Wednesday May 3rd, 2023, at 12:30 pm at PomMarine Hotel
Agenda:
Classification Talk by Rtn. Jamalia Wyllie
Assignments are as follows:
Greeter: PHF. Simone Hadchity
Grace: Rtn. Kemi Brewster
Object of Rotary: PP Michael Forde
Raffle: PE Marcel Murrell
Upcoming Meeting
Wednesday May 10th, 2023, at 12:30 pm via Zoom
Agenda:
Interview of a Club Member
Surprise video
Upcoming Events
Business Meeting
Wednesday, May 10th at 12:30 PM via Zoom
Club Forum
Wednesday, May 17th at 6:00 PM at PomMarine Hotel (members only)
Meals on Wheels
Thursday May 18th at 8:30 AM
Red Cross Building Warrens
Feeding the Needy
Monday May 29th at 5:30 PM
Independence Square, Bridgetown
PP. Marcel Murrell
PP. Vivian-Anne Gittens
Rtn. Valerie Quintyne
This is subject to change at short notice, so please stay in contact with Rtn. Rosanne Trotman the coordinator for this project.
Inspirational
“Question:
Is there a ‘silver bullet’ that will boost Rotary membership?
Answer:
Engagement. I quit my Rotary club because I didn’t have anything to do. Then they asked me if I’d chair a committee…I stayed because I thought it was an important role. “The key is to give people the opportunity to contribute to their community.” – RI President Ron Burton
Club Directors & Officers
President: Brian Lashley
Vice President: PP Katrina Sam - Prescod
Immediate Past President: George Connolly
President Elect: Marcel Murrell
Secretary: Glyne Husbands
Treasurer: Damian Branford
Director Service Projects: M. Pat Downes-Grant
Director Club Administration: Rosaline Clarke
Foundation & International Service: Denise Shepherd-Johnson
Director Public Relations: Terry Hall
Director of Membership & Youth: Jacklyn Broomes
Sergeant-at-Arms: PP Vivian - Anne Gittens
Rotary International Officers
President - Jennifer E. Jones
President Elect - R. Gordon R. McInally
General Secretary/CEO - John Hewko
District Officers
District Governor - Leslie Ramdhanny (Grenada)
District Governor Elect - Brian Glasgow (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Assistant Governor - Peter Thompson (Barbados)
Let's Celebrate
Upcoming Birthday
3rd May - PP Michael Trotman
6th May - ADG. Peter Thompson
Attendance for April 26th (43.14%)
Absent Rotarians:
Nigel Adams, Clorinda Alleyne, Damian Branford, Charles Briggs, Stephen Broome
Jacklyn Broomes, Irving Burrowes, Mario Carter, Robert Chase, George Connolly
Pamela Eversley, Michael Forde, Simone Hadchity, Gayle Headley-Lowe
Kammie Holder, Kerryann Ifill, Richard Kennedy, Prakash Mahtani, Malcolm Mapp
Valerie Quintyne, Brian Robinson, Katrina Sam - Prescod, Paul Saunders
Morexa Martin-Gardiner – Guest of Rtn. Josie Robinson
Club Meeting Recap - 26th April
The April 26th business meeting was chaired by President Brian, who opened the session by indicating that there would be a “cohobblopot” of elements to be discussed. These matters were as follows:
Pictured above are some highlights from our club meeting which took place on Wednesday, April 26th 2023 via Zoom.
Spotlight News
Rotary Club of Barbados South
Let the games begin! Amid peals of laughter and ever-changing rules, Rotarians, Rotaractors and guests competed for the coveted trophy of the day at the Club's Picnic on Sunday April 30 at the Silver Sands Park. Emerging champion Team Hot Rods led the other teams Yardie Bajans, Challengers and Spartans by a slim margin. Imagine games with biscuits, crackers, rice, plastic cones, tennis balls, stockings, and whistling! Thanks to Games Leader Jamalia we had them all!
The picnic was certainly an opportunity to catch up, kick-back and relax, listen to music and have a good meal. Definitely needs repeating! Looking forward to the next Rotary fellowship event!!
Fellow Rotarians, after two years of 'lockdowns' and echoes of 'unprecedented times', the Summer Luau Cruise is BACK!
Saturday, May 20th at 5PM onboard the MV Dream Chaser
General tickets are $80 and could be ordered by contacting a number below:
Your usual support in spreading the word and promoting the cruise would be appreciated as the proceeds of the Summer Luau Cruise goes towards the club's Back to School project.
Celebration of Life of Founding Member PP David Leacock
DAVID GORDON LEACOCK, aged 64, of Sheraton Park, Christ Church entered into rest on Friday April 7, 2023. Chairman and CEO of DGL Building Materials Solutions Inc, Director of Leo Leacock and Co Ltd, former Chairman of Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Past President of Barbados Squash Club, Founding Member and Past President of Rotary Club of Barbados, South and former Director of Trident Insurance Company Limited.
Rotary International
How the CART Fund is fueling Alzheimer’s research
Nancy Rogers seemed too young to have Alzheimer's disease. But in 1999, her husband, Norm, knew something was wrong. First, she misplaced a couple of pocketbooks. Then, she started getting lost on the 11-mile commute from her office to her home in Raleigh, North Carolina.
"I would get a call from a highway patrolman 60 miles away in Greensboro saying that your wife is here at 7-Eleven, and she's lost," remembers Rogers.
The Rotaract Club of South Barbados, in partnership with the Rotaract Club of Barbados and The Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise, through the Rotaract Club of Naguru (in Kampala, Uganda), made a donation of two school benches to the St. Stephen's Musalaba School in Uganda.
The school is the only school within a 6 km radius of the a small (Koch Koo), Amuru community, and since 2016 the Rotaract Club of Naguru and the Rotary Club of Kampala Naguru have been making several improvements to the school to eliminate educational barriers and to make the school more sanitary and accommodating to students.
The Rotaract Club of South Barbados was proud to support this project and in recognition of the donation two benches at the school were inscribed with the club's name.
For more information on the project you can view the following links:
This Saturday, 6th May, from 10 am to 12 Noon Rotaract South will host its penultimate session of Rotaract Reading Room for the RI 22/23 year.
We will be reading THRIFTY Saves The Day hosted by the Barbados Public Worker's Co-operative Credit Union (BPWCCUL) Team at the BPWCCUL Belmont Road Branch (see map location https://goo.gl/maps/eU16UufS8d3CXg7f9.
Activities will include:
A reading of Thrifty Saves the Day
Tips on how to save from an early age
An interactive tour of the branch and explanation of the various roles of employees
Contact any Rotaract board member if you are interested in attending.
Please click the images below to find out more about our club members
Past Presidents
Paul Harris Fellow
Honorary Rotarians
THE OBJECT OF ROTARY
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and in particular, to encourage and foster:
First: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
Second: High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
Third: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business and community life.
Fourth: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service
THE FOUR WAY TEST
ROTARY GRACE
RCBS Banking Information
Club Account: CIBC Rendezvous 09616-1625923
Charitable Trust Inc. Account: CIBC Bridgetown 09606– 1001168072
Mailing Address: Club Secretary, G.P.O Box #995, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies.
to 12 Noon Rotaract South will host its penultimate session of 
Rotaract Reading Room
hosted by the Barbados Public Worker's Co-operative Credit Union (BPWCCUL) Team at the BPWCCUL Belmont Road Branch (see map location 
A reading of Thrifty Saves the Day
Tips on how to save from an early age
An interactive tour of the branch and explanation of the various roles of employees
Rotary Club of Barbados South Charter Banner