Rotary Week : June 14-20

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Earlyactors Lunch with Rotarians

The Rotary Club of Montego Bay hosts EarlyAct Presidents at its weekly lunch meeting at the Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort & Private Island, Ironshore, Montego Bay on 26 May 2009.

Read more here.

Montego Bay Christian Academy Early Act Club formed

The Rotary Club of Montego Bay forms Montego Bay Christian Academy Early Act Club. Read more here.

Liceo Montessori Early Act Club officially Launched

On Monday the 18th of May, 2009, The Liceo Montessori Early Act Club was officially launched and its first committee members democratically elected. At this first official meeting the President of The Rotary Club of Montego Bay, Kay Reuben visited along with the Club's Early Act Chair Vernella Fuller. Read more here.

Montego Bay Rotarian visits Antiguan Rotary Club

Pictured are (left) Training Tree’s Natasha Parchment-Clarke with (right) President of Rotary Club of Montego Bay, Kay Reuben ceremoniously accepting the flag of The Rotary Club of Antigua Sundown to add to the collection on the board of visiting and visited Rotary Clubs.

Training Tree’s Director of Training Natasha Parchment-Clarke recently visited the Rotary Club of Antigua where she proudly represented Jamaica and the Rotary Club of Montego Bay.

In Antigua training for 10 days in April, Natasha – a newly appointed Rotarian , exclaimed, “Being a Rotarian opens the door to meet people all over the world so easily! I was welcomed to the Rotary Club of Antigua Sundown’s meeting with true Caribbean hospitality and felt a real part of Antigua ’s Rotary mission, even though it was for just a few hours of fellowship.”

Natasha eagerly plans to attend Rotary meetings in any of the countries to which she travels, looking forward to the camaraderie of one of the world’s oldest service clubs whose international slogan is "Service above Self".

Visitors from Rotary Club of Avon, New York

Rotary Club of Avon, New York Members visit Tthe weekly Lunch Meeting of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay on April 28, 2009. From left are Tom Vonglis, Kay Reuben-President, Rotary Club of Montego Bay, Kirk Vanderbilt & Laurie Vonglis

(All Photos courtesy of The Rotary Club of Avon, New York)

GSE Australia Presentation

At the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay the GSE Team from Australia presents a poem/song using the didjeridu.

Group Study Exchange Team visits Rotary Club of Mobay

Erin Kennaugh, Adam Dreyer, Myfanwy Stanfield, Carolyn Wilkes, together with Team Leader, Artie Seewald from District 9640 (Northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland, Australia were recently in Montego Bay as The Rotary Foundation's Australian-Caribbean Group Study Exchange Team.

The GSE Team visiting with the Rotary Club of Montego Bay

The Team spent two weeks in Jamaica as part of their Five week visit to the Caribbean.

While in the West, the Team also visited the Rotary Club of Falmouth and the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East.

To read more about the Group Study Exchange Australian-Caribbean visit, click here.

The GSE Team exchanging banners with the President of the Rotary Club of Falmouth, Trelawny

The Rotary Foundation’s Group Study Exchange (GSE) program is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for businesspeople and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers. The program provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits in paired areas of different countries. For four to six weeks, team members experience the host country's culture and institutions, observe how their vocations are practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and exchange ideas.

Learn more about this exciting programme here.

Maria Ho Sue becomes member of Rotary Club of Montego Bay

President Kay Reuben with Rotarian Maria Ho Sue and Guest

On April 14, 2009, the Rotary Club of Montego Bay inducted its newest member, Mrs. Maria Ho Sue.

Rotarian Maria is an Assistant Vice President at First Global Financial Services, and has worked in Banking and Sales all her working life. She is married to Hopeton and has one son, Mark. She Her hobbies include reading and gardening and she is a Director of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce.

Early Act Community Project

The Early Act Club of the Greenwood Preparatory School carried out its wonderful community project on the 2nd of April 2009 by paying a very special visit to the Eldercare Nursing Home in Wiltshire, Trelawny.


Read more about this wonderful project of the Greenwood Prep School's Early Act Club follow this link.