March 15th, 2019 - posted in Activities, Galleries, News and Events, Theme evenings.
The traditional wine tasting fundraising event of Rotary Club Sofia International – Wine It! – 2019 – took place on 14 March, 2019 in Creative Hall Studio in Sofia. The funds collected at this year’s event are aimed for the establishment an further support of a sitting volleyball club for people with physical handicaps. We named this new club “Sofia Owls” to be linked to the mascot and logo of our club – the owl.
The venue hosted more than 150 people who had the pleasure to sample wines showcased by 16 different wineries and had the chance to bid for items or win presents at the raffle generously donated by the 16 additional sponsors of the evening.
The President of the club Mr. Enrico Repouz welcomed the guests shortly after 19 o’clock and presented the “oVo” sculpture – donation by Markov Studio, which is especially designed for the inauguration of the “Sofia Owls” suiting volleyball team. The sculpture was offered to the highest bidder in a silent auction and was sold to an anonymous buyer.
After that the guests had the chance to try the products of the wineries, have a bite form the never ending finger food, be the jury of a goulash cook off between our President Mr. Enrico Repouz and our member Mr. Peter Simon, network, dance, have fun.
The party was shortly interrupted by the charity auction with items generously provided by our sponsors, and by the charity raffle – presents for which were also courtesy of our sponsors.
The earnings from Wine It! – 2019 collected from tickets, raffle, auction, donations, sale of the “oVo” sculpture, which will go forward for our sitting volleyball team “Sofia Owls” are BGN 5,407.28.
The sponsors of this year’s Wine It! were: Alberto Staykov – Artist Photographer; Bononia Estate Winery & Vineyards; Borovitza Winery; Brands from Hands; Bratanov Winery; Creative Hall Studio; Greataly; Hilton Sofia; Leventa; Manolev Winery; Markov Studio; Marques de Alcantara; Medical Time; Menada Winery; MH Wines; Minkov Brothers; Natali Mark – Handmade; Patricia&Amer Beauty Center; Royale Versailles Bulgaro; SALOON – American Pub; SeeWines; Somelier.bg; SPARK Fitness & SPA; Sunray Publishing Company; Turmed services; Vetrilo Restaurants; Via Vinera Karabunar Estate; Vila Melnik; Villa Vinifera; Vinprom Rousse; Wine Project Melvino.
This achievement would not have been possible without the numerous hours spent by the organizers of this event, the generous sponsors, and the numerous guests and friends who attended the event. Thank you all!
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March 10th, 2019 - posted in Activities, Galleries, News and Events, Visits to clubs.
The “Fairy Tale Spring in Harmanli” event took place on 9 March in “Prikazkite” restaurant and was attended by our Past President, Ms. Hristova. Its purpose was to raise funds for the local school project “The School – an Attractive Center for Our Children”, which will constitute of construction of a multi-functional playground in the yard of “Ivan Vazov” primary school in Harmanli for volleyball, basketball, football, hockey and mini athletics tracks.
The charity evening was attended by 162 guests from Harmanli and other cities in the country. The long-time Deputy Director of the school Mr. Nikola Zaichev was also e guest of the evening and donated 1,000 BGN. Rotary Club Momchilgrad and the Rotary Club Nova Zagora also donated 1,000 BGN each. Among the big donors are also “The Business of Harmanli” with 2,000 BGN and Harmanli Municipality with 5,000 BGN. The women from Inner Wheel Club Harmanli supported the initiative by donating 500 BGN.
The kids from the school entertained the guests with musical program, where the youngest singer, was 3 years old. They also made six 3D “martenica”, which were bought for a total sum of 920 BGN at the auction. Rotary club Harmanli, gathered nearly 9,000 BGN on that event.
The sum collected will be added to the value of Global Grant project for 118,000 EUR. The repair of the playground is expected to begin next year.
Our Past President Ms. Hristova was a guest of the event. She would like to express her gratitude to the thanks to the hosts, especially to the President of Rotary Club Harmanli, Mr. Galin Karagyozov, and to Mr. Dimcho Nalbantov, Past President of the club.
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March 10th, 2019 - posted in Galleries, News and Events, Visits to clubs.
Our member Mr. Rumen Rusinov had the pleasure to take part at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Rotary Club Sofia Vitosha. He joined the party on 9 March 2019, together with his family and friends from Rotary Club Korneuburg – Mr. Werner Kilian and his wife Mrs. Ralitza Kilian.
The Gala-dinner took part at hotel Marinela Sofia, where the club has its regular meetings. All guests were welcomed by the president of the club Mr. Asparuh Karastoyanov. During the official part some friends received their pin for being a Paul Harris fellow.
The audience was entertained by famous Bulgarian singers and actors. The atmosphere was fantastic and the party continued until the late morning hours.
Moderator of the event was Mr. Dragomir Draganov.
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March 9th, 2019 - posted in Activities, News and Events, Service support.
The traditional fundraising wine evening of Rotary club Sofia International – Wine It! 2019 – will take pllace on 14 March 2019 at CREATIVE HALL Studio on 122, Tintyava Str., Sofia 1172. The starting time of the event is 19:00 and tickets cost 40 BGN. Find out more about the surprises we have prepared for you HERE.
March 6th, 2019 - posted in Activities, Future projects, Galleries, Meeting, News and Events, Service support.
On Wednesday, 06 March 2019, we were treated with yet another very informative presentation on “A Company’s Online Presence – The Own Website DOs and DONTs”, this time by our own Mr. Thomas Westerhoven. The topic was really interesting. Quite some people were keen on taking notes.
Our guests were Mrs. Vessela Schenk, Ms. Dessy Tian, Mr. Brandur Haukson and Mr. Thomas Metz.
Big thank you goes to Horst Stüer, who has made the first donation for our “Sofia Owls” Sitting Volleyball team.
Past President, Mr. Jörg Schenk was elected as President of the Bulgarian Field Hockey Association. Bravo Jörg, we are all proud of you.
Next week is our “Wine It!” event, which will take place on Thursday 14 March 2019 at Creative Hall Studio, on 122, Tintyava Str., Sofia 1172. The event will start at 19:00. Entrance fee 40 BGN. This year 20 different winemakers will offer their best wines to try. In addition to tasting and musical program, which can last until the early morning hours due to the location of the venue, Peter and Enrico will fight for the title “Best Goulash”.
The fellowship, as usual, continued with discussions and the presentation and the upcoming wine evening in the lobby bar of the hotel.
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February 27th, 2019 - posted in Galleries, Meeting, News and Events.
Rotary Club Sofia International held its elections for President Elect for 2020-2021 on its regular meeting on 27 February 2019, since on the last elections for President Elect 2020-2021 in December last year no President was elected due to lack of quorum. Our newly adopted rules, at the time, allowed us to elect only the Board members for next Rotarian year.
On the elections meeting we accepted firstly changes to our internal rules. All changes passed and most votes were unanimous. After changing the election quota for President we proceeded with elections for President Elect 2020/21.
Nominees for President 2020/2021 were Mr. Marc Bouzy and Mr. Jørgen Atke. After applying the electoral procedure Mr. Marc Bouzy was chosen over Mr. Jorgen Atke with a 15 to 3 votes.
Mr. Marc Bouzy is President Elect for 2020/2021. Congratulations to Marc and thank you to Jørgen for being a good sport.
After that short updates on “Wine It” 2019 event followed as well as on “Sofia Owls” – our Sitting Volleyball team – whose name is now officially registered.
After the elections the fellowship continued in the lobby bar of the hotel.
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February 20th, 2019 - posted in Activities, D2482, Future projects, Galleries, Guest Speakers, Interact, Meeting, News and Events, Rotaract.
20 February 2019 was a remarkable date for our club life. On our regular meeting we were visited by the District and Assistant District Governornors of Rotary, District 2482 – Mr. Veselin Dimitrov and Mr. Konstantin Yanakiev.
Before the meeting, our guests wanted to meet with the boards of Rotary Club Sofia International, Rotaract Club Sofia International and Interact Club Sofia International at Meridian 22 School.
The meeting was witnessed by many honored guests like Mr. Arif Söylem and his wife Mrs. Akai Sölem (RC Goztepe – Izmir), Ms. Yoanna Yordanova, Mr. Brandur Hauksson, Ms. Dessy Tian, Ms. Marina Staykova (Interact), Mr. Nikolai Kolev (Interact), Mr. Philippo Balbi (Rotaract).
We had a minute of silence in respect of the husband of our member, who passed away days before. Rotary Club Sofia International gives sincere condolences to Mrs. Elena Vassileva and her family.
Mr. Repouz presented briefly our club, our members, our activities and how special we are. After that the floor was given to Mr. Dimitrov, who explained about our District, his goals for the year, and about the future of Rotary in Bulgaria.
He also presented the RI President-Elect Mr. Barry Rassin’s theme for 2018-19, Be the Inspiration. The presentation was followed by flag exchange and pin ceremony. All board members received a pin by the Governor with the theme logo on it.
Big thank you to Mrs. Hristina Malchevska for patiently interpreting the Governor’s presentation.
Along with the eminent visit our president Enrico had the pleasure to
announce the good news that our Past President – Ms. Ani Hristova – was officially elected as Chair of the Subcommittee for Donations and Recognitions of District 2482 on a training seminar in Arbanasi (Veliko Tarnovo) and not only that, Ani was awarded with the coveted pin,\ by our President Mr. Repouz, one of the most rare in Rotary – “100% Attendance” for being 559 days uninterruptedly present at our meetings from 1 July 2017 until 20 February 2019, what better time to do so than in official presence of our District Governor. Congratulations, Ani.
Ms. Hristova thanked for the honor to have the “100% Attendance” pin and for the great surprise. She briefly explained about the training seminar in Arbanasi. She also presented her team: Ms. Veronika Botsova from Rotaract Club Sofia-Vitosha, Mr. Michail Sougarev from our club and Mr. Galin Karagyozov from Rotary Club Harmanli.
Two more presentations followed by the representatives of Rotaract Club Sofia International – Mr. Philippo Balbi and of Interact Club Sofia International at Merdian 22 School – Ms. Marina Staykova and Mr. Nikolai Kolev.
The meeting was rounded off with a collective photo. And after the meeting the fellowship continued in the lobby bar of the hotel.
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February 17th, 2019 - posted in Activities, D2482, Galleries, News and Events.
On 16 February many Rotarians arrived in the village Arbanasi, near the city of Veliko Tarnovo for the District Team Training Seminar. The program for the evening was free and the participants decided to have a fellowship dinner and celebrate the Birthday of Mr. Ivan Ivanov – Assistant District Governor of Zone 16 (Aytos, Karnobat, Nesebar and Pomorie).
On Saturday, 17 February, in Sevastokrator Hotel in Arbanasi, the Training Seminar of the District team was opened by the District Governor of D-2482, Mr. Vesselin Dimitrov. He introduced the District Governor Elect – Mr. Mitko Minev, member of Rotary Club Veliko Tarnovo.
Mr. Rosen Velikov, President of Rotary Club Veliko Tarnovo then took the floor and warmly welcomed the participants of the seminar. Mr. Daniel Panov, Mayor of Veliko Tarnovo Municipality, honorary member of the hosting club also greeted the seminar attendees.
The first session started with a presentation by District Governor Elect – Mr. Mitko Minev, who said a few words about Mr. Mark Daniel Maloney the 2019-2020 Rotary President. He then presented motto – “Rotary Connects the World” and the logo of the year.
Mr. Minev continued with presenting his team – the District Officers of D-2482.
Our member and Past President Ms. Ani Hristova is nominated as the Chair of Subcommittee for Donations and Recognitions. We all wish her success and are extremely proud with her achievement. It may sound immodest, but our dear Ani, received the strongest applause from all the officers presented.
Ms. Hristova will have 3 more team members: Mr. Sougarev (from our club), Mr. Galin Karagyozov (President of Rotary Club Harmanli) and Ms. Veronika Botsova (Past President of Rotaract Club Sofia-Vitosha).
Later on PDG Mrs. Nina Miteva moderated a very productive panel – the topic was “How to Work with the People?”. Participants shared ideas and proposals how to improve the work of the District and some of those we will see already at the PET Seminar in Bansko.
Mrs. Violina Kostova, from Rotary Club Sofia City and Chair of Committee of Rotary Foundation was the next presenter with the topic “How to Support the Community?”. She was followed by Mrs. Tania Georgieva, who presented “How to Build the Public Image of Rotary?”, The last presentation and the new secretary of the District – Mr. Plamen Tzvetkov, whose topic was “How the District Team has to Work as Team?”.
After the closing words from Mr. Minev the bell was ring and the program continued with the Sound and Light show, a special compliment to all Rotarians from the Mayor of Veliko Tarnovo Municipality. After the show a farewell dinner was hosted.
Ms. Hristova would like to thank to Mr. Velikov, the President of Rotary Club Veliko Tarnovo and for all friends from the club for their warm hospitality and great organization.
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February 13th, 2019 - posted in Future projects, Galleries, Meeting, News and Events, Service support, Theme evenings.
On 13 February Rotary Club Sofia International held a numerous in attendance regular meeting, not only by club members, but also by guests like Ms. Dessy Tian, Mr. Brandur Hauksson, and Mr. Thomas Metz. We had our regular meeting in Hilton Sofia.
Discussed topics were the “Goals for the Year”, which shall be updated on our website, and planed activities on our new initiative – the founding of a sitting volleyball team for people with physical handicaps. The club will be known as: “Sofia Owls”.
“Sofia Owls” will be predominantly for persons with physical impairments but wishes to include other non-handicapped athletes regardless of gender, age or race. The goal of the team is to integrate athletes regardless of their physical constituency as long as their physical disability allows to play the sport within the rules and regulations of sitting volleyball.
The fundraising cause for this year on our Wine It 2019 event will be the collecting of money for the sitting volleyball team. All of you are welcome on 14 March in Creative Hall Studio. Additional information is available here.
We also discussed about the Annual Rotary Peace Fellowship 2019-2020, if someone wants to nominate a student, please, contact us or directly Mrs. Snezhana Doncheva.
Club discussions were followed by an “in-house” presentation on the extremely interesting subject “Principles of Laser” by our dear member Mr. Horst Stüer, who refreshed our memories on physics.
After the meeting the fellowship continued in the lobby bar of the hotel.
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February 6th, 2019 - posted in Activities, Future projects, Galleries, Meeting, News and Events.
On 6 February 2019 in Hilton Sofia Rotary Club Sofia International held its regular weekly meeting.
H. E. Bea ten Tusscher, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bulgaria was officially accepted as a member of out club. Warm welcome from all the members, Bea.
Our meeting was attended by our regular guest Mr. Christoph Glaser, General Manager of Hilton Sofia, who also was our presenter for the evening, and by Mr. Thomas Metz from Bosch.
Our resident Mr. Enrico Repouz received certificated of appreciation form “National Fund St. Nicola” Foundation, for the successful realization of the project for donating shoes to kids in need. You can read more here. Apart form the certificates, our member Mr. Peter Simon, who took active role in the project, received a painting form the kids we presented with new winter boots.
The evening continued with a discussion of our next fundraising event – the traditional wine tasting evening – Wine It! 2019. Stay tuned for more details soon.
After the the internal topics agenda was exhausted, we all enjoyed an educative presentation on “The Hilton Effect“ by Mr. Christoph Glaser, General Manager of Hilton Sofia. He walked us briefly through the 100 years history of Hilton hotels. The presentation was followed by a lively question and answer session.
After the official part the fellowship continued in the the lobby bar of the hotel where we learned even more interesting facts about Hilton.
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