The new Rotary Year (2010-2011), under President Lydia Villanueva, started with a new summer reading program, our now monthly Bingo game (games are generally planned for the third Saturday of every month), planning for an event in August, and progress on two school projects.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM
Thanks to the efforts of Rotarian Linda Cazin Burrow, a summer reading program was held at St. Alphonsus School in Seine Bight in early July. Principal Lopez selected 10 Standard II students needing help with reading to participate and a week long session was held mornings to provide tutoring for these students. Rotary Club of Placencia participants during the week included Linda Cazin Burrow, Wanda Stakutis, Greg Valiton and Jim Weller and tutoring assistance was provided by Marco Supaul, Misty Vernon, Monique Vernon and Marcia Moody (who provided assistance to a Spanish speaking child and his mother trying to learn English). The children participating, as well as many that observed through the doors and windows, appeared to enjoy the experience and benefit from the more personal attention afforded by the tutoring. Our thanks go out to all that participated and it is hoped that the program will be repeated next year.

BINGO
The monthly game was held, once again, at the Paradise Resort and was well attended. The list of the lucky winners for the July game has been misplaced, so, unfortunately, we don’t have their names, but, we’ll make every effort to make sure that winners’ names are always included in the future. The money raised from this game will be used for a dance for the seniors to be held at some point in the future. Once again, our thanks go out to caller Kathy Anglin and Alan and Janet of the Paradise Resort for providing the venue.

ST. ALPHONSUS PRE-SCHOOL
Thanks to the generosity of the Rotary Club of Saskatoon Nutana, construction has started on improvements to the St. Alphonsus Pre-School in Seine Bight with the ordering of the materials required to complete the work. It is expected that actual construction will start soon to ensure that the work is completed before the beginning of the next school year.

ST. JOHN’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
Using funds raised at our auction earlier this year and a generous donation from the Rotary Club of Edmonton West, work has been ongoing on the new bathroom facilities for St. John’s Primary School in Placencia. The work is almost completed and will provide an additional 4 bathrooms for the students to go along with the recently renovated existing bathrooms.

SCHOLARSHIPS
Work continues on the setting up, administering and awarding of scholarships funded by the Rotary Club of Placencia and the Edmonton West Rotary Club. We will provide the names of the students being awarded scholarships for next year soon and encourage anyone that would like to help to donate to our scholarship fund so that we may help to provide valuable education opportunities to worthy students.

UPCOMING EVENTS
The Rotary Club of Placencia will be holding its’ annual Open House in late August at the basketball court. The purpose of this event is to make the community aware of what we do and to try to encourage more members of the community to join us. Please check the local access cable TV channel, listen to LOVEFM, and watch for signs around the Village for more information on all Rotary sponsored events.

OUR CLUB
The Rotary Club of Placencia meets on Tuesdays at 12:30 at Yoli’s. We encourage all that have an interest in helping their community to join us. For further information on our Club, please visit our web site at www.rotaryclubofplacencia.org or speak to any Rotarian.