Bulletin 2023-11-23 (Nov. 21, 2023)

Great Speakers Coming to P-B Rotary in December...Invite a Guest!

Happy Thanksgiving! No Meeting on November 23, 2023

Join Potomac Passport Rotary Club as they honor Wounded Warriors on the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) 20th anniversary year on December 15, 2023, 5-8PM.

Winter Gala Invite, December 15, 2023, 5-8PM:
Join Potomac Passport Rotary Club as we honor Wounded Warriors on the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) 20th anniversary year on December 15, 2023, 5-8PM. A large part of the proceeds will go to the WWP and efforts to support transitioning veterans. Register at https://lnkd.in/eEbEFenw

We are thrilled to announce that we have a friend of the Potomac Passport Rotary Club from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency confirmed as a chief guest to make this extra special, Mario Vizcarra. Detect Deter Defeat is their mission for which we as a nation are grateful.

And that's not all. We have a professional singer who is an Airforce Veteran, Joe Coleman singing a few of his favorite songs. ❤

Website: https://lnkd.in/ezz932Jr

Join Our Dictionary Distributions at Participating Elementary Schools

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 give dictionaries each year to children in the third grade.

Lisa Summers, President and Co-Founder of "Healing Politics" Described Her Organization Dedicated to Encouraging Those in the Nursing Profession to Run for Elected Office at the Rotary Club Meeting on October 5, 2023

Rotary Club Social at Bretton Woods Recreation Center on September 28, 2023

Rotary Club Meeting on September 21, 2023, at Lakewood Country Club

Gerald Krell, President, Auteur Productions, and his son Adam presented plans and video for a documentary about the founder of Wolf Trap, Catherine Filene Shouse, at the Rotary Club meeting on September 7, 2023

Rotary Club Social at Bretton Woods Recreation Center on August 31, 2023

Rotary Club of Arbroath, Scotland, thanked P-B Rotary for the donation

Posted by Nabil Bedewi on Sep 04, 2023

Last Thursday (8/31) I arrived in Arbroath just in time for attending the club's meeting. So I took the opportunity to give them our Club's generous donation of 3,000 GBP. The attached picture is the handoff of the cash to Danny Gentles, their club's president. The members in the room were genuinely surprised at the amount and greatly appreciative of the good that will come from it.

Thank you again for your generosity!

Regards,

Nabil

Nabil has just astonished and delighted us with your incredibly generous donation of £3000. The money will be deposited into our charitable trust account tomorrow and we will carefully consider how to use the money to best effect. We already have a number of requests for funding but we prefer to balance our giving between reacting to requests and identifying the local organisations that are best placed to meet the many needs of our community in Arbroath. I will certainly be in touch with you to confirm how that is to be achieved.

Again, many many thanks. We will ensure that the money makes a difference.

Yours in Rotary

Danny Gentles

President The Rotary Club of Arbroath

District Governor Delores Edwards Harding made her official visit on August 17, 2023

Welcome District Governor Delores Edwards Harding and her husband James to the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club.

The Rotary International theme this year is "Create Hope in the World."

Nabil Bedewi gave an update on "Believe in Belize" at the Rotary Club meeting on August 10, 2023

President Jake Matysek awarded Rotary Foundation pins to Nabil Bedewi and Todd Nitkin thanking them for their generosity.

The 43rd Anniversary of the Chartering of the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club was celebrated on August 3, 2023

New Rotary Year Club Assembly on July 6, 2023, discussed plans for 2023-2024

Social at Bretton Woods on June 29, 2023, Wrapped Up the 2022-23 Rotary Year

Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies brought an update on immigration at the Rotary Club meeting on May 18, 2023

Graciela Mestroni from Buenos Aires, Argentina, gave a talk on "What Happened to Argentina?" at the Rotary Club meeting on May 4, 2023

President Jake with Guest Speaker Graciela Mestroni.

[L-R] Dessie Moxley, Koo Yuen, Chinyere Amaefule and Graciela Mestroni. Graciela is a long-time friend of Nancy Mason who introduced her to the club.

Thank You to the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club for Participating in the Dictionary Project

Posted by Alan Grant

"Alan, Thank you for giving so much of your time to organize and implement the Dictionary Project again this year. Your dedication to improve literacy where you live has had a profound impact on the children in your community. Your kindness and support show what community service looks like. Please let me know how we can implement your ideas to include more people. You are always welcome to visit our office when your travels bring you to South Carolina. Sincerely, Mary French, The Dictionary Project Director"

Dictionary Project Facts

To date, more than 35,617,000 children have received a dictionary thanks to the generosity of Dictionary Project sponsors. Over 3,770 Rotary Clubs, 65 Rotary Districts and 14 Rotaract Clubs have participated in The Dictionary Project. Rotarians have given over 18,360,000 dictionaries since 2002. Dictionary Projects provide dictionaries to students in all 50 states and over 40 countries.