International Spaying & Neuter Network organizes Spay/Neuter Clinic with Rotary Negril

October 24, 2010 Negril, Rotarians from Rotary Club of Negril had a busy weekend helping the professional vets from the International Spaying and Neuter Network, who volunteered their services for free, with the organized Spay and Neuter Clinic in Negril. The first day a total of 63 dogs and cats were helped at the Community Centre in Negril. People could bring in their pets at no charge. Captured Stray dogs & cats were also accepted. Outside the Community Centre a classroom was created where children were told not to be afraid of dogs, not to stone or kick them and how they can care for them.

Vets at work

Kids were very interested to learn

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Interclub Assembly Mandeville

September 25th and 26th, all Rotary Clubs of Jamaica met in Mandeville

with our District Governor Diana White and all the Assistant Governors.

The Clubs gave an overview of all the "Service Above Self" extended to their communities and new ideas were exchanged. It was a weekend full of great fellowship!

Negril Rotarians clean up coastal area in Negril

Saturday September 25, 2010 Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Negril participated in International Coastal Clean up Day and cleaned the stretch of beach between Sunshine Village shopping mall and The Negril Post Office. They spend a day picking up everything from cigarette butts and food wrappers to exchanged JPSCO electricity cables.

Over 10 garbage bags were filled.

RCM Sunrise Installs new Rotarians

RCM Sunrise has added to the fold with the installation of two (2) new members this August 2010.
The new members though new to RCM Sunrise are not new to rotary as they both had previously been members of other clubs.

With open arms and warm smiles we say welcome to the family of Rotary Xemina Monteith and Kamal Chuganey.


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Rtn. Chris Myles

ST. ANTHONY'S SOUP KITCHEN RECEIVES DONATION FROM ROTARY CLUB OF NEGRIL

To show their support for this most needed project and as contribution to our local community,
The Rotary Club of Negril donated JA$ 100,000 to be used to provide shade, tables and chairs for the
St. Anthony Soup Kitchen, during their business meeting held Thursday July 15th 2010.

Father Jim from The Mary Gate of Heaven Catholic Church in Negril was very excited about the 3 month old soup kitchen as well as having Negril Rotary being the first community group to show interest in assisting with this important programme. The kitchen is located near the car/taxi park and serves hot meals from 12-1:30 pm on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of each week. Approximately 130 meals are served which include 24 children. The paid staff (two cooks) work along with volunteers to feed any hungry persons that presents themselves.

The children who don't have the funds to be in school, begin arriving already at 9 am...and the cooks started to give them a little breakfast of Milo and toast. Rotarian Jeanne along with Peace Corp volunteers are now in the hot sun on makeshift benches trying to get these kids who are often illiterate and undisciplined to receive more than the food by having edutainment and using the lunch time to teach them basic reading, values, positive behaviour and attitudes.

Father Jim said: " This gift is wonderful and we are thrilled to receive it" and wished Rotary every blessing!

(From left to right) Brother Richard, President Giovanna Allella and Frair James Bok. 

KIRLEWS OF NEGRIL HARDWARE & HABERDASHERY HONOURED BY ROTARY CLUB OF NEGRIL

Negril, Jamaica (30 July 2010) –

Members of the Rotary Club of Negril gathered to honour Mr. and Mrs. Desmond (Roy) Kirlew of Negril Hardware & Haberdashery yesterday. 

President Giovanna Allella presented a plaque that read:  In Honour and Appreciation to Mrs. & Mrs. Desmond (Roy) Kirlew for Continuous Major Support and Contribution to the Rotary Club of Negril. 

“The Kirlews have supported our Club in all endeavors of community support during my two years leading our members and projects,” added Sabine Bolenius Brown, Past President.  “These projects include fencing of Happy Hearts, Rocky Hill and West End Basic Schools; a bus shelter near Rhodes Hall High School and classroom and kitchen enhancements at the Theodora Project School.”

(from left to right):  Joan Cooney, Michael Bradley, Giovanna Allella, Ken Cooney, Elaine Bradley, Desmond Kirlew, Sabine Bolenius-Brown, Roberta Pryor

NEW PRESIDENT AND OFFICERS MANAGE THE SAILS

Sunday July 11, 2010  The Rotary Club of Negril installed their New President and Board for the year 2010 -2011during their traditional cruise on board "The Wildthing" 

Many Rotarians were recognized for their hard work in 2010 by Past President Sabine Brown and president Giovanna gave a brief overview of the goals for 2011. She adjourned the meeting with saying as follows" The Rotary Club of Negril will laugh a little, cry a little, dance a little, and stumble a little, In 2010 -2011 We will manage the sails in both stormy and calm waters to keep this ship on track. We will go through high and low tides but will also watch many magnificent sunrise and sunsets. And I hope that as we embark back onto shore, we can lift our head a little higher, knowing we've made the world a little better"

Our Paparazzi's spotted Audley Wright IPP Rotary Club of Mobay East, PP Claude from our club in Falmouth, President Winsome Stewart from Mobay East, our Assistant Governor Govind Chulani and Prakash celebrated his ?? birthday!

An afternoon of  great fellowship

Sunrise Installation and Dinner 2010

The Rotary Club of Montego Bay Sunrise had its Installation Dinner and Awards Ceremony on June 26th 2010. The newly opened Satori Resort & Spa provided an amazing backdrop that rain had earlier threatened to ruin.

 Rtn. Sajjan Bharwani , Mrs. Bharwani and Rtn. Melissa Chang

Set on the Pool deck over looking the beautiful Caribbean Sea the evening was another highlight of the outgoing Executives tenure at the club's helm.

                                                  Rtn. Christopher Myles makes special presentation to Guest Speaker Charmaine Delisser

Special guest speaker Charmaine Delisser provided an insightful talk on internet fraud, phishing and it's effects. With numerous awards and presentations dotting the evenings happenings it was with great enthusiasm and excitement when outgoing Charter President Manoj Ramchandani ended his presentation on the club's charter year activities.

                                              Charter President Rtn. Manoj Ramchandani installs Rtn. David Tavares as new Club President

This cleared the way for the Spotlight of the evening as Rtn. David Tavares was installed as the new President of Rotary Club of Montego Bay Sunrise. As David had his new Executives and Board installed and pinned the evening wound down with the new Sergeant-At-Arms Rtn. Allen Satterlee providing comic relief and building the coffers for the new rotary year.

                                                                             Sergeant-At-Arms Rtn. Allen Satterlee

Another highlight of the evening came as a welcomed surprise to everyone as DGSR Haresh Ramchandani who has been instrumental in providing guidance and support to the club during it's charter year was
presented with a Honorary Club Member award. This capped not only a wonderful evening but brought the curtains on the Club's successful Charter year of activities.

                                   DGSR Haresh Ramchandani accepts the Honorary Member award from Charter President Manoj Ramchandani

The Rotary Club of Montego Bay Sunrise would like to say thank you to all that turned out to share with us this special occasion. Please join us as we fly the Rotary Flag into our second year of community and social service.

Please Click Here to see more pictures of the Installation Ceremony

Rotary Club of Montego Bay Sunrise meets Wednesday mornings at 7:29am at the Wexford Hotel , Montego Bay. 
Feel free to join us and explore the world of Rotary with us. 






Rtn. Christopher Myles

Sunrise visits RCMBE Games night

After a successful year of service above self RCMBE ended the year with a games night social and of course as always RC Montego Bay Sunrise was on hand to share in the evening.

Held at the beautiful Sunset Beach Resort and Spa the evening was well supported and with the variety of games on hand there was no shortage of laughter and smiles .

Even though there was no Red RUM :) the "SUNRISERS" in attendance some how managed to survive on Red wine. :) :)
A well spent evening of fellowship and comradery amongst Rotarians.

Thank you to the Executive body of the RCMBE for a successful year and inviting us to be apart of their many gatherings.

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Rtn: Chistopher Myles

Shaniek Parks- Jamaican Ambassadorial Scholar in Leeds, UK

To further international understanding and goodwill is one reason Shaniek Parks will travel to Leeds in September. She will be doing an MA in International Communications at the University of Leeds, this will allow her to become more informed about the impact of communication on global affairs, people and their reactions towards societal issues. She is intrigued by the area of Communications as a developmental tool and its impact on the ways people analyze and relate to situations.

Shaniek graduated from the University of the West Indies, Mona in 2008. While at UWI, she majored in Media and Communication and minored in International Relations. She was a member of the UWI Honour Roll and the received the JN/CARIMAC Media Award for excellence in Radio Production. She had the opportunity of interning with two influential development organizations namely; the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Office for the Caribbean and the Roving Caregivers Programme in St. Vincent in 2007 and 2008 respectively. These organizations introduced her to a plethora of opportunities for societal development and strengthened her passion of making the world a better place through service.

Volunteerism has always been an important part of Shaniek’s life. This appreciation for volunteerism dates back to her time at the Mount Alvernia High School where students had to complete a quota for community service. She was later given the opportunity to be instrumental in the planning and execution of the Protect. Stop. Seek. Talk (P.S.S.T) Campaign Against Physical Abuse in the inner- city community of Torrington Park, Kingston while attending the UWI. The campaign ran from February-April 2008 and featured various workshops and follow- up sessions culminating in a Blue Ribbon Drive at Crossroads, Kingston.

At present, Shaniek is member of the Rotaract Club of Montego Bay and a member of the United Nations Online Volunteers (UNV). In her capacity as an online volunteer she has assisted with the formulation of proposals for organizations in various parts of the world. However, her focus has been on assisting organizations in Cameroon, Africa namely the Rural Development Corporation (RUDEC) and the Goodness and Mercy Mission.

Shaniek is excited to be representing District 7020 and the Rotary Club of Montego Bay in Leeds. She is honoured to be joining Rotary’s International Family as an Ambassadorial Scholar and will do well in representing Rotary and its values while in the United Kingdom.

The Rotary Club of Montego Bay wishes her all the best while in the United Kingdom.


Shaniek plans to blog about this new and exciting chapter of her life in Leeds. Go visit her blog at http://adventuresofajamaicanrotaryscholar.blogspot.com/ and leave her a note of encouragement or two!

Rotary Club of Montego Bay's EarlyAct Clubs featured in The Rotarian magazine!

In only their first year of being, The EarlyAct Clubs of Montego Bay, working with the Rotaractors of Montego Bay and the Rotary Club of Montego Bay, in October of last year raised over JA$200,000 with their Coin Collection Drive. The funds were raised for the Norwood Basic School in Norwood, Montego Bay.

The Rotarian Magazine recognised this as a great achievement for the first project of the EarlyAct Clubs of Montego Bay and featured this success in its April 2010 issue of World Round Up.

Congratulations again to the EarlyActors and Rotaractors on this fundraiser!

Rotary Club of Montego Bay: Early Act Clubs of Montego Bay receive certificates for Outstanding service

Above: Members of the Liceo Montessori Early Act Club with their Certificates

On Friday the 4th of June 2010, Natasha Parchment-Clarke of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay toured 3 Montego Bay prep schools distributing certificates of appreciation to the EarlyAct club executive members for their dedication throughout the year. For more on the EarlyAct Clubs of Montego Bay and their exemplary community service go to their website here.

The Executive members of the Early Act Club receive their certificates at their meeting.

Above: EarlyAct Club Executives from Junior Plus Preparatory School

Above: Rotarian Keri Johnson (centre) assists in presenting certificates to members of the EarlyAct Club of Montego Bay Christian Academy – Savannah & Lucas Clarke.

Sunrise Inducts New Rotarians

"When a tree stops growing- it is ready to die...A Rotary Club is like that: It is moving ahead only when it's growing. When the growing ends , the knife and fork clubs begins." - Charles G. Tennent

If we want to see another century of Rotary, we must make rotary attractive to people. To get them involved in Rotary. We must concentrate on activities that capture their attention so that they are willing to make a commitment. It is not the responsibility of people to come to our clubs. It is ours to invite them.

Please join the Rotary Club of Montego Bay Sunrise in welcoming it's newest Rotarians Michelle Meikle (Auto Rentals) and Christopher Myles (IT Management). Congrats to these two Rotarians and also to the Sunrise club as they keep the flag of Rotary flying high.

AG Govind and Pres-elect Winsome attach the new Pins


The Induction ceremony and presentation of the two newest Sunrise Club members was done at a special meeting which included AG Govind Chulani, DGSR Haresh Ramchandani, President-Elect Rotary Club Montego Bay East Winsome Stewart along with the numerous Rotaractors visiting from their Conference.




From Left to Right : David Tavares (President Elect) , Manoj Ramchandani (Sunrise President), Christopher Myles, Michelle Meikle
                                                                                                        

Learning about Rotary and who we are...Sunrise

Thought we should share with our fellow Clubs some interesting videos about Rotary. Our club watched at our meeting today and for most of the members the videos were both insightful and welcoming to the heart.

The videos give special insight about Rotary the Brand , our objectives and efforts and also a special video that features Bill Gates announcing a $255 million grant to Rotary to eradicate polio.

Hopefully you find them informative click each Title below to play the Videos.

Rotary International (Brand, Objectives, Efforts)
Bill Gates Announces Donation

River tubing at Chukka Caribbean -GSE Team experiences other side of Jamaica

Jamaica is known for possessing great Rotarians who are always willing to go beyond the call of "service above self". However Jamaica is also know for an amazing tourism package with beautiful natural landscapes, amazing rivers, pristine beaches and warm welcoming people. So no doubt when the GSE team from Virginia visited the North Coast of the Island we had to let them experience our renowned service.
With a combined effort from the Rotary clubs of Montego Bay Sunrise, Falmouth and Ocho Rios the team visited the award winning Chukka Caribbean Adventures. Their visit took them to Chukka's White River Valley location in St. Mary where they did the Chukka River Tubing Safari excursion.

Between the screams and exhilaration of the tour down river the GSE team got a chance to learn more about Jamaica from their private tour guide.

Special thanks to Rotarian Christopher Myles (Montego Bay Sunrise) for facilitating the tour with Chukka  and AG Govind Chulani for coordinating with the multiple clubs to get the day organized.

Check out more pictures on Chukka's Facebook Fan  Page











Rtn: Christopher Myles (Sunrise)

Blood Drive a success - Rotary Club of Montego Bay Sunrise

The Rotary club of Montego Bay Sunrise would like to say thank you to all who turned out for the Blood Drive on May 29th at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay.

 Pres. Manoj and his Team 

                                          

For all those who participated the feeling of knowing your blood may have already saved a life is a reward in itself. We would like to thank Mr. Odean Black from the Cornwall Regional Blood bank for partnering and facilitating the drive and Rotarian Michelle Meikel who worked non stop to ensure the event was a success.

PAG Haresh Ramchandani does his part

Donors in the act of giving life

Rtn: Christopher Myles (Sunrise)

Early Childhood Parish Award for PP Elaine - Rotary Club of Negril

The Westmoreland Early Childhood Parish Board presented PP Elaine Bradley an award for outstanding contribution to Rocky Hill E.C.I.  The Rotary Club of Negril together with other donors refurbished this school. The school now has a kitchen, running water, a play room and is fenced. We applied and received a grant from JSIF to complete this project and without Elaine this would not have been possible. Kudos Elaine! Congratulations! you made us proud again.

Rotary Club Lucea launches First EarlyAct Club at St. Simon Primary School, Hanover

EarlyAct Club President Jovaine gives his address

The first EarlyAct Club in Hanover, which is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Lucea, was launched today, at the St. Simon Primary School.  Several Rotarians as well as parents and teachers were in attendance.    EarlyAct Chair PADG Eric formally launched the Club after he and ADG Govind had addressed the children on the goals, benefits and responsibilities associated with membership in the Rotary Family.

We heard two excellent musical items from the students.  President Angela of the Lucea Club thanked all those who made possible the establishment of an EarlyAct Club at the school, incuding the Principal, Mrs. Forde.

PADG Eric makes his presentation

Principal Mrs. Forde with the EarlyAct board and Rotarians

Montego Bay Sunrise hosts GSE Virginia team

The clouds opened and it rained cats and dogs but the Rotary club of Montego Bay Sunrise was adamant that the Virginia GSE team would not be disappointed.
Thanks to Rotarian Mubarek Said (Public Relations Chair) the GSE team experienced the St. James' flavor from a business, cultural and cuisine perspective. With visits to the National Housing Trust operations and the Greenwood Great House the almost ruined day turned out to be a good mix of learning and fellowship.

Rtn: Christopher Myles (Sunrise)