewi from the One World Rotary Club, Heidi Pierano, Nan Fuhrman and Elena Torres. [Below] Guests included Gladys Howard, Arlene Cohen and her friend Sue Boren, Nancy Mason.
President Bob Fuhrman thanked Rotary District Governor Dr. Anna-Mae Kobbe for her presentation during the official visit at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club on August 25, 2016.
[Foreground, L-R] District Governor Dr. Anna-Mae Kobbe, Spouse Doug Newell, North Bethesda Rotarian Ron Sigelman, Area Governor Barton Goldenberg and Nancy Mason. [Below] District Governor Dr. Anna-Mae Kobbe honors Past Club President Chinyere Amaefule for her Rotary service.
Rotary SummerFest at Bluestone Sanctuary on August 20, 2016, was enjoyed by 40+ Rotarians and guests from Potomac-Bethesda Rotary, Ellicott City Rotary, EC Sunrise Rotary and Howard West Rotary Clubs.
[L-R] Rotary Summerfest Hosts Bob Nelson and Nancy Mason
with grandchildren Carson and Chase, Katherine Zimmerly (Aunt) and Scott Zimmerly (Dad).
[Above] Dr. Stephen Hellman gave Dr. Stephen Vaccarezza a Rotary Cookbook for his presentation on his trip to Greece at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club meeting on August 11, 2016. Dr. Stephen Vaccarezza is the Treasurer of the North Bethesda Rotary Club.
[Below] Alan Grant with his guest, Deann O'Brien from M&T Bank.
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!
President Bob Fuhrman thanked Rotary District Governor Dr. Anna-Mae Kobbe for her presentation during the official visit at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club on August 25, 2016. 
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On August 9, 2016, we packed 192 boxes of food at Manna Food Center for needy families in Montgomery County. 
