PHILIPSBURG:--- Five members of The Rotary Club of St. Maarten Mid Isle recently returned from the Annual District 7020 Conference and President's Elect Training which was held in the Atlantis Resort in Nassau, Bahamas.
Attendance at this event offered the incoming president and secretaries of all Rotary clubs in the district an opportunity to learn more about Rotary and to prepare for the upcoming Rotary year which starts on July 1, 2016. Incoming president Veronica Jansen-Webster and incoming secretary Kishor Mirchandani attended the conference with Assistant District Governor Louis Wever, President David Antrobus and Rotarian Denise Antrobus.
The highlight of the conference was the awards ceremony in which the District Governor awarded the clubs for the work they have done in their respective communities. The Rotary Club of St. Maarten Mid Isle collected seven awards:
The Public Image Award for profiling the work of the club in the media
The Club Builder Award for the 2nd highest growth percentage in membership in the district
The Club Builder Award for the 2nd highest actual new members in the district
The Club of the Month Silver Award
The Assistant Governor's Award for the Mid Isle member who is the Assistant Governor of our area.
A Special Posthumous Award of Recognition from the district for deceased Mid Isle Rotarian Ramesh Manek who was recognized not only by the district, but by the international founder of the World's Greatest Meal to End Polio for his efforts in the district to help eradicate polio from the world.
The seventh and most prestigious award was the District Governor's Award for Excellence - Gold.
The Rotary Club of St. Maarten Mid Isle is pleased to receive this recognition for it's work in the community and would like to thank all the sponsors who have assisted us to do good in our community and the world. We would also like to thank the media for their cooperation in getting the word out about our activities and helping us to reach people when inviting them to participate in our activities. We look forward to your continued support of Mid Isle activities as we all join together in Service above Self.
For more information about Rotary Club of St. Maarten Mid Isle or if you would like to join one of our meetings
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