Thursday, February 27, 2014

2014-2015 Officer & Board of Directors Confirmed


 2014-2015 Rotary Year Announcement


President-Elect Carlos Bolado announced the Officers and Directors for this upcoming Rotary year which begins on July 1, 2014.

It looks like he's put together a really great group of Rotarians to continue the hard work and dedication that has made Rotary Club of Coral Gables such an outstanding and dynamic club in the District.


The elected and appointed members of the Board are as follows:

OFFICERS
President - Carlos Bolado
Past President - Don Trombly
President-Elect (2015-16) - Greg Martini
Vice President - Steven Spann
Secretary - Paolo Possenti
Treasurer - Bill Quesenberry
Sergeant-at-Arms - Rick Belz

DIRECTORS
Club Meeting Service Chair - Lan Nghiem-Phu
Community Service Chair - Lorraine Sheldon
Rotary Foundation Chair - George Reeves
Vocational Service Chair - Carol Alexander
Youth Service Chair - Sally Baumgartner
Civic & Charity - Rodney Langer
International - Noelle Galperin
Membership - Joe Lancaster
Programs - Richard DeWitt
Public Relations - Gloria Burns
Rotarygram - Yolanda Woodbridge
At Large Director - Ana Fournaris


Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Rotarians "Run Wild" at the Zoo


Saturday, February 8th at MetroZoo

Coral Gables Rotarians once again stepped out to support the Chapman Partnership with their 3rd annual “Run Wild” 5K race at the Miami Metrozoo.  

 Since 1995, the Chapman Partnership has been offering services to empower homeless residents to become self-sufficient. They have helped to reduce the number of homeless from 8,000 people in 1992 to 840 people in 2013, according to a recent census. They currently have a staff of 165 employees and rely on the 19,000 volunteers each year.

Saturday, February 8th dawned  - but Rotarians arrived long before it did!  Our job, to assist the runners and the event organizers with all of the many jobs so necessary when you're staging a 5K.  Water stations, t-shirts, chips, runner's registration.  The list of jobs is endless.

Many thanks to the Rotarians who volunteered at the zoo event long before sunrise!  Keith Phillips, Bill Quesenberry, Heather Shatzel and Lorraine Sheldon.