On 17 March 2016 Rotary Club Sofia International held its regular meeting at Hilton Sofia. After the opening, the president invited the candidates Mr. Rumen Rusinov to be accepted as a member of the club. Mr. Rusinov received his pin from his sponsor Ms. Ani Hristova. After congratulating the newest member of the club and wishing him success, the President, Mr. Jörg Schenk invited the sponsors of the Puppet Trip Project in Yakimovo to stand up and receive their Certificates of appreciation. .
Rotary Club Sofia International organises Wine It!
The traditional wine tasting charity event of the club. The date is 11 March 2016, the starting time is 19:00, and the place is Дом на виното / Sofia Wine House on 134, Tsar Boris III Blvd, Sofia 1618 (http://wineinbg.org/).
On 3 February 2016 Rotary Club Sofia International hosted a presentation by the owners of Cottage Farm Alino Tina and Kevin Brassington. They shared with us what has motivated them to leave their successful careers in Britain behind and move to live in a small village in Bulgaria. The presentation was followed bu numerous questions and a lively discussion.
The meeting continued with announcements and discussion of the preparation of the Wine It! – fundraising wine evening of the club, which will take place on 11 March 2016.
Two new candidates for members were officially introduced – Veneta Skinner and Rumen Rusinov. If there are no objections received they will officially become members at our next meeting on 17 Februeary.
On 27 January 2016 Rotary Club Sofia International held its regular meeting. Once again the meeting was visited by numerous regular guests of the club, including the President of Rotaract Sofia International Mrs. Panagiota Angelopoulou.
During the meeting two trips abroad for the members of the club were discussed. One is for the Jubilee of Rotarians – a special event hosted by Rotary District 2080 and the Vatican on 30 April 2016 in Rome, where His Holiness Pope Francis will officiate at a Mass to Rotarians at St. Peter’s Square
The other trip discussed was a visit by the club’s members to Frankfurt in Germany in May or June.
Also at the meeting the organization of the traditional Wine Evening to be held on 11 March 2016 was discussed.
After the official part the fellowship continued with lively discussions of the upcoming events.
On 20 January 2016, RC Sofia International held its regular meeting in Hilton Sofia. The members and regular guests had the opportunity to listen to a presentation by our friend and member Mr. Alberto Staykov. He talked about himself and the activities his Graphya Foundation is engaged in, especially those concerning the visually impaired. We are expecting the an invitation for the exhibition of works by blind photographers organized with the support of Graphya Foundation soon.
The meeting continued with discussion of the upcoming Wine Evening of the club and with announcements and invitations for different events and activities.
Rotary Club Sofia International will organize the visit of Bulgarian Rotarians to Jubilee of Rotarians, a special event hosted by Rotary District 2080 and the Vatican on 30 April 2016 in Rome, where His Holiness Pope Francis will officiate at a Mass to Rotarians at St. Peter’s Square.
The fellowship continued with drinks in a nearby bar.
On 13 January 2016, RC Sofia International held its regular meeting in Hilton Sofia. We had two special guests – Mr. Plamen Belchev and Mrs. Theodora Armenkova form from the parent’s Association of “Children with Onco-Hematologic Diseases”. They introduced themselves and explained in more detail the activities of the Association.
The beneficiary of all the fundraising activities organized by our club this Rotarian is the Association. Our aim is collect a money to buy a minivan to transport the kids from the ISUL Hospital in Sofia to the Association’s Daily Centre in Opicvet village next to Sofia.
On December 1st, for World AIDS day, Rotaract Club Sofia International in partnership with friends from around the World has organised an event to show solidarity with those suffering from AIDS and to brake down the prejudice that goes along with it. Members of the club have invited many friends to raise awareness about AIDS with us.
Every participating Rotaract Club defined the location in which they released 50 red balloons in the sky, playing one of Freddie Mercury’s songs in the background. Each club shared photos and videos from the event and all of them are compiled in a video shared on the web.
Thanks for the organisation of the project to our friend Alp Bolcal and to all members and friends of the Rotary and Rotaract Sofia International family, who took part.
On 20 December 2015, the president of Rotaract Club Sofia International – Panagiota Angelopoulou performed as a ballet dancer in the “Angels of the Holy Night” show. Panagiota played the role of a Spanish lady.
The “Nezavisim” theater was full of spectators, among whom was the member or RC Sofia International – Mrs. Ani Hristova and our friend and host of the fundraising events organized by the club – the actor Mr. Yordan Danchev.
We wish our friend Panagiota to continue her development as prima ballerina and to delight friends and audience. . . . . . . . . .
On 16 December 2015, Rotary Club Sofia International held his Christmas party in Tabiet restaurant in Sofia. More than 40 guests, members and friends, came to celebrate.
Our President, Mr. Schenk accepted our newest member – Mrs. Svetlana Bozhilova. Our member and friend Mr. Tony Ripley had the honor to ask Svetlana if she will adhere to the 4-way-test. After promising to be guided by these four questions, Svetlana accepted the membership pin from the President of the Club.
Congratulations, Svetlana and welcome to the Rotary Club Sofia International’s family.
Mr. Shenk briefly shared his impressions from the Christmas bazaar, where members of the club visited the hut of the Association “Children with Onco-Hematologic Diseases” and later discussed the project for support of the association over a glass of Glühwein.
The meeting continued with elections for President 2017/2018 and for Board 2016/2017. Congratulations to all elected.
The party continued with dinner and drinks till late in the evening.
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On 17 March 2016 Rotary Club Sofia International held its regular meeting at Hilton Sofia. After the opening, the president invited the candidates Mr. Rumen Rusinov to be accepted as a member of the club. Mr. Rusinov received his pin from his sponsor Ms. Ani Hristova. After congratulating the newest member of the club and wishing him success, the President, Mr. Jörg Schenk invited the sponsors of the Puppet Trip Project in Yakimovo to stand up and receive their Certificates of appreciation.
Rotary Club Sofia International organises Wine It!
On 3 February 2016 Rotary Club Sofia International hosted a presentation by the owners of 
On 27 January 2016 Rotary Club Sofia International held its regular meeting. Once again the meeting was visited by numerous regular guests of the club, including the President of Rotaract Sofia International Mrs. Panagiota Angelopoulou.
On 20 January 2016, RC Sofia International held its regular meeting in Hilton Sofia. The members and regular guests had the opportunity to listen to a presentation by our friend and member Mr. Alberto Staykov. He talked about himself and the activities his Graphya Foundation is engaged in, especially those concerning the visually impaired. We are expecting the an invitation for the exhibition of works by blind photographers organized with the support of Graphya Foundation soon.
On 13 January 2016, RC Sofia International held its regular meeting in Hilton Sofia. We had two special guests – Mr. Plamen Belchev and Mrs. Theodora Armenkova form from the parent’s Association of “Children with Onco-Hematologic Diseases”. They introduced themselves and explained in more detail the activities of the Association.
On December 1st, for World AIDS day, Rotaract Club Sofia International in partnership with friends from around the World has organised an event to show solidarity with those suffering from AIDS and to brake down the prejudice that goes along with it. Members of the club have invited many friends to raise awareness about AIDS with us.
On 20 December 2015, the president of Rotaract Club Sofia International – Panagiota Angelopoulou performed as a ballet dancer in the “Angels of the Holy Night” show. Panagiota played the role of a Spanish lady.
, Rotary Club Sofia International held his Christmas party in Tabiet restaurant in Sofia. More than 40 guests, members and friends, came to celebrate.
