February 5 was windy and bitterly cold, but Potomac-Bethesda Rotarians brought warmth and Valentine's cheer to homeless women at Sophia House in Rockville. Unfortunately the big smiles on the faces of the homeless women had to be blocked out due to privacy concerns.
There were only four volunteers at the Manna Food Center on February 10, 2015, but they were able to pack 192 boxes of food in two and a half hours. Thanks very much to [L-R] Tom Lewis, Alex Naron, Bob Nelson and Brian (not shown). Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, March 10, at 7pm and plan to come to help at Manna next month.
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.
Nineteen Rotarians and guests braved icy conditions to attend the social on January 29. Guests included Steven Grant and new first-time guests Erica Siebrasse, David Hilbert and Jan Casadae.
President Caesar Kavadoy thanks Nabil Bedewi for all the hard work to implement the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club website featuring new capabilities to assist in Club fundraising.
Sergeant-at-Arms Phil Meade collected $85 in Happy Dollars which was $15 short to have him shave off his mustache. Let's try again next week!
RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) is an intense 3-day, 2 night leadership training high school students who have shown a potential for rendering important service to their schools and communities. More than 150 high school students attended RYLA last year. Participants are nominated by local Rotary clubs and for these high school students, this recognition offers the opportunity to build self-confidence, gain exposure to a variety of issues and people, meet active community leaders, and learn valuable information and career skills. We need to raise $300 to send one high school student to this leadership training coming up in February. For more information or to donate online, please visit pbrotary.org/Page/ryla-interact. If you wish to donate by check or contact us please click here. Thank you for your support.
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!
