July 5, 2012

Secretary’s Corner_07052012

HAPPY NEW ROTARY YEAR to every Juan! Peace be with you.

We again wear our green barong for this our first meeting for RY 2012-13. In accordance with a resolution set at the Club Assembly held last week, June 28 we will don our green barong every first meeting day of the month. We will also maintain holding the last Thursday of the month in the evening so our “Members by Night” will have the chance to attend our meetings.

President Jojo Bacarro has started his term ‘flying.’

In a meeting held last June 30, the Rotary Club of San Juan and the Jollibee Foundation have sealed our partnership to offer a feeding program that will cover 136 days and benefit 40 malnourished Grade 1 pupils of the Pinaglabanan Elementary School under the Busog, Lusog, Talino (BLT) program. The BLT program will commence on July 15, 2012 and run till March 2013.

The BLT program will cost a total of Php 60,000 where RCSJ’s share is Php 15,000 or 25%. The program will involve teachers, parents, and Barangay officials as we endeavour to make this a continuing and self sustaining program in the years ahead.

This program qualifies our club to meet several thrusts of this Rotary Year and fulfil service projects under the different avenues of service.

Let us welcome to our meeting representatives of the Jollibee Foundation, the Pinaglabanan Elementary School Principal, who together with our Pres. Jojo Bacarro will sign the Memorandum of Agreement for the Busog, Lusog, Talino project. Let us support Pres. Jojo in this grand project and be witnesses to this momentous occasion.

Cheers and enjoy RotaryJ

Sec. / PP Jovie