The (extended) Family of Rotary

On November 3, 2015, the three Santa Fe Rotary Clubs held a potluck dinner for the Friendship Exchange group from District 7820 in Canada. Pictured are (left-to-right): M'Lea Walsh, President of the Rotary Club of Santa Fe Centro; Tom Simon, President of the Rotary Club of Santa Fe; the Canadian Fellowship Exchange members; Cheryl Ford-Mente, Past President of the Rotary Club of Santa Fe; and a representative of the Rotary Club of Santa Fe del Sur.

Guest speakers for the month of November

Guest speakers at our regular meetings this month, 8AM-9AM at the Chocolate Maven:

-11/10 Mark Ayers from A+ Academic Coaching speaking on Brothers Together

-11/17 Member Spotlight: Lourdes Monserrat

-11/24 Rev. Gayle Dillon from Everyday Center for Spiritual Living speaking on SMART Recovery

Rotary Friendship Exchange

Our next club meeting on Nov. 3 will be held at the Rotary Friendship Exchange potluck party to be held that evening at 6:00 pm at Christ Church which is on the corner of Cordova and Don Gaspar. The group from eastern Canada will do their short presentations about their clubs at the party. So please come to get to know this group of visiting Rotarians.

2015 World Polio Day on Livestream

Rotary International's 2015 World Polio Day. The event took place October 23 for our third annual World Polio Day event. Amazing posts from this worldwide effort on Rotary International Livestream page.

Centro, meetings-schedule for 10, 2015

Club's upcoming schedule: 10/6 The Prompt Institute

10/13 MdS Mentorship presentation

Mentorship at Monte del Sol Charter School helps young people move into a renewed sense of being engaged and connected with their learning.

October 20 Amber Hazard from Casa Familia

October 27 Kim Brown from Girls Inc.

Rotaract

Our Club was hard at work at St John college this September 1st , helping District officer & downtown club member Victoria Bruneni & friends sign-up new Rotaract students.

Who’s not to like such a dedicated, good looking team & their artsy set up?

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2015 Bi-District conference

The Districts 5520&4110 annual Bi-District conference took place this year in Las Cruces, August 28&29.

This is a major event where both District clubs meet and look for partners to conduct local humanitarian projects.

Our Club be partnering with District 4110 - Empresarial Piedras Negras Rotary Club. We will team on a project to bring water filtering machines to local schools. Thank you President Walsh for bringing us a new International project!

Don’t forget to check our new friends' lively photo album on their FaceBook page

Centro, meetings-schedule for 9, 2015

Club's upcoming schedule:

9/1 Julia Bergen from Communities in Schools

9/8 no meeting (as usual after a Monday major holiday)

9/15 Roy Martinez and Rising Stars of the Southwest participant

9/22 Club Assembly

9/29 Kira and Amanda from ArtSmart

10/6 The Prompt Institute

Every Tuesday, 8:00-9:00 AM. Chocolate Maven, 821 West San Mateo Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505

Governor's visit

Club Executive board meeting and visit of District 5520 Governor Tom Walker, July 16, 2015.

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RYLA 2015, part II & III

Bottom - Club past president Rhonda picking up RYLA camper Erich & dropping Isabella at the Manzano retreat. Top - Club member Tatiana & I picking up Isabella the following week. RYLA is really a serious Club-Family affair, transportation-wise.

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Club Kick-out party

Thank you President Rhonda (2014-2015), Happy trail President M'Lea (2015-2016)!

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RYLA camp, summer 2015

Erich, our club RYLA candidate was safely delivered at the Manzano Mountain Ranch last Sunday! (Here with Club President M’Lean and Membership director Jean Constant). Next week it will be Isabella’s turn. And the rest will be RYLA history…. We'll look forward to hear all about it from them both when they return.

Club afternoon outing Tuesday June 30, 2:00 PM. Club afternoon outing, Tuesday June 30, 2:00 PM

Our Club will meet at the New Mexico Governor’s mansion, Tuesday June 30, at 2:00 PM. Address: 1 Mansion Drive. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Easy access and ample parking.

The 45 minutes-long tour will replace our regular meeting that week. Visiting Rotarians, guests and friends are welcome to join.

Any question? Contact our Club Administration director at: 505-603-2066

The land of enchantment…

Ou President recently drove several Youth Exchange students to the District 5520 2015 convention held this year in Clovis. They had time for a short break at the Santa Rosa hole. 

The Blue Hole of Santa Rosa is a circular, bell shaped pool east of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. It is very popular destinations for SCUBA diving and training. The Blue Hole has a clear blue body of water with a constant 64 °F temperature and constant inflow of 3000 gallons per minute. While the surface is only 80 feet in diameter, it expands to a diameter of 130 feet at the bottom.

Youth Exchange is a study-abroad opportunity for young people who spend anywhere from a few weeks to a full year as an international student hosted by local Rotary clubs. More than 8,000 young people each year have experiences like these through Rotary Youth Exchange.

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District 5520, 2015 convention - President’s diaries

President Rhonda was nice enough to share with us her personal (photo) diaries of the 3 days District convention that took place in Clovis, last April. Here are a few highlights of her visit - top, with friend Larry Dimmitt, member of the Downtown Topeka Rotary Club and Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator, and below a quick visit at the Norman and Vi Petty Rock&Roll museum with Fabienne, president elect M’Lea and her friend Alvin. Our officers will be ready to rock the club next year!

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RYLA 2015

Our RYLA committee under the leadership of Mary Robinson selected 2 worthy participants for our next District 5520, RYLA camp this summer: Isabela Coppler from Santa Fe High School, a National Honors Society student and Varsity team soccer player; and Erich Schandelwein from St Michael High School, a seasoned JV and U basketball player and Honor student in Algebra and Chemistry. We wish them both a great and profitable camp and thank our RYLA Chair Mary for a job well done!

Reaching for the stars…

Jean Constant, Santa Fe Centro club member made the cover of Astronomer Without Borders this month! The article does not say if our club is investigating too for future satellite club opportunities. Stay tuned….

Santa Fe Interact Fundraiser

Join our Santa Fe Interact club this Saturday for fun, Rotarian fellowship and a worthy fundraiser.

Fundraiser event rescheduled Fall 2015

Because of an unforeseen administrative delay, our Foundation’s fundraiser scheduled for May 15 has been rescheduled to early fall 2015. New info & update regarding the event will be posted on this site as soon as available

Centro Foundation fundraiser, May 15, 2015

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New members

The club recently inducted two new Rotarians, Lourdes Montserrat and Nikita Lukitchev. Cuban born Lourdes has held several academic and administrative positions and recently served in the last NM legislative session. Nikita, born in Russian, educated in France and England has been working in Santa Fe in the last few years for several Non Profit organizations. They will represent well the “International” in Rotary International. Welcome to our club, Lourdes and Nikita.Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection
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Family of Rotary

Centro RC Past president and long time club member Joan Rutherford-Dilg left us a few day ago after a long struggle with cancer. Our club will miss her smile and dedication to help others in need. Her warmth and generosity will stay with us for a long, long time I am sure. Our thoughts and prayers go to her family.

A memorial service will be held by her husband John and son Jeff Dilg, Thursday April 30, 2015 at the Berardinelli Family Funeral Services located at 1399 Luisa Street, Santa Fe from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Donations in her memory can be made to the Cancer Foundation for New Mexico.

District 5520 PDG, Dennis Edward and Joan in happier times

Meeting of March 3

Centro is still looking for a permanent location... This week's meeting will take place 7:00 am at Chocolate Maven, 821 W. San Mateo. Yum!

February 24 meeting

Speaker Roy Martinez, President of Rising Stars in the Southwest and District 5520 ADG Linda Hull.

Albuquerque on the Neva?

Centro club member Tatiana Andreeva was invited to give a presentation on St Petersburg at the Rotary Club of Albuquerque last Monday. Speaking to a full room, the speaker enchanted the audience with tales of this prestigious and historic city. Centro members Constant, Lukichev and Walsh were also in attendance to support our very own. Centro the little club that could! Thank you for representing us well Tatiana.

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Meeting of Feb.10, 2015 - 7:30 - 8:30 AM

We are transitioning between permanent meeting locations. Our meeting of 02-10, 2015 will take place 7:30 am - 8:30 am at the Estancia Primera Club House, 466 Avenida Primera. Paseo de Peralta to Hyde Park Road, 1/2 mile. Estancia Primera South Entrance, right. The clubhouse is on the left-hand side as you drive down the hill.

January 6th.

Meeting of January 6, 2015. The speaker was Katrina Koehler of Gerard's House.