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Karen is first woman President of the Rotary Club of Comber
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Carrickfergus Rotary launches Interact Club
The new President of the Rotary Club of Comber, Karen McKeown (centre), with outgoing President, Phillip Beggs (left) and President Elect, Jim Torney (right).
Karen McKeown is the first woman President of the Rotary Club of Comber. A retired teacher she took over the reins of office from outgoing president Phillip Beggs.
Karen was Comberʼs first lady member. She joined the Club in 2004 and will now preside over its Silver Anniversary celebrations.
The Comber Clubʼs new President Elect – who will assume office this time next year – is Jim Torney of Comber. In reflecting on his year of office, outgoing President Phillip Beggs said his over‑riding thought was that Comber punched well above its weight for a Club of its size and that it achieved more than many other larger Rotary Clubs in Ireland. In support of this he listed some of its charitable contributions during the year including £3,000 to the NI Cancer Fund for Children; £2,000 to the NI Music Therapy Trust; £2,060 to purchasing Shelterboxes; £1,667 to Polio Plus; £1,839 to the Rotary
Foundation; £350 to the Jaipur Limb project amongst others. “But,” Phillip said, “the highlight for me was that we turned $500 into $41,000 through a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant with a Rotary Club in Sao Paulo in Brazil to help people in need there”
Karen was pleased to welcome Mark Allen as a new member of the Club
Dublin Centenary Michael McCune with Tuesday Howe
The Rotary Club of Carrickfergus has joined forces with Ulidia Integrated College to launch the first Interact Club in the East Antrim area.
President Michael McCune and the members of the Rotary Club of Carrickfergus especially Rotarian Sam Crowe, who has worked with Ulidia Integrated College personnel to establish the Club, are particularly pleased that the Interact Clubʼs first President is to be Tuesday Howe. Tuesday is a former Rotary Youth Leadership winner and is currently Head Prefect at Ulidia Integrated College. She freely admits that the Rotary YLS programme enhanced her personal development and she is keen to promote Rotary through the new Interact Club.
Founded on the 22nd of February 1911, the Rotary Club, Dublin is the first club to be formed outside of North America and thus the No.1 Club in Europe. It was founded by Stuart Morrow a native of Dublin who had been a member of the San Francisco Club the first to be formed after Chicago.
The Dublin Clubʼs Centenary began with the launch of their Club History, ʻFirst in Serviceʼ in September 2010. Randal N. Gray our 100th President held his Centenary Dinner in the Royal Dublin Society Ballsbridge where R.I.B.I. was represented by their Past President Gordon McInally accompanied by his wife Heather. The former President of Ireland Dr. Mary Robinson and District Governor Wes Armstrong were Guests of Honour. The three other Rotary Clubs founded in 1911‑ Belfast, London and Manchester were
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represented by their Presidents. On the actual date of the first lunch there was an Ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving for the lives and service of all the members of the Dublin Club since 1911. At the Centenary Lunch many members and their wives were attired in 1911 clothes and before the meal a Rotary Banner was unveiled down the front of the Grand Canal Hotel by a team of abseilers. As part of the Clubʼs Centenary one hundred oak saplings were planted on Scouting Irelandʼs. land overlooking Lough Dan County Wicklow.
At its foundation the Dublin Club had forty‑two members and today with seventy‑five it is one of the largest in District 1160. Having completed his work in Dublin Stuart Morrow headed north to Belfast where he organised their first meeting towards the end of July 1911.
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