2016 BI-District conference, August 19th and 20th. El Paso, TX

Register now for Districts 5520/4110 most exciting and productive international weekend of the season. Hosted by the El Paso La Vista Club.

Information/ registration on the Bidistrict conference 2016 web page.

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Club recent activities

*From left to right

- July 4th, Pancakes on the Plaza event. 9,000 pancake breakfasts served this year!

- President Greg sharing his family archives with the club.

- District Governor Tom Walker presents a Presidential Citation to Club Past-President M'Lea Walsh. 

- Santa Fe High School and Capital High School Interact Clubs’ chartering ceremony.  The Santa Fe High School Interact Club is sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Santa Fe and Santa Fe Centro.

*Text & pictures by our intrepid Club reporter Rhonda Williams

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Way to go Centro!

To celebrate Rotary New Year well, both outgoing and incoming Club Presidents joined forces to represent Centro at the Rotary Club of Albuquerque centennial gala last evening. Thank you M’Lea & Greg. Looks like you were in good Rotarian company too! 

Changing of the guard

Happy New Rotary year!

Thank you President M’Lea for your great leadership year 2015-2016. Welcome President Greg, we all wish you the best for year 2016-2017

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The unstoppable Barry!

Now that his wife Claudia has graced his family with the gift of beautiful Emma, Barry can breathe a little and share with us a bit of information coming from the past District Convention last April - 

Here’s Barry receiving an award for “Outstanding Active Rotarian”from District  Governor Tom Walker (right) and Regional Rotary Coordinator David Norris (left).

That’s what Centro Rotarians are made of! Congratulation Barry, you make all of us proud.

Family of Rotary

One of our Centro’s very best just got a new addition to their family, May 23, 8:33 AM.

Congratulation Claudia & Barry, Thane & Alejandro.

Welcome to the world Emma!

Guatemala 2015-2016 - Meet the People

Guest speakers at our club meeting, Tuesday, May 10th

- Deborah Simon, Since her first Rotary water project was approved in 2000, Deborah has been responsible for bringing water & sanitation to 22 villages. It is estimated that over 20,000 people have clean water due to her efforts.

- Art Zeitler is currently serving Rotary International as Assistant Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator for Zone 21. He served as District Governor for the Rotary year 2014-15 for District 5930 and is a member of the Rotary Club of Corpus Christi.

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!