September 11th, 2013 - posted in Galleries, News and Events, Visits to clubs.
Rotary Club Sofia International President 2013/2014 Mr. Michail Sougarev visited the Rotary Club of Barking during his visit London, United Kingdom. The meeting took place at the The Coopers Arms in Chadwell Heath, Essex. and was attended by 9 people. Mr. Sougarev took the chance to give the President of the club, Mr. Med Buck, the warmest regards of our club, informing him and the other members of the club about RC Sofia International, our work and further aims. Beside this President Buck and the Chairmen of the different Committees of RC Barking presented the work and projects of their club.
President Buck extended his invitation to all the members of RC Sofia International whenever they are in London to also visit the meetings of the RC Barking, which is the oldest club in District 1130, established on 19 June 1929. The club has had two District Governors in the past and organizes the yearly Paul Harris Fellowship Dinner in London. The meeting was a real pleasure for both sides.
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September 11th, 2013 - posted in Future projects, Galleries, Meeting, News and Events.
Rotary Club Sofia International resumed its regular meetings today, after a well deserved summer break. The meeting started with a silent minute in the memory for the events that took place in New York on September 11, 2001. The agenda continued with discussions on the future projects. Most of the attention was focused on the Rotary International Food Day, which will take place on October 19, 2013 in Kempinski Hotel Zografski. RC Sofia International welcomed Rotary members from 2 Rotary clubs from the United Kingdom – Mrs. Mary Madden, President of Rotary Club of Streatham London and Mrs. Shatu Garba from Rotary Club of Greenwich London..
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September 9th, 2013 - posted in Activities, Donations, News and Events, Service support.
Rotary Club Sofia International via its “DONATION” program supplied solar panels for a social home in Dalbok Dol, Troyan. The Club has received a gratitude letter accompanied by photos of the panels installed on the roof of the home. The acknowledgements were sent by Mrs. Doc. Rumyana Kraleva, PhD, director of the home and chairperson of the NGO that requested the support from out clubs’ “DONATION” program. The installed equipment is more than enough for the production of hot water for the needs of the facility.
September 1st, 2013 - posted in Activities, Future projects, News and Events, Theme evenings.
Rotary Club Sofia International (RCSI) is hosting its traditional international food day – the 2013 Rotary International Food Day, a charity event which aims to raise funds for the noble causes the club is engaged in. The event is going to take place at the Japanese Garden of Kempinski Hotel Zografski in Sofia city on Saturday, Oct 19, 2013 from 11:00 AM till 03:00 PM (15:00 h.).
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The organizers have prepared a special program including international cuisine provided by 6 different rstaurants, show cooking by the Olympic Team of Bulgarian Cooks with product provided by Kempinski Hotel. Aperitif and digestive drinks will be provided by Aroniada. A salty touch will be offered by the expensive nuts from AYA company. Boutique mineral water will be provided by SALOON. The atmosphere shall be “decorated” with multimedia presentations of food as an important socio-cultural element of the contemporary society. Professional photographer from Graphya will be in charge of making this brunch a remembered one.
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The special guests of the event will be high ranked officers from Rotary Bulgaria.
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More special surprises for all guests are to be revealed on the later.
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August 30th, 2013 - posted in News and Events.
As of September 11th, 2012 Rotary Club Sofia International is again meting every Wednesday at Arte Hotel from 19:00 o’clock.
August 27th, 2013 - posted in Activities, D2482, Galleries, Interact, News and Events, Rotaract, Service support.

A member of Rotary Club Sofia International supported the organization and participated as a member of the executive committee at the first edition of Rotary International’s new global annual initiative – Rotaract Global Model United Nations. The event was the premiere event of the new program of RI to bring together and work with young leaders of different ethnicities and cultures. The event gathered Rotary affiliated (Rotaract, Interact members) young people and non-Rotary engaged youth leaders from 30 nations around the globe (4 continents). The project uses the the popular Model United Nations concept (a simulation of the work of the UN or other international organization), which for the first time was an official Rotary project. The RI President Mr. Ron D. Burton sent an official message for the recognition of this project carried out in District 2241 (Romania and Republic of Moldova). The event was also supported by Mr. Valentin Stoyanov (District Governor for D-2482 – Bulgaria). …Read the rest of this entry »
August 15th, 2013 - posted in Activities, D2482, Galleries, Interact, News and Events, Rotaract, Service support.
The Rotary concept and the work of Rotary Club Sofia International as part of the biggest world humanitarian non-governmental organization, Rotary International, was presented at the 6th edition of the SOFIMUN Foundation project – Sofia International Model United Nations – an international youth leaders summit which took place in Sofia, Bulgaria for a 6th consecutive year. The presentation was delivered by Mr. Dimiter Mandradjiev, a member of RC Sofia International and founder of the SOFIMUN platform. The event was organized by the SOFIMUN Foundation with head of the project, Mr. Milen Christov, a former Interact member and currently Rotaract member as well as SOFIMUN Alumni member. …Read the rest of this entry »
July 22nd, 2013 - posted in Activities, Donations, Galleries, News and Events, Service support.
Rotary Club Sofia International has successfully realized its first project for the Rotary year 2013 -2014. Two hospitals, one in Balchik and one in Blagoevgrad, received donations of about 350 kg (for each hospital) of X-ray films. This will support the hospitals’ activities in their X-ray departments. The main donor is Dr. Christoph Schonbauer from Vienna, Austria and our club organized the transportation to Bulgaria and the delivery to the hospitals. The project was realized with the help of our friends Roland Wiesinger, Horst Stuer, Hans Promberger, Plamen Lazarov, and Kostadin Kostadinov.
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July 10th, 2013 - posted in Future projects, Galleries, Meeting, News and Events.
The members of Rotary Club Sofia International met today before their annual season vacation. The meeting focused on the plan for the 2013-2014 Rotary year. Many projects and initiatives were confirmed (list follows).
We also had the pleasure to welcome Dick and Lynn Stevens (USA) from Rotary Club of Encinitas, California, USA who shared interesting insights on projects they have already successfully concluded.
A financial report was presented, which showed that the Club is in a very good financial condition.
Later the fellowship continued over Bulgarian beer.
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July 3rd, 2013 - posted in Future projects, Galleries, Meeting, News and Events.
Rotary Club Sofia International today had its first meeting for the new Rotary year 2013-2014. Prior to it a Board meeting was conducted by the new president Mr. Michail Sougarev in order to distribute the responsibilities in the club among the members. Also a provisional agenda for the events for the first half of Rotary year 2013-2014 was drafted and will be finalized and published next week. Apart from the traditional already events organized by the club, there will be some initiatives – a project called “Rotary International Food Day” scheduled for October 19 and a Bulgarian Traditional Day/Evening which is planned for second half of the Rotarian year.
The initiatives that will be supported by the club were also agreed upon. We will continue the partnership with For Our Children Foundation, Tulip Foundation, Eyes on Four Paws Foundation. Additionally the club will be partnering for projects with Foundation Angels and will be supporting the Rotary District 2482 project in the Institute for Plant Physiology and …Read the rest of this entry »