Tom Zsolnay, newly elected President of Harbourside Rotary presented his goals for the club over the next three years. The goals were established with President- Elect Peter Baillie and Vice- President Angus Macpherson, with the intent that they will be updated annually.
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Why not come to one of our meetings to meet like minded individuals and learn how to make a positive change in the world. The Rotary Club of Victoria Harbourside was established in 1980 and has a proud tradition of making a difference to our local community and community worldwide. Club activities, social events, and volunteer projects offer networking opportunities that build personal and professional connections. And Rotarians can extend those networks by visiting other clubs around the globe. Find out more about our club.
Dennis Truss introduced our own Dilsher Virk who is half Indian and half Austrian, to talk about the John Martyn Memorial School. John Martyn was a very well-known educator and was Dilsher's stepfather. The school was started by Dilsher's mother after John Martyn's death.
It was a proud day for Harbourside Rotarians recently as $95,710.00 was handed out at a regular Rotary meeting to deserving various community groups. As President Ann Moskow said "One of our favorite meetings of the year".
The Harbourside International Service team is pleased to learn that our Global Grant project in Tegucigalpa, Honduras has been featured in RI's Rotary Service Connections Blog. The article is below.
If you're wondering where your contributions to the Rotary Foundation go, here's a report on our project in Antigua, Guatemala, which we just completed. We had a District Community Grant, and worked with two other clubs - Bainbridge Island and the Passport Club of Pierce County.
This $9000 project provided business training to 22 women entrepreneurs in Antigua, Guatemala. Each woman received about 10 hours of training, met monthly with a Business Advisor to develop her business, and received a microcredit loan.
