You are invited to join the Rotary Club of Potomac-Bethesda Thursday, November 3, 2016 as we distribute dictionaries to third graders at Bells Mill Elementary in Potomac, Maryland.
The Dictionary Project states the goal of this program is to assist all students in becoming good writers, active readers, creative thinkers, and resourceful learners by providing them with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come. Educators see third grade as the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn, so we encourage our sponsors to give each year to children in the third grade.
The Rotary Club of Potomac-Bethesda has been a sponsor of the dictionary project in Montgomery County Public Schools and private schools in Maryland. To learn more about the dictionary project, please visit http://ww.thedictionaryproject.org/. If you would like to get involve with the dictionary project distribution, please send an email titled interest in dictionary project to agrant@grantlaw.net.
Annually Providing Dictionaries to 3rd Graders in 6-8 Schools.
Please join us for David Petr's upcoming presentation at the Rotary Club of Potomac-Bethesda on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 6:30 pm. The meeting and dinner will be at Normandie Farm Restaurant in Potomac, Maryland.
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It’s a new day for economic development in the county, with a fresh perspective and a level of service.
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.
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."
[Above] President Bob Fuhrman provided an overview of the chapter on the Presidency of John F. Kennedy presented in William Leuchtenberg's history titled "The American President." Attendees shared perceptions and reflections on the pivotal years between the relative tranquility of the Eisenhower years and the emotional and political upheavals that followed the assassination of President Kennedy. [Below] Tom displays a copy of his father's book and Steve Naron visited from Hollywood Florida.
North Bethesda Rotarian Jacques Paraskevas compared the U.S. and French political systems at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club Meeting on September 22, 2016
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).
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!
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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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