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This Week's Speaker

 
 
Please join us this Friday, March 5th at 12:30 pm
 

Speaker: Dr Juan R. Gonzalez, president 

Rotary Club of Bonao, Dominican Republic

(joined by members of his Club)

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Using the link below
Meeting ID: 838 5339 1772
By phone: 1-929-205-6099

We hope you can attend!
 
Virtual Pandemic Raffle
This year, we are holding a Virtual Pandemic raffle to raise funds for our Annual Service Grants.  We would like to collect restaurants’ gift certificates, and bottles of wine and liquor to be raffled during the month of May.  This is an excellent opportunity for you to support your favorite small business restaurants and liquor shop owners both locally, as well as your Rotary Club.  
 
It would be wonderful if every member could donate both a bottle of their favorite wine or liquor and at least one $25 restaurant gift card.  In addition, sponsorships for our website will be available for sale.  

Raffle tickets will be $10 each.  One hundred percent of all proceeds will go to our local Grants Fund.  Last year’s grant gifts total was $10,000.   Would it be wonderful to not only meet but exceed this amount during a pandemic year, where there are many deserving organizations serving our most needed citizens?   You could make this possible. 
 
All grants will be awarded on June 11, 2021, during our regular meeting.   I hope you will feel as excited as I am with this Raffle.  I am grateful to our Board of Directors, and especially to Marie Angelides for organizing this fundraiser.  
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Three ways to support our Rotary Foundation
 
Every November, we celebrate The Rotary Foundation. Your support and generous gifts to the Foundation make it possible for us to be people of action and engage in life-changing projects worldwide. Here are three ways you can help maximize the effectiveness of our year-end giving campaigns and increase the amount of good we can do:
  1. Encourage your members to make a gift to the Foundation on Giving Tuesday, which is 1 December. Share our video message
  2. Give the gift of Rotary this holiday season. Share our digital flyer with members and potential donors.
  3. Learn more about our new peer-to-peer fundraising tool, Raise for Rotary, where you can create fundraising pages that are easy to share with family and friends through social media and email.
 
 
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Did you know you can easily reach the Rotarian Magazine, Rotary International, the District website and our own club website right from this bulletin?
Well, you can! Just check out the links under "ROTARY ONLINE" on your left.
 
 

Club Information
Rotary Club of Springfield - Meeting Fridays-12:30 PM
Springfield Rotary
Service Above Self
Fridays at 12:30 PM
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
1150 West Columbus Ave.,
MassMutual Room
Springfield, MA 01105
United States of America
Until further notice, our club meets online using Zoom. Our meeting ID and Password are viewable to Rotarians within our Rotary District. For other access, please contact President John Perez: john.perez@consiliumopis.com
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President's Message
John Perez

March 3, 2021
 
This week, we have invited a sister Rotary Club from the region of El Cibao in the Dominican Republic to share with us their experiences during the current COVID-19 pandemic.  The Dominican Republic is one of the most beautiful destinations among all Caribbean countries.  They are visited by millions of international tourists annually, and their economy heavily depends on tourism.  Unfortunately, as a result, they are not yet in complete command of the virus, and the contagion rate keeps climbing.
 
The President of the Club, Dr. Juan R. Gonzalez, is an attorney, holds a doctorate in law and is the Principal of his law group.   Also, Dr. Gonzalez is a serial entrepreneur, operating and managing several businesses, including a milk-producing farm.
 
Dr. Gonzalez will share his experiences about being a Rotarian in the Dominican Republic, their service projects, and their challenges.  As an additional treat, some of Dr. Gonzalez's club members will attend our meeting this Friday, March 5, 2021, at 12:30 pm.   I'm looking forward to seeing a good representation from our club to learn together about a sister club.
 
In service,
 
John D.
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