Each year, our Club honors the local area high school graduate with a $250 award who most exemplifies the meaning of the Rotary 4-Way Test. The selection is made by the high school counselors and acknowledged by the school’s principal. The following is a list of the winners for those graduating in the spring of 2022.
The Club was pleased to have members of the FRC robotics team #3932 “Dirty Mechanics” attend our meeting. Their club’s founder, David Ferguson, was also in attendance. The club members Rebecca Levy and Keanu Brayman shared photos and a video from their local award-winning team that enabled them to recently compete in the World Championships held in Houston. Our club sponsors their robotics club. Here is one video and a second video that shows what the robots looked like and what they did including manipulating a jungle gym. Very impressive what these kids have done and are doing building [...]
The Club was delighted to host Van Williams, Provost of the Boca Raton campus at PBSC. Pia Giannone, Scholarship Chair, presented Provost Williams with a check for $20,000 for traditional scholarships. This is in addition to the scholarship awards that the Club provided to PBSC for trades programs. Through these scholarships, we are changing lives and building futures for young college students in the Palm Beach County region.
The Club was pleased to have Joseph Abruzzo, Clerk of the Palm Beach Country Court as our guest speaker. Joseph Abruzzo is the Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller for Palm Beach County, and proudly serves as the county’s protector of public records and taxpayer money. He was elected in November 2020 and sworn into office on January 5, 2021. As Clerk, he leads a team of nearly 650 employees who serve more than 1.5 million Palm Beach County residents and oversees an annual operating budget of $70.5 million. As the Comptroller for Palm Beach County, he is [...]
We inducted a new member – Jeff Sassano – to club. Jeff grew up in the South Hills area of Pittsburgh. He went Robert Morris University. He is single and has a brother and sister-in-law and mother still living up there in the Pittsburgh area. He used to own a Massage Envy but then successfully sold it. He figured he would retire. He first moved to Sarasota where he bought a condo which he still owns. He owns two gas stations and a flower shop in Sarasota. He then ‘branched out’ and drove across the state and decided to [...]
Our Club had fellow Rotarian Howard Berg as our guest speaker this week. Howard provided a number of techniques to remember numbers (3-Tricycle, 4 – Car) and focus on what’s important in a document. Howard grew up in the projects of Brooklyn which was not safe. The only place which was safe in his neighborhood was the library. His frequent visits to the library made him what he is today- a teacher of reading and math comprehension.. For the past 35 years, he has been teaching people how to increase their reading speed along with comprehension, but more importantly [...]
Our Club participated in a Beach Clean up Exercise on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at South Beach Park from 9-11 am. It was coordinated by Jennifer Gray of Boca Save our Beaches. They provided pails and pick up tools. Club members attending included Jeff Tromberg, Kris Amorello, Westin Fengler and family. Gary and Bonnie Hildebrand, “Sonny” Lee Tannenbaum, Marina Kapulouska, Jon Burford and family, Bernardo Wolfson. Todd Halls and a few others. The clean up team pictured above cleaned up collected 72 pounds, averaging 3+ pounds per person! A total of 4.3 miles were covered and 992 items were [...]
Our Club was delighted to representatives from both FAU and PBSC present along with many of our mentees and their Club mentors. Scholarship Liaison Chair Pia Giannone provided the FAU and PBSC representatives with presentation checks (shown above): $20,000 to each institution that will support college scholarships. Pia asked each of the students receiving a Rotary scholarship who were in attendance what the Rotary Scholarship meant to them. A number of students said they work two jobs to cover their personal expenses and were constantly worried how they were going to pay for the school expenses such as tools [...]
Our Club was delighted to have three members of the Downtown Rotary Club as our guest speakers this week to tell us about their trip to Guatemala and help the Ak’Tenamit school. The Ak’Tenamit community in Eastern Guatemala includes vocational middle and high schools, residential facilities, health clinic, farm, fair trade store, and restaurant. Michael is co-founder of Aequus Partners Financial Planning, an independent financial planning practice. Michael Walstrom holds a bachelor’s degree from UCLA, an MBA from the Huizenga Business School at Nova Southeastern University, a Certificate in Financial Planning from Northwestern University, and is a CFP®️ professional. [...]
Club member Michael Miller was given a special “Men with Caring Hearts” award by the Fuller Center on Friday, April 8 and their Havana Nights Gala at Boca West Country Club. Congratulations Michael – well deserved!
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