PREXY’S NOOK

PRES. JEROME GAERLAN

III. PRESIDENTIAL CITATION AWARDS – member does not qualify for Presidential Platinum or Gold but deserves Presidential recognition for continuous Service during the greater part of the Rotary Year.

      

       A. DIEGO LEDDA – Club Secretary

       B. ERNIE GALERA – Club Treasurer

       C. ALLAN ALVAREZ – Club Bulleting Editor –In – Chief

       D. DAVE PARKMAN – weekly “Tuesday that Was” Column

 

CLUB AWARDS

I. CLUB  SERVICE

       A. REY BONIFACIO – Club Fellowship

       B. RICK MARQUEZ – Rotarian Rookie of the Year for garnering the most points        among the new members

       C. SILVER SARMIENTO – Club Publicity Award

       D. FRANK BUENAVENTURA – 100% Home Club Attendance

 

II. INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

       A. ALDY DY – Chair of the  “Paul Harris” Club raffle and for other generous contri       butions.

       B. ANDY ASTOM – sharing time and resources during the visit of our Sister Club        from An San, Korea.

       C.FERDINAND FERNANDEZ – hosting of delegates from An San Rotary Club.

 

III. VOCATIONAL SERVICE

       A. ALAN SY – Chair of Vocational Awards Committee and many other significant        contributions.

       B. ARSING IGNACIO – For sponsoring 3 vocational scholars at NCST aside from        sponsoring dinner of delegates from An San, Korea Rotary Club.

       C. RAY ESPINOSA – Chair of Rota-Brain Quiz Contests aside from being MVP of        Group II.

 

IV. COMMUNITY SERVICE

A. DAN BOLONG – for re-organizing the RVC at Ballay, Bauang.

 

V. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION

A. PP BEN ANG – for leading the 41st Club  Induction preparations, sports activities and being co-chair of Attendance.

B. PP CRES FERNANDEZ  for being Chair of Membership Development of our Club, making it the biggest in District 3790 while maintaining the high quality of membership.

INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS

A. RED CROSS, L. U. CHAPTER

B. BASIC INTERNET

C. SFC MUNICIPAL GOV’T.

D. LORMA COLLEGE AND MEDICAL CENTER

E. INTERNATIONAL AID

F. ILOCOS TRAINING and REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

I guess by now, most of you have heard about the good news about our winning 12 awards during the Year-end Review in Tarlac. Among these awards is the much coveted "Most Outstanding Club" for District 3790. So for two straight years, we have been chosen "Number One" out of the more than 80 Rotary Clubs of the District, which spans from Ilocos Norte to Bataan. It makes you proud to be a member of the Rotary Club

of SFU, Inc.!  

 

For a while there, I thought that we would not make it. In the Mid-year Review, we were number one in Vocational Service for the entire District. Then when the final awards were being given in Tarlac, we were only number 10 !  We also failed to bag first place in the other Avenues of Service, despite our standing in the Mid-year Review. It seems that some clubs did not submit their full report for the "Mid-year" as part of their strategy. It is a good thing that we did not relax during the second half of the Rotary Year, although it was very tempting to do so. So we still came out first over-all.

 

Congratulations, to our Daughter Clubs, notably the Rotary Club of San Fernando City, North.  The  club led by our new energetic Board Member of L.U., Pablo Ortega, won several  awards, coming out first in Vocational Service! We are sincerely proud of their success, just as I knew they were sincere when they told me that they were glad that the number one over-all Club is from La Union.

 

So today, we will be honoring those who contributed much to the Club's success, by giving out awards. I must say that the number of awards to be given does not include the whole membership of our Club. This is not to say that if you were not given an award,  your contribution to our present "success" has been forgotten. It is just that awards, in order to be meaningful and fair, have to be limited to those  who really gave heavily of their time and resources for the Club and the Community this Rotary Year. At any rate, my many Thanks and  Congratulations to everyone!