Programs and Speakers Information

2011-2012 WEEKLY PROGRAMS

PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON:  Mead Mc Cabe
 
Thursday Rotary Meetings, 12:15 PM, at the Coral Gables Country Club
997 N. Greenway Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33134  
 

July 7, 2011 – Lily Prellezo, Author Seagull One: The amazing story of Seagulls to the rescue.

July 14, 2011 - Art Kehoe, University of Miami Football's Offensive Line Coach

UM Football and the upcoming football  season

 

July 21, 2011 - Captain Dan Kipnis, Global Warming - The Changing Oceans

July 28, 2011 - July 28 2011, "Did the Ancient Europeans Discover America ?”

with Past President Frank Sexton.

 

August 4, 2011 – The Good Government Initiative with former Miami-Dade Commissioner Katy Sorenson.

 

August 11, 2011, "The Smile Trek: a 5,000-mile walk through Southeast Asia in an effort to raise funds for facial-reconstructive surgeries in the developing  world”   Speaker:  Winston Fiore, Sgt/USMC

 

August 18, 2011, Service Above Self, a presentation by the Community Service Committee.

 

August 25, 2011, August 25, 2011,  "Experiences in Shipboard Medicine”.  Speaker:   Jim C. Hirschman MD, FACP, Senior Ship’s Physician, Carnival Cruise Lines

 

September 1, 2011, Sep. 1, 2011, Camp Boggy Creek: a Year Round Camp

Serving Seriously Ill Children. Speaker: Albert Borrero.

 

September 8, 2011, The Rotary International Foundation, John Smarge, RI Director.

Joint Meeting with the Miami Club.

 

September 15, 2011, Joint Meeting with Rotary Clubs of Miami-Dadeland-Pinecrest and South Miami. Speaker: District Governor, Todd Dayton 

 

September 22, 2011, "Shake-A-Leg Miami, helping children and adults with physical, developmental, and economic challenges, liberating them from the realm of imagination into the realm of experience.” Speaker: Harry Horgan, Co-Founder and CEO.

 

September 29, 2011, September 29, 2011, The New Marlins Ballpark – Spring 2012 Completion. Speaker: Edwin Perkins, Ballpark Community Relations Manager

 

October 6, 2011, Actors Playhouse Presents Hairspray

 

October 13, 2011, Rotary Vocational Service… What Does It Mean ?  Past-President Frank Sexton

   

October 20, 2011, The East Coast Greenway,  a 3,000 mile trail system from Canada to Key West.  Speaker: Dennis Markatos-Soriano. Exec. Director, East Coast Greenway Alliance  

 

October 27, 2011, Homestead Miami Speedway: NASCAR, Homestead Miami Speedway: NASCAR Championship Weekend.
Speaker: Matthew Becherer, President Homestead Speedway                                             

 

November 3, 2011, 7th Annual Golf Classic Tournament, Balldrop and Lunch at the Biltmore

 

November 10, 2011, GSE Inbound Team from Australia

 

November 17, 2011, Tom Dixon, Commercial Real Estate Trends

 

November 24, 2011, THANKSGIVING – Serve meals at Partnership for the Homeless

 

December 1, 2011,  Ronald Roman, Esq., "How to Grow your Business"

 

December 8, 2011, Dr. Ken Broad, 2011 National Geographic Explorer of the Year

"Beyond the Invisible: Secrets of Blue Holes"

 

December 15, 2011, Merrick Festival Caroling Competition Winners Performance

 

December 22, 2011, Fellowship with fellow Rotarians and Guests

 

December 29, 2011, Fellowship with fellow Rotarians and Guests

 

January 5, 2012, Coral Gables Police K-9 Unit. Speaker: Officer Alex Engmann

 

January 12, 2012, Actors Playhouse: "Next to Normal”

 

January 19, 2012, Max Pecina, Operations Manager, Faithful Home Services

"Changing Lives One Family at a Time”                    

 

January 26, 2012, Jim Cason, Mayor of Coral Gables, "The State of the City Beautiful Address

 

February 2, 2012, Socialize with fellow Rotarians and Guests.

 

February 9, 2012, "The Everglades:  Its History and Future”, Speaker:  Vivian Miller, Director of Education and Outreach, The Everglades Foundation

 

February 16, 2012, Citizens for a Better South Florida, Beneficiary of A Night on the Red Carpet.

 

February 23, 2012, Marc Buoniconti, President, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

 

March 1, 2012, Judge Steve Leifman, Miami-Dade County Court

 

March 8, 2012

 

March 15, 2012, Scholarship Awards Program with Terry Long and Scholarship Committee