Rotary Club hand-over dinner

A dinner was recently held atCouvre Porte, Vittoriosa, to mark the hand-over of Rotary Club Malta’s presidency .

Outgoing president Ian DeCesare, in his address to the 100 guests present, commented about Rotary’s motto, “service about self”, as being the prime motive in the club’s efforts to raise over €70,000 in the previous year.

The major beneficiaries of the these funds were Dar il-Kaptan and Dar Jean Antide, which where both presented with a new van earlier in the year, the Ħal Far family refugee centre, whose play area was sponsored by the club, and Dar il-Wens, which received a solar water heating system.

Rotary Club Malta this year set up a bank account to fund the education of 100 Pakistani children for five years and made various cash donations to a number of causes such as the Hospice Movement, Mid-Dlam għad Dawl, Guide Dogs for the Blind and YMCA, among others.

A number of people present were acknowledged and awarded a Paul Harris Fellow prize for meeting high professional and personal standards during this Rotary year.

Mr DeCesare ended his address by promising his full support to incoming president Adrian Strickland who, after receiving his chain of office, outlined his plans for the current year, which began on July 1.

Rotary international is a worldwide organisation with 1.3 million members, professional and community leaders who provide humanitarian service and encourage high ethical standards around the world.