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A FORWARD THINKING CLUB
Metro Bethesda Rotary is a forward looking club attracting a diverse group of all ages. Rotary's tagline is "service above self" and we live that daily. Reaching out to organizations in our neighborhood and internationally, metroBethesda Rotary is looking for new members to keep us moving forward.
We're not the biggest or the oldest, but metroBethesda Rotary is on fire as one of the fastest growing clubs in the DC area. From hosting golf tournaments and fundraisers to networking happy hours and BBQ's, we're making our mark.
Check us out at Jaleo in Bethesda every Thursday 7:30-9am for breakfast, a speaker, and great conversation. Like us on Facebook - and keep up on what's going on in the metroBethesda Rotary Club!
Contact info: daniel@solveitgroup.com (Secretary and Operations)
The club meets at Jaleo Restaurant in Bethesda!
The breakfast meeting is every Thursday from 730am to 9am.
There are multiple garages within one block of Jaleo and limited street parking.
Jaleo: 7271 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda MD
mBr completes setup of first Refugee Apartment
As part of a partnership with Lutheran Social Services, mBr has completed the setup of an apartment for a family of five arriving from Afghanistan. mBr members, friends of members and A Wider Circle donated all of the items a family needs from beds and furniture to linens and kitchen appliances. We also fully stocked the cupboards and cooked about a weeks worth of food.
Here are our members in action:
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Loading the truck at Wider Circle Noureen cooking up a storm! With our AWC contact: Megan R.
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Unloading the truck The Decorators!
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Finished product: Living Room and Dining Room
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FInished Product: Parent's Bedroom with Crib
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Finished Product: Kids' Room
mBr volunteers for Bethesda Cares
mBr volunteered twice in December serving Bethesda Cares homeless clients. We served about 70 BCares homeless clients.
CLEAN STREAM SERVICE EVENT
On Sunday, Oct 1 members of mBr had a dramatic, positive effect on our environment.
For the 2nd time we "Stream Cleaned" a tributary to Rock Creek flowing through Chevy Chase Lake.
Led by Maribel, in conjunction with Rock Creek Conservancy, on a beautiful early Fall day.
MBR wins three golds for Rotary excellence!
mBR is one of only two clubs in District 7620 (62 clubs) to win three golds for excellence for the 2016/17 Year.
Eleventh annual PURPLE TEE TOURNAMENT a Great Success!
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This is mBr's primary fundraiser for it's Foundation. Proceeds also benefit service organizations focused on wounded warriors.
Sponsor's include Salute Military Golf Association (SMGA) and Military Order of the Purple Heart.
President
President Elect
Secretary
Treasurer
Immediate Past President
The Rotary Foundation
Sergeant-at-Arms
Rob Mercer
With a special shout out to Michael Ramos for pointing me towards the writings of Rotary’s founder, Mr. Paul Harris. I invite you all to read the following article written by Paul Harris.
Issued from the Secretary’s office of the National Association of Rotary Clubs of America
Vol. I. January, 1911. No. 1.
RATIONAL ROTARIANISM
By Paul P. Harris.
National President.
If by interposition of Providence I someday were to find myself standing on a platform in some great Coliseum looking into the eyes of every living Rotarian, and were to he told that I could have one word to say, without an instant's hesitation and at the top of my voice, I would shout "Toleration!"
It was in pursuit of it that the pilgrim fathers embarked in their frail craft upon the stormy waters. It was from the chrysalis toleration that lustrous winged liberty, awakened by the music of the sweetest toned bell on earth, sprang and floated away that July day in Philadelphia, while the world dreamed and wondered.
"Whether or not it is dishonorable to join a club for business purposes depends upon the club, its principles and what one professes to join it for. There is no more culpability about joining a business club for business purposes than there is about joining a social club for social purposes, an athletic club for athletic purposes, or a political club for the acquisition of a pull.
If this Rotary of ours is destined to be more than a mere passing thing, it will be because you and I have learned the importance of bearing with each other's infirmities, the value of toleration.
Rotary is entirely without precedent in the history of clubdom.
We have had no rules except such as have been gathered from the creative imagination of the men who have been responsible for our destinies. As mariners, long before the invention of the compass, successfully navigated perilous and unknown seas by the guidance of the stars, so they, the forefathers of Rotary, observing the rules that have from time immemorial influenced the lives of men, skillfully guided their craft in perilous, unknown and trying circumstances. May we never, in time to come, depart from the safe course of rational toleration and humane consideration of the convictions of others. Click here for the rest of the article!
YIRS,
Russell B Lacey
