'Rotaract Club of the Year'
Posted by Victor Crumbley
The Cayman Islands Rotaract Club was recently awarded the 'Rotaract Club of the Year' award at a ceremony in Montego Bay Jamaica.
This achievement for the young club comes less than a year after the club was formed and around seven months after the club was chartered.
This award was for Rotaract District 7020, which the Cayman Islands is part of.
This district represents 10 countries and is made up of 23 member clubs. Some of the member countries include: The Bahamas, The Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, St Martean/St Martin and the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
Outgoing President of the local Rotaract Club Dorothy Scott accepted the award on behalf of the Club from Alastair Paterson, the Outgoing District Governor for District 7020.
This achievement for the young club comes less than a year after the club was formed and around seven months after the club was chartered.
This award was for Rotaract District 7020, which the Cayman Islands is part of.
This district represents 10 countries and is made up of 23 member clubs. Some of the member countries include: The Bahamas, The Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, St Martean/St Martin and the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
Outgoing President of the local Rotaract Club Dorothy Scott accepted the award on behalf of the Club from Alastair Paterson, the Outgoing District Governor for District 7020.
Ten individuals from Cayman attended the meeting, which saw around 120 members from seven countries attend the event held at the Holiday Inn Sun Spree from 22-25 June.
According to Rotaract member, Matthew Seales the conference in Jamaica was a beneficial experience.
"The conference was a chance to meet people from around the region and interact and learn from each other," he explained.
He also said that it was very rewarding to meet people from around the region and find out the effect Rotaract is having on the community.
"We are proud of the people who went and came back with lots of passion, all ready to go and help the community," he said.
Currently the club has around 25 members and is sponsored by Rotary Sunshine. Mikana Scott is the incoming President for the organization, which participates in activities such as community service, professional service and international service.
Rotaract is one of the youth arms of the Rotary Club and is for individuals between the ages of 18-30.
The club also recently inducted two new members; Paul Palmer and Karita Whittaker on Thursday 28 June during a ceremony held at the Guy Harvey's Bar & Grill.
During the ceremony they received their pins, which officially signified them as members of the club; they were prospective members until they received their pins.
In addition the organization has recently completed a painting project in East End. This project was started on 2 June when they applied a primer coat to the building. They went back the following weekend and applied the actual colour. The finishing touches were completed on 23 June.
The house of Ms Claudia, which Rotaract painted, was damaged due to Hurricane Ivan and while it was re-built it was not re-painted.
The Cayman Islands Rotaract Club thanked Cox Lumber, AL Thompson's and Cayman Coating for donating the paint supplies for the project.
A special thank you was also given to Rotaract members Martha Conolly for organising the event and Basil Scott who was instrumental in giving painting tips and was there at the beginning and end of each day of the project.
This was the young club's second community project, the first being a beach clean up earlier in the year at the Bodden Town beach at Manse Road.
According to Rotaract member, Matthew Seales the conference in Jamaica was a beneficial experience.
"The conference was a chance to meet people from around the region and interact and learn from each other," he explained.
He also said that it was very rewarding to meet people from around the region and find out the effect Rotaract is having on the community.
"We are proud of the people who went and came back with lots of passion, all ready to go and help the community," he said.
Currently the club has around 25 members and is sponsored by Rotary Sunshine. Mikana Scott is the incoming President for the organization, which participates in activities such as community service, professional service and international service.
Rotaract is one of the youth arms of the Rotary Club and is for individuals between the ages of 18-30.
The club also recently inducted two new members; Paul Palmer and Karita Whittaker on Thursday 28 June during a ceremony held at the Guy Harvey's Bar & Grill.
During the ceremony they received their pins, which officially signified them as members of the club; they were prospective members until they received their pins.
In addition the organization has recently completed a painting project in East End. This project was started on 2 June when they applied a primer coat to the building. They went back the following weekend and applied the actual colour. The finishing touches were completed on 23 June.
The house of Ms Claudia, which Rotaract painted, was damaged due to Hurricane Ivan and while it was re-built it was not re-painted.
The Cayman Islands Rotaract Club thanked Cox Lumber, AL Thompson's and Cayman Coating for donating the paint supplies for the project.
A special thank you was also given to Rotaract members Martha Conolly for organising the event and Basil Scott who was instrumental in giving painting tips and was there at the beginning and end of each day of the project.
This was the young club's second community project, the first being a beach clean up earlier in the year at the Bodden Town beach at Manse Road.