Meetings are at Kenwood Golf and Country Club (map) every Tuesday at 12:15 pm Upcoming Events- Dec 5th - Children's Shopping Spree
- Dec 14th - Holiday Dinner at Mon Ami Gabi
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- Dec 15th - Club Assembly - Elections
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Congratulation to Greg Wims for being the recipient of the 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Humanitarian Award in Montgomery County Founded in 1933, the Rotary Club of Bethesda Chevy Chase is a local chapter of Rotary International, a worldwide organization of business people who have been dedicated to service projects for over a century, fostering goodwill and world peace through helping communities in need. The Rotary motto is "Service Above Self." Locally, the BCC Rotary provides grants to numerous local organizations that assist community residents, from children to the elderly, as well as offering hands-on participation in community charity events such as Community Service Day, Strut Your Mutt and Turkey Chase 10K. Worldwide, Rotary International and its member clubs assist in many projects from health to education, but they are best known for starting and being one of the biggest sponsors and participants in the "Polio Plus Project" dedicated to eliminating Polio from the entire planet through complete vaccination of all children. In addition to its charitable work, another goal of the organization is to foster fellowship among its members, through regular meetings of each club. The BCC Rotary meets every Tuesday at the Kenwood Country Club. These luncheon meetings offer opportunities to meet and greet with fellow Rotarians, as well as hear from weekly visiting speakers discussing current world developments.
The 27th annual Turkey Chase drew more than 8,800 runners. The Turkey Chase supports the YMCA's Youth and Family Services, YMCA Bethesda-Chevy Chase and the B-CC Rotary Club Foundation.
The 4th annual Strut Your Mutt Dog Parade and Festival is set to take place on Saturday, May 16, 2009 in downtown Bethesda, MD. Organized and sponsored by the Bethesda Chevy Chase Rotary Club, past years have brought together over 5,000 participants and hundreds of dogs for a day of fun. This year's event features a parade, dog fashion show, dog contests, kids play area, and much more! With more than 60 exhibitors and sponsors each year, Strut Your Mutt has raised close to $40,000 each year for the benefit of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad, a public service that relies on private donations.
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Stuart and Greg welcomed the YMCA Turkey Chase Turkeys to our joint meeting with the Kiwanis club. The Kiwanis club hosted speakers Veronique Marier and Mark Evans, from the Washington Gas Energy Services. WGES is a subsidiary of WGL Holdings, and is an affiliate of the natural gas utility, Washington Gas. WGES was created in 1996 to provide customers with deregulated energy options, allowing the choice of renewable energy. Currently, the most efficient form of renewable energy is wind energy. WGES can deliver wind power by bundling electrical services with renewable energy credits from a regional wind farm located in West Virginia. More than 11% of WGES customers choose to have their electricity generated from 50-100% wind power. This option allows customers to reduce their carbon footprint and helps to improve the local air quality. |
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Jack Alexander orchestrated the Gong Show: tell us something about yourself in 30 seconds or less or get “gonged”. The Results: we are really good at talking about ourselves in a reasonable amount of time. When we talk about ourselves, most often, we mention when we started with Rotary, we talk about our family, we state our profession, and we thank the person who insisted we become a Rotarian. The club could be summarized by values and continuity through diversity. |
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Dr Kamran Shayesteh told us about his recent trip to Columbia, South America, as part of a medical team working with the Paul Chester Children Hope Foundation. The Foundation sponsors surgical missions in countries with limited health care to improve the life of locals through procedures that have become essentially routine in developed countries. The medical teams have been in Ecuador, Kenya, Nigeria and recently Colombia. More than 15 MD’s and other professionals performed surgeries for cataract and pterygiums, goiters, parotid tumors, gunshot wounds, skin grafts from burns, and cleft palates. Each procedure, often simple, helped people performed a task they had lost, restoring some quality of life. After surgery, a young boy recovered the use of his hand, being capable again to grab a shovel, becoming employable again. |
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Margot DeMuro, Crime Analyst with the Montgomery County Police, District 2, presented the role of crime analysis in law enforcement. In her words, “Who is doing what to whom…and when…and where.” Data is used in tactical-specific instances and offenders, strategic-holiday crimes at malls, societal-providing perspective to County Council. Data is gathered via internal reports, public tips, probation & parole, other law enforcement agencies and databases. Montgomery County uses the Uniform Crime Report for sharing information. The crime analysis role identifies existing trends, in hopes of predicting & planning for the future. The data is used to support budget development, deploy resources, inform community policing and crime prevention. |
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