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Rotary Club Sofia International 6th Annual Puppet Theater Trip for Kids from Social Homes (+GAL)
On Saturday, December 8, members of Rotary Club Sofia International and of Rotaract Club Sofia Internationl, along with friends, organized and supported a day out for 75 children from all the social homes in Sofia. The day began with a breakfast kindly donated by McDonald’s on Slaveikov Square, followed by a walk to the puppet theater on Gurko Street, where all the children thoroughly enjoyed “The 3 Piglets” show. Afterwards, they all received a gift bag of goodies kindly donated by Nestle, Vivacom and RC Sofia International. After receiving the bags with presents, the children walked happily back to the buses escorted by the local police who have been supervising the kids during entire event. The cost of the puppet theater tickets and the transportation from and to the homes were covered by the DONATIONS program of RC Sofia International.
Rotary Club Sofia International would like to thank all the companies which supported the event for a sixth consecutive year. The members of the club would also would like to extend their gratitude to the Sofia Municipality and the Ministry of Internal Affairs for their support.
Today Rotary Club Sofia International held its regular meeting, which was attended by many guests among whom a Rotary member from Greece, regular guests of the club and members of both Rotaract clubs in our family – the Rotaract Club Sofia International and the Preliminary Rotaract Club of Sofia International at the Medical Academy. The latter presented to the Rotary members and guests their first project – an awareness campaign on HIV which took place on 1 Dec., 2012 – The World AIDS Day. Also at the meeting the 5th Annual Puppet Theater Trip for kids from Social homes was announced and scheduled for this Saturday, 8 Dec., 2012. This project will be funded from the DONATIONS program of RC Sofia International. Our partners once again will be McDonald’s and Nestle.
The preliminary Rotaract Club Sofia International at Medical Academy organized on Dec 1, 2012 an awareness campaign on AIDS together with the members of Medical Students for Choice club. The goal of the campaign was to inform and educate students about AIDS and the World AIDS Day. A brochure with information on: (1) what World AIDS Day is, (2) why is that day important, (3) what everyone can do on World AIDS Day, (4) how HIV/AIDS is transmitted, prevented and treated, (5) the symptoms of HIV/AIDS, (6) and information on HIV testing was given out. Additionally free condoms, 200 cupcakes and 200 red ribbons also were distributed to students and the public in order to attract them to the event. The campaign was also used to increase awareness for the new Roraract Club Sofia International and for the Medical Students for Choice club and their initiatives, as well as to recruit new members.
Two members of Rotary Club Sofia International attended today the educational seminar for Rotary Foundation. The event was held at Hill Tower Hotel. RCSI members Mr. Stamen Tassev and Mr. Dimiter Mandradjiev took part in the seminar. The event was hosted by Mrs. Nina Miteva (Treasurer of District 2482) and aimed to highlight the important changes in the procedures for Matching Grants and projects supported by the Rotary Foundation. Many questions were raised and several proposals were made on how to find a common ground for big mutual projects of the Sofia Rotary clubs.
Rotary Club Sofia International announced today the results from the Whisky Tasting Night. More than 140 people attended the event which managed to raise a net sum of around 2500 (after all deductions). The proceeds are now placed in the DONATIONS account of Rotary Club Sofia International and will be used for the DONATIONS program of our club.
Members of the Rotary Club Sofia International family attended the annual backgammon charity tournament organized by Rotaract Club Sofia City. Liubomir Zhelehanov and Janet Georgieva from RAC Sofia International and Dimiter Mandradjiev form RC Sofia International took part in the tournament. They were among the 20 players separated in 4 different groups. After half a day of playing the results put Dimiter Mandradjiev to play against Ventzislav Yordanov form RC Sofia Tangra. After having been defeated in the group stages by Dimiter, Ventzislav was eager to take revenge. In the end first place went to our friend Ventzislav Yordanov and second place to Dimiter Mandradjiev.
Rotary Club Sofia International sent one representative at the chartering of the Rotaract Club of Blagoevgrad at the American University in Bulgaria on Saturday, 24 November, 2012. The event was took place in main building of the American University in Bulgaria in Blagoevgrad and welcomed more than 150 guest from District 2482, as well as guests from the University and the loccal municipality. The chartering was organized by Rotary Club Blagoevgrad. The new Rotaract club was greeted by the representative of RCSI, Mr. Dimiter Mandradjiev who delivered a special gift in the form of an invitation for a mutual project of RCSI and the newly chartered RAC on July 6, 2012 in the outskirts of Sofia – the Wild West Day of Rotary Club Sofia International. Club flags were also exchanged. After the official part of the chartering a special surprise for all the guests was organized. Guests were given fire lanterns which they had to let fly away, symbolizing lighting the sky with the star of the newly formed Rotaract club.
Rotary Club Sofia International is proud to announce that the 2nd Annual Whisky Tasting Charity Night was a big success. The event was held on Friday, 23 Nov., 2012 at Cabaret club in Sofia and gathered more than 140 guests from Rotary, Rotaract, as well as many friends of Rotary. The event’s program consisted of tasting and blending of more than 40 whisky brands and blends as well as an auction and a raffle.
