Rotary Club of Valenzuela celebrates today its 38^th Charter Anniversary which paved the way for numerous humanitarian projects for the City of Valenzuela.

The Recognition Luncheon Day meeting for the active members and partners also served as the celebration of 38 years of the organization’s strong alliance with the City Government of Valenzuela in providing community, social and vocational services for the constituents.

Rotary Club (RC) is an international service organization which purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.  It has a total of 34,282 clubs and over 1.2 million members around the globe.

In Valenzuela City, all Rotarians are active contributors in the success of social welfare programs of the City Government. 

RC Valenzuela President, Ms. Praceli Nelson presented the projects undertaken under her leadership anchored on the dictum “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity,”  which include the Classroom for the Blind with a Braille converting machine, Library Hub, Red Cross Blood Bank, books donation to day care children, Multimedia Classroom donation, Buntis Congress, TaNeeMan sa Barangay neem tree planting project to fight dengue, anti-drug forums, anti-cervical cancer seminar and vaccination, and disaster relief operations during typhoon seasons.     

Members who have been actively supportive and instrumental in making the club’s projects successful were recognized.  “I chose to give plants as a symbol of gratitude and appreciation to the people who had given great contribution to the group last year as an emblem of good health, prosperity and peace, and also as a reminder that we should focus more on activities that promote protection of the environment,” she said.

Present during the thanksgiving celebration were members and officers of the Rotary Club of Olongapo Centennial, Rotary Club of Malolos, Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers - North of Metro Manila, Inner Wheel Club of Valenzuela and the Management Team of the City Government of Valenzuela.