Thanksgiving Service at Chapman Partnership

Chapman Partnership

Thanksgiving

For the 10th year our Club went to the Chapman (f/k/a Community Partnership for the Homeless) Partnership to serve Thanksgving dinner to the more than 500 residents of the HAC.

The Community Service Committee was given a $1,000 grant from our Club Foundation to purchase the food for the Thanksgiving feast.  And what a feast it was!  Besides turkey and killer stuffing they had mac n' cheese, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, root veggies, collard greens, salad, cornbread, sweet potato pies, red velvet, chocolate and vanilla cake!  An awesome spread that they spent three days preparing.

DGE Wolf & Inge Stullenberg

Ten Rotarians, and their friends and families, AND our Rotary Youth Exchange Student, Mailys Ooghe, some 25 people were on hand to serve, waitress and bus tables for the families that are living at Chapman.  We even had a visit from a traveling Rotary District Governor Elect, Wolf Stullenberg, District 4160 in Mexico!  He and his wife Inge were in Miami for Thanksgiving and wanted to do "something traditional".  He found out about our service project on the website and showed up to serve with us for the morning.

We had a great time.  We served some terrific food.  And being there made us all a little more grateful for the blessings we have in our collective lives.

Rest assured we'll be back there again next year.  Why don't you join us? 

All of us!

Getting ready for the crowds

Community Service Chair Deena Bell-Llewllyn with DGE Wolf & Inge

 

Happy Turkey to you all!

Pretty Muddy Saturday

Pretty Muddy Saturday

President Walter was approached by the organizers of a new kind of 5K fund raiser ... it's called Pretty Muddy.

It's a women's run that is routed through the muddiest places in town.  This one was at the Amelia Earheart Park in Hialeah.

The organizers heard about our skill at pouring beer(!!!) and wanted us to use our skills to help make their event an even wetter success.  AND the proceeds from the beer sold went to the Coral Gables Rotary Foundation.  What more can we ask?  


Fun, fellowship, mud, beer, pretty ladies and money for our many projects.  It was a win/win and a deal that not even Walter could turn down.  A great time was had by all!
 
           

                                                                       

IKF Halloween Party Fun for ALL Concerned

International Kids Fund Halloween Party

Staged by 

Judy the Good Witch!

On Tuesday, October 30th a group of pretty scary Rotarians went down to Jackson Memorial Hospital to throw a Halloween Party for the children who are temporary residents at the hospital.  Most are from out of the country and are sent here because they need special surgery or have special needs to relieve a life threatening condition.   They're far from home and don't have much fun.  So Coral Gables Rotary brought them tricks and treats.

Led by the Good Witch Judy Pantoja, accompanied by Community Service Chair, Deena Bell-Llewellyn, Lorraine Sheldon, Bill & Melissa Quesenberry, Mead McCabe, Sally B., and Yoli Woodbridge, the group brought treat bags, tons of candy, pumpkins to decorate, masks, stickers, cupcakes and juice and of course the obligatory Halloween songs and Charlie Brown & the Great Pumpkin to entertain and delight 16 happy kids.

Thanks to all who participated.  As you can see from the following photo gallery, a good time was had by all.