the weekly newsletter of the San Antonio Northeast Rotary Club
We were honored to have
Rotary District 5840 Kristy Vandenberg
as our guest on Tuesday, August 24th. DG Kristy’s visit was her third Rotary visit of the day. Starting from her home in Kerrville, she attended the Boerne Sunrise Rotary for breakfast before traveling to Kenedy, Texas to have lunch with Kenedy Rotarians. Her last Rotary stop of the day was with us at Salsalito Cantina & Mexican Restaurant. With August being Rotary Membership Month, DG encouraged all club members to invite a friend to join Rotary. After her presentation, club secretary Dan Clark presented DG Kristy a gift of appreciation from the San Antonio Northeast Rotary Club for her commitment to
Rotary International and Rotary District 5840.
The San Antonio Northeast Rotary Club was honored to have Ukrainian native Oksana Deiter as our guest speaker on Tuesday, April 5th. We had a full house in the room where we meet at Salsalito Cantina & Mexican Restaurant. Oksana showed us a very informative, compelling, passionate, and thought provoking PowerPoint presentation of what the war has done to her home country. Oksana traveled to Ukraine when the war start and visited her brother. She gave us a first-hand report on what she saw while in Ukraine. In her presentation, Oksana showed us photos of beautiful Ukrainian cities the way they looked before the war, and how the cities look like now. She showed us heart wrenching photos from the cities of Mariupol, Bucha, Irpin and Borodyanka. She told us how the very brave and strong Ukrainian people are defending their homeland.
Oksana said that she is working with a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization called Ukrainian San Antonio whose mission is to preserve Ukrainian heritage and promote a greater understanding of Ukrainian history and culture. Ukrainian San Antonio is holding a weekly medical supply drive for those in Ukraine. For more information on the non-profit organization, please visit their web site at www.ukraniansanantonio.com The organization also has Facebook and Instagram pages.
After her presentation, club president Preston McKinney presented Oksana a Speaker’s Certificate of Appreciation along with the April edition of Rotary magazine, which contained several articles on the war going on in Ukraine. President Preston also presented Oksana a $1,000 check to be used to help the people of Ukraine. Keep Calm and Pray for Ukraine.
The San Antonio Northeast Rotary Club welcomed San Antonio District 10 City Councilman Clayton Perry as our guest speaker on Tuesday, April 19th. He spoke to us about several topics pertaining to the northeast part of San Antonio. In particular, Councilman Perry told us about the planned walking, hiking, and biking trail that will connect the historic Perrin Homestead with Lady Bird Johnson Park. Councilman Perry has been instrumental in making this trail come to fruition. After a very interesting and informative presentation, president-elect Debbie Degollado presented Councilman Perry with a Speaker’s Certificate of Appreciation. A donation in his name along with all of our guest speakers, will be made to the James Madison High School Interact Club’s Food Pantry.
