Monday, December 7, 2020

Christmas Greetings from the Club to ChildHaus and GRACES

Notwithstanding the pandemic, officers and members of the Club pooled resources to donate goods for the children and the elderlies in the following institutions: Child Haus (The Center for Health Improvement and Life Development), the first (and so far the only) temporary home for indigent children with cancer; and GRACES (Golden Reception and Action Center for the Elderly and Other Special Cases).

Last Friday, Club President Lionel Go, Incoming President Richard Yabut and Past President Johnny So brought the club contributions to the Rotary District 3780 Center. From there, contributions from all clubs of the district will be delivered to the two institutions.

Merry Christmas to everyone!






Monday, October 9, 2017

Cooking for Life Program - 19 Clubs Recognized


The Rotary Club of Sto Domingo QC salutes the clubs of RI District 3780, and their respective TGP Presidents, who are supporting scholars in Cooking for Life Program with Rotary 3780.

A total of 45 scholars from our indigent brothers and sisters are in the process of training to become very employable chefs at the Center for Culinary Arts, Manila.

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Rotary Club of Sto Domingo at the District Rota-Bowl 2017

Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who played and cheered in the spirit of Rotary...

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Christmas Party 2016

The camarederie, the food, the songs, the gifts -- and, last but not the least, the prayers -- were all moments to reminisce. Looking forward to the next Christmas Party...

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Telling the Truth: A Rotarian's Bitter-Sweet Dilemma

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Marvin Macatol
17 January 2012

The New Year 2012 is here and I wish it finds you well. I also wished the Christmas Season that closed the previous year was spent well and joyously with family and loved ones.

As you may already know, in another part of the country, I couldn't say those lines. In my home city of Cagayan de Oro, a flood caught everyone sleeping and swept them away in the unholy dark and early hours of December 17, 2011. These were all in the papers.

My family and relatives were fortunate to have been spared. But an indescribable pain still burned my heart. It found expression in a series of slides entitled, "Remembering Sendong (Washi): Did You Really Understand What Happened?"

These slides illustrated how Sendong, the twisted decision of the Cagayan de Oro City government to allow people to live in hazardous areas of the city, and the denudation of the forests became a lethal mix that created the catastrophe that killed more than 1,000 people -- formal and informal settlers alike.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Christmas Message: There is something good in this world and it's worth fighting for

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
December 10, 2011
Christmas Party with the Anns

This is it! It's Christmas time indeed.

As we all know, "Christ" in Christmas refers to Jesus Christ. We celebrate his birth on December 25 of every year. The Philippines is one of the two countries in Asia who celebrate Christmas not just as a national holiday but as a full season.


But what does Christmas mean to us today outside of gifts we give, the bonuses we pay out or receive, the carolers on the streets and the Christmas lights that we see all around the city?