The Rotary Club of Demerara is celebrating its recent 20th anniversary. Recently, it hosted an anniversary which featured Rotary District 7030 Governor Herv? Honor? as the keynote speaker.Members of the head table at the Anniversary Dinner.For years, Rotary has been accredited as one of the most outstanding service organisations worldwide. What separates Rotary from the rest is not only its belief in “Service above Self” but the way Rotarians worldwide have transformed the lives of everyone they touch.The Rotary Club of Demerara joined the Rotary International family on December 9, 1993. Rotary, which has a global membership of 1.22M, is an organisation whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services,Wholesale Jerseys, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations,Cheap China Jerseys Authentic, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.The District Governor who hails from Martinique affirmed that “in Rotary we have an international network of motivated women and men who try to improve everyone’s life around us.”? He said that Rotarians share also five core values, amongst which are service, camaraderie, integrity and leadership.Honor? said, “Youths aren’t our future; they are the leaders of today and the support of young people is evident in the club.” The club was urged by the governor to continue to support the youth, increase their membership and further the march on the path to making a difference.He presented the club with an annual form banner for its sterling contribution since it was recognized as the third club in the district with the highest contribution to the Rotary Foundation.Rotary Demerara acknowledges their support.Club President Osbert James affirmed that in the 20 years of existence, the club managed to distinguish itself by being the first Rotary Club in Guyana to break the “men only” mould and admitted women into its membership.President Ossie, as he is popularly called, reflected on the events that led up to the club being chartered. The club was sponsored by their brother club ‘The Rotary Club of Georgetown Central’ under the guidance from Past Presidents Leslie Chin, Mike Davis and Azeez Hussein.The President reflected that about ten years ago, his very energetic and altruistic members had the vision to adopt the community of Kuru Kururu on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The community has seen improvements in its educational facilities and has benefitted from the constant medical checks performed on the residents.Rotary Demerara has hosted annual career fair/talks with secondary school students and has extended to the Georgetown Prisons where it conducts a literacy programme.Gift of Life is one of the most outstanding projects of the club which exemplifies the goodwill of the Rotarians of Rotary Demerara. The project was designed primarily for the treatment of children with heart ailments. Sherryann Martin, one of the beneficiaries,Nike Vapormax Plus Womens, is considered an adopted child of Demerara’s Rotarians.Rotary is an organisation which believes in the power of youth and as such, Rotary Demerara moved to sponsor the Rotary Club of Linden some four years after its charter.? Marcel Gaskin,Cheap Jerseys From China, Assistant District7030 Governor and Past President of the Club, commented on the journey this club had taken in redefining the image of Rotarians in Guyana.? “Apart from the fact that it was the only dual gender club, it is safe to say the Rotary Club of Demerara has redefined what it was to be a Rotarian in Guyana.”During the evening of entertainment and fine dining,Wholesale China NFL Jerseys, the Rotarians took time out to award the club’s supporters which included RAM, a visiting Rotary Club from Scotland,Cheap China Jerseys Authentic, Coordinator of the Kuru Kururu Reading Project, Dr. Debra Patterson-Skeete (also a Rotarian) and the manager of the Pegasus Hotel.