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Sandy L. Burkart PT, PhD has been a Rotarian for more than 30+ years. Sandy has sought out a purpose with Rotary that would bring him and his family joy. [...]

On Wednesday, December 21 the Rotary Club of Boca Raton held its weekly meeting at the S. E. Wimberly Library on the Boca Raton campus of Florida Atlantic University.  Dr. [...]

We were delighted to do a Craft Talk with Todd Halls. Todd grew up in Motley, MN. Small town of a few hundred people. He is thankful to have had [...]

We were pleased to have Jayamurali Balaguruswany as a guest today from the Rotary Club in Coimbatore, India. He did a banner exchange with Club President Jeff Tromberg. It’s always [...]

We were pleased to have Matthew ‘Whiz’ Buckley as our guest speaker this week.  From a recent interview: I graduated from Jacksonville University and was commissioned as an Ensign in [...]

We were pleased to have Donna Holand, MD as our guest speaker. Donna is a recently retired Psychiatrist. She serves as the guest mentor trainer for the Viner Family Foundation.  [...]

We were pleased to have Dr. Dennis Frisch do a Craft Talk today. Dennis is a 2 time Past President of the club. Dennis R. Frisch, DPM, is a board-certified [...]

We were pleased to have Jeff Gordon, partner at the personal injury law firm Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith, PLLC, as our guest speaker. Jeff is chairman of the Board [...]

We were pleased to have Dr. Chris Snyder, CEO, Dreyfoos School of the Arts Foundation as our guest speaker. Chris gave a good overview of the School and the many [...]

We were pleased to have Amoy Gordon Project Director of the Association of Care Giving Youth as our guest speaker. Here are some facts a bout the Association.  American Association [...]

We were pleased to have Ron Tarro, President of New World Angels, as our guest speaker.  Ron Tarro is a Florida angel investor and the President of New World Angels, [...]

We were fortunate to have a ‘double header’ this week with two speakers.  The first talk was given by Jamie Serino, Sr., Director of Philanthropy at the Fuller Center. For [...]

We were delighted to have Member Kris Amorello and her husband Doug as our guest speakers this week.  They gave a fascinating talk about farming of lobsters sometimes just called [...]

We were pleased to have Mihai Fonoage, VP of Engineering at Modernizing Medicine as our guest speaker. The company has its headquarters locally in the BRIC development.  Modernizing Medicine, Inc., [...]

The Club was pleased to induct April Lewis as a new member. She was nominated by Spencer Siegel. April had a wonderful and amazing mom and storybook childhood. She skipped [...]

We were delighted to have Tom Wood, retired and admired Boca Raton Fire Chief as our guest speaker.  Fire Chief Wood brought his new “duty” as a chronicler of Boca’s [...]

The Club was pleased to induct Jim Bulvidas as a new member.  Jim grew up in Cherry Hill, NJ and attended the local schools in the area. He then joined [...]

The Club was pleased to have Angelo Bianco, Managing Partner at CP Group LLC as our guest speaker. The company owns the property at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC). [...]

Sandy L Burkart PT, OCS, Ph.D. is a retired West Virginia University Professor and Chairman of Physical Therapy.  He is a Feldenkrais movement re-education specialist in private practice with the [...]

We were delighted to have Boca Mayor Scott Singer as our guest speaker. Mayor Scott Singer is honored to have served as a strong voice for Boca Raton’s residents since [...]

The Club was delighted to have Jalane Meloun, Ph.D., as our guest craft keynote speaker. Dr. Meloun is a Full Professor for Barry University, teaching in the Schools of Business [...]

The Club was delighted to have Camila Mychalczuk (“MUH-CAL-CHECK”) as our speaker. She is proud to represent Florida Atlantic University as the Director of Local Relations.  She started her career [...]

The Club was delighted to have David Chaves Lopez as our guest speaker this week.  David Chaves Lopez is the Bilingual Program Manager for the Southeast Florida Chapter of the [...]

The Rotary Club of Boca Raton held its annual banquet for installation of the officers and directors for 2022-2023 at Maggiano’s restaurant. The Club has a fun-loving bunch of professionals [...]

We were delighted to have Patch Paczkowski, Professor of Business, Adams School of Entrepreneurship, FAU. Bill (“Patch”) Paczkowski, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A., served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Judge [...]

Jeff Tromberg led a Craft Talk with Bill Riddick.  William (Bill) Riddick is a second-generation Floridian born in Boynton Beach and raised in Boca Raton, FL. His mother was born [...]

Right on the heels of electing Jeff Tromberg to become President of the Club for 2022-2023, Jeff provided the Club members with a Craft Talk moderated by member Steve Clarfield.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Our Club supported the Boca West Children’s Foundation (BWCF) annual golf challenge and won first place! Top Row from left: Palm Beach County Mayor Robert Weinroth, Boca Rotary members Henry [...]

We were delighted to have Nancy Stellway, Executive Director, Palm Beach County speak about Take Stock in Children. Take Stock in Children, Inc. is a nonprofit mentoring, college success, and [...]

Club Scholarship Chair Pia Giannone and Club President Elect Nominee Dr. Gerry Purdy traveled to PBSC Lake Worth Campus to honor and accept six new trades program students who have [...]

We were delighted to have Matthew Lideca, CEO of HomeSafe as our guest speaker.  Since 1979, HomeSafe has been a nationally accredited non-profit organization dedicated to protecting Palm Beach County’s [...]

President Julie Vianale led the club meeting. We were delighted to have local celebrity Arlene Herson as our guest speaker. She told about her career living mostly in New York [...]

President Elect Jeff Tromberg led a Club Assembly meeting where we got discussed a number of programs and committee reports.  First Jeff acknowledged Yaacov Heller’s birthday. Lisa Talley brought some [...]

The Club was pleased to have Boca Police Chief Michele Miuccio as our guest speaker. She gave a summary of her department and answered questions from the members. Police Chief [...]

Our Club was delighted to have Mykhailo Bernatskyi and his mother Inna Teslenko visiting from Ukraine. Mykhailo just recently graduated from Lynn University and was gathering military supplies to take [...]

My name is Tatiana Nuñez and I am a 2019 Future Stars winner and College Scholarship Recipient. Within the past year I have been so fortunate (with the limited time outside of [...]

The Club was pleased to have Warrant Redlich as our guest speaker.   A graduate of Rice University, Stanford University and Albany Law School, Warren recently retired after 26 years as [...]

Our speaker this past week was Club member Paul Moss, Location Manager for Babione-Kraeer Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Boca Raton. Since the late 1990s, Paul has provided comfort [...]

Jeff Tromberg conducted a very interesting Craft Talk with Club member Dana Goldberg. In 2004, Dana met an attorney named Barry Siegel. She had been in Junior League. They became [...]

The Club was delighted to have Past President Spence Siegel give a craft talk.   He went to the University of Miami and the University of South Florida for undergrad and [...]

The Club was delighted to induct Judy Weaver. Judy has over 30 years of learning and teaching as a yoga therapist, teacher and family member.  Judy is a yoga therapist [...]

Jeff Tromberg conducted a very interesting Craft Talk with Club member Rachel Huerta, APRN. With over a decade of experience, Rachel provides patient-centered care both in the office and hospital [...]

We were pleased to induct a new member, Juan Bandino, into our club. He is currently an associate attorney at J. Perez Legal, PA in Cooper City where he practices in [...]

We were delighted to welcome Thomas ‘Tom’ Giunta as our newest member. He is a Financial Planner with Equitable Financial Advisors.  Tom was born and raised in Staten Island, NY. [...]

We were pleased to have Denyse Drummond-Dunn as our guest speaker. Denyse is a management consultant who lives in Switzerland but spends a lot of time working with a number [...]

This meeting was hosted by President Elect Jeff Tromberg. We were pleased to have Doug Mosley of ESPN as our guest speaker. Doug joined ESPN in April 2014, and helped [...]

We were pleased to have Ruth Bowling of AdventHealth as our guest speaker. Ruth is a graduate of Atlantic Union College.  Prior to coming on board at AdventHealth, she worked [...]

We were pleased to celebrate and recognize Claudia DuBois for her 10th anniversary as the Club Administrator. Lots of members provided positive reflections on how wonderful Claudia is as a person [...]

We were pleased to have Jessica Del Vecchio, Manage of Economic Development, City of Boca Raton as our guest speaker last week. We appreciate City Council Member Andrea O’Rourke for [...]

Our club was pleased to have President Elect Jeff Tromberg lead a Craft Talk with ‘Sonny’ Lee Tannenbaum. Sonny is an interior decorator, but his love is singing in a [...]

Lisa Talley  Lisa shared that the Youth Peace in Action initiative was featured at the Naples RI Zone 33/34 Conference. Our very own Boca Raton Community High School represented 300+ [...]

Our club was pleased to have Roary District 6930 Governor Michael Walstrom as our guest speaker this week.   Michael talked about the theme of Obsession – how to do any [...]

Our club was pleased to induct Chris Maners into the membership of Rotary Club of Boca Raton. Chris is a transfer from the Boca Sunrise Club.  Chris is a proud [...]

We were pleased to have Nikki Cabus, Acting Executive Director, as our guest speaker. Tech Hub South Florida is an industry trade non-profit organization that helps facilitate the development of [...]

We were pleased to have Provost Van Williams of PBSC Boca Raton Campus as our guest speaker. He gave us an update on PBSC and, in particular, the state of the Boca [...]

We were pleased to have Brian White, Athletic Director at FAU as our guest speaker.  The invocation was truly special from member Ken Davis: “As John Wesley, founder of the [...]

Shelley Wellington, Ed.D. Scholarship Coordinator, FAU We were pleased to have Dr. Shelley Wellington, Scholarship Coordinator at FAU as our guest speaker. Dr. Wellington has worked in academia for the [...]

The club welcomes our newest member, Canan ‘Jana’ Ozaktay. She is transferring her membership from the e-Club of Turkey. While her past club enabled her to interact with others from [...]

The club welcomes our newest member, Canan ‘Jana’ Ozaktay. She is transferring her membership from the e-Club of Turkey. While her past club enabled her to interact with others from [...]

We were pleased to have Brian King of the FBI office in West Palm Beach as our guest speaker. He talked about what the FBI is doing to combat domestic [...]

We were pleased to have Jamie Bond, Director of Advancement & Development, Place of Hope, as our guest speaker. She talked to the club on the terrible problem of Human [...]

We were pleased to have Club member and RI Foundation Chair Bernardo Wolfson give us an update on Rotary International (RI). Bernardo talked about the RI’s Vision that was approved [...]

We had a focus to identify and honor those members and spouses who have served in the military and are now proud veterans. The following shows those in whom we [...]

We were pleased to have Club member Rick Zimmer of Zimmer Construction Management as our guest speaker who was joined by his nephew David.  Rick shared with the members why [...]

We were pleased to have Wendy Santory Link, Supervisor of Elections for Palm Beach Country as out guest speaker.  She leads an award winning program of excellence for the state [...]

We were pleased to have a Craft Talk with new member Lisa Talley hosted by Jeff Tromberg. Lisa is a recent transplant to Florida. [...]

Introduction by past president Vanessa Havener: Rotary's motto is "Service Above Self" and I can't think of anything more fitting than describing the service [...]

Jeff Tromberg led a Craft Talk with Bill Riddick. William (Bill) Riddick is a second-generation Floridian born in Boynton Beach and raised in Boca Raton, FL. His mother was [...]

The Club was pleased to receive a great talk from Albert Slap, President of Coast Risk Consulting - a geospatial technology, modeling and data analytics [...]

We had a special meeting this week with Club members Rachel Huerta, ARPN and John Strasswimmer, MD, Ph.D. Rachel runs Direct Primary Care of Boca [...]

The Club was pleased to hear a Craft Talk with Rick Zimmer, led by Jeff Tromberg.  Rick was born and raised in NE New Jersey [...]

Frank (pictured playing the Bagpipes) grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada, and, like most young kids his age, he learned to play hockey. He turned [...]

Pictured above are Vocational Talk Coordinator Jeff Tromberg and Member Ken Davis. This narrative was graciously written by Ken with team editing with questions from Jeff.