With permission from our mission president before we even entered the MTC - and not long after we arrived in Guyana - we began searching for the right Rotary club to join, out of four in Georgetown.We first found Georgetown Central which meets on Thursday at noon, but there was no warm, inviting welcome at this club! Perhaps their coolness was because of our skin color, our Black Name Tags . . . or both, but it was evident this was not our club so we continued to research our options. The Wednesday noon club was the exact opposite. We felt welcomed from the first minute we came through the door, with club members shaking our hands and inviting us to sit with them as several vied for the right to sponsor us as new members.
In December, I left the warmth and friendship of RI Club #1079 / District 5420 - the Rotary Club of St. George (the original Washington County club chartered January 1931 with a current membership of 66). In July, in the usual spirit of this international service club, I found the same warmth and friendship in Club #6810 / District 7030 - the Rotary Club of Georgetown (the original club in Guyana chartered May 1959 with a current membership of 68)!It is good to be back . . . and just in time to witness the recent installation of the first female Rotary club president in Guyana - Anna Lisa Fraser-Phang!
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Don Pendleton wrote: I was surprised that the 1st female Rotary President was not Linda Sappington!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This made for a great read. THX
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