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Dear District Governor Azar, Fellow members of RCBC and from other clubs joining us tonight Dear guests, Protocol Observed It is with great pleasure that I stand before you tonight as the new President of Rotary Club Beirut Cedars for the year 2023 -2024; I am honored today to be…

Ronald FarraPresident 2021-2022 July 2022 Speech: 50 dollars Day in day out each one of us in the club gave a service for 50 dollars, in health, in education, in environment, in literacy, in fighting hunger. 50 dollars from each one of us during 365 days get us the amount…

Hagop DantziguianPresident 2020-2021 Assistant Governor Salwa CHOUCAIR, Past Presidents Philipe SKAFF, Rami MAJZOUB, Joe KENAAN, Christine SABIEH, Ghassan HAJJAR, Rima KHALAF, and Rami SARKIS, Immediate Past President Antoine KALDANY, Dear Rotarians and Zoom participants, I stand before you today with great honor as the newly elected President of this vibrant…

Antoine KaldanyPresident 2019-2020 Chères amies, chers amis, Une année rotarienne s’achève. Elle aura été à l’image de son président, le Docteur Rami Sarkis : dynamique, joyeuse et efficace. La qualité des conférenciers que nous avons accueillis, les nouveaux membres qui nous ont rejoints, les projets que nous avons livrés, confirment la…

Rami SarkisPresident 2018-2019 Dear Rotarians and friends of Rotary, It’s an honor to address you here as the incoming President of Rotary Club Beirut Cedars for 2018/2019. I feel valued for being entrusted with this special responsibility from people that I respect highly and specially for being given this opportunity…

Rima KhalafPresident 2017-2018 Dear Rotarians, dear friends of Rotary It was with great honor that I accepted the invitation by my club to be its president for the year 2017-18. It is not an easy task, and I intend to give it all the needed attention for a successful year.…

Ghassan HajjarPresident 2016-2017 The show must go on ! It is with great honor but also some serious apprehension that I will be receiving the gavel over from President Elie Melkane to run the Rotary Club Beirut Cedars for the RY 2016-2017 Not only because he fulfilled his mission with…

Elie MelkanePresident 2015-2016 Chers Amis, D’aucuns se demandent : Le Rotary, c’est quoi ! Le Rotary est, avant tout, un esprit. C’est le sentiment de vouloir se rendre utile, en servant les autres. Et, pour les servir, il faut les accepter, tels qu’ils sont ; puis, déterminer leurs besoins, ce…

Christine SabiehPresident 2014-2015 Overcoming differences: Bridging the diversity divide Ten percent of Lebanon’s population is 65 or older (2009) 69,385 persons carry official disability cards (2009) Approximately 80,000 are physically disabled as a result of the war (2003) Three percent of the Lebanese population -300,000- is estimated to be physically…

Joe KanaanPresident 2013-2014 My promise to you Dear friends, I have been elected president of the Rotary Club Beirut Cedars for the year of 2013-2014, therefore I hereby inform you of the goal I want to achieve during this year. Our club has participated in the first three years of…

Rami MajzoubPresident 2012-2013 It’s time to work for Peace! As I am writing these words, a series of intense feelings is going through my heart. On the one hand, I feel honored and privileged to continue the journey that was started by my two great and inspiring predecessors. Past President…

Mona KanaanPresident 2011-2012 When I became a Rotarian in 2007 and learned about the objectives and goals of Rotary International and the well-organized work dedicated members of Rotary clubs to achieve these goals, I realized that I have been a Rotarian at heart all my life. It is true that…

Philip SkaffPresident 2010-2011 Friendship, family like ties between members and implementation of projects to help our community through a 50 members Rotary Club. Yes, this is the challenge we have promised ourselves to achieve. By we, I mean the Charter members of RC Beirut Cedars who will receive his chart…