Support your neighbor - The Rotary Club of Santa Fe Foundation, May 2016 Gala

The Rotary Club of Santa Fe’s foundation will hold its annual Distinguished Artist of the Year Gala Dinner on May 3 at Hotel Santa Fe. 

This year’s award goes to Santa Fe photographer Tony O’Brien. His work as a documentary photographer has appeared in many national and international publications. O’Brien is director of the photography program at the Marion Center for Photographic Arts at Santa Fe University of Art and Design.

Tickets to the benefit gala are $50 each. For more information and tickets, contact Pat Mente at pmente@gmail.com.

Tony O’Brien "Untitled". Courtesy Verve Gallery of Photography

District convention - Cruise/cash raffle

There is still time to participate!

Contact Barry for more detail

Presidential citation

􏰙􏰧􏰄􏰁􏰐􏰆􏰓􏰆􏰑􏰋􏰈􏰬 As seen in the April issue of the District 5520 Newsletter:

….Congratulation to the seven clubs that have qualified for the Presidential Citation: Albuquerque Del Norte, Clovis High Plains, Deming, Los Alamos, Santa Fe and Santa Fe Centro….. 

A rose bouquet for President M’Leah and all club members who pitched in this year again to make our little club the pride of D. 5520. Good to be in such prestigious company!

Rotary International convention, May 28 - June 1.

Meeting of Jan 26. Change of venue

The January 26 meeting of the Rotary Club of Santa Fe Centro will be at 8:00 at the Tecolote Café at 1616 St. Michael’s Drive.  The location change is FOR THIS MEETING ONLY; it is not permanent.  Thank you.

Vocational talk

New member Rita Martinez-Purson gave her vocational talk on adult education at our meeting of January 12. Welcome to our club Rita!

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.