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Last Saturday night's Rotary White Charity Event at Outrigger Laguna was indeed magical -- a coincidence of all things that make a party wonderful and a Charity Gala successful. The evening began with a prismatic sunset, enjoyed beachside by the fifty charitable guests all dressed in White. As the stemware were drained, the sunset dimmed, and the music paused, all guests ambled into the elegant white dining room to enjoy many well presented pairings of superb food, high quality music and libations. -- and enjoy we did, beyond our dreams.

On November 2, 2018 the newly chartered Rotary club of Samui-Phangan, founded by 3 members of the abolished RC of Samui, PP Warunee Sarika, David Marshall and Alex Starkey, celebrated their new club, with 22 new members. The RC of Patong Beach as their sponsor club signed a sister club agreement with the new club and we all had a great night.

Work Camps in Phuket Resulting from COVID 19 many construction workers lost their jobs & were left destitute. They often live in substandard housing with galvanized metal sheeting for walls & ceiling. Whilst the men are normally working, the ladies take care of the children. With no employment, COVID has totally changed their lives & many are starving. The Rotary Club has provided assistance with both water & some minor accommodation repairs.

The Rotary Club Patong Beach brought again together businesses, government and associations to discuss how-to revive Phuket....with innovative fresh ideas and massive investments are coming... More info in our upcoming bulletin.

FEED PHUKET The COVID – 19 epidemic, created a crises in Phuket, with many businesses, including hotels closed. The effect on the people of Phuket was profound. All business closed, & with masses unemployed, the basics of food & water became much needed assistance requirement. The nine Rotary clubs of Phuket began a program of FEED Phuket. As may be seen in several photos, queues were long & even with notice when the time for food parcels distribution advised, people waited long before the scheduled time.

The scholarship program has been operating for several years. It commenced following the Tsunami of December 26th 2004, & has assisted many children over the years with support. It is not only for the children of Phuket, but also for the coastal areas affected by the Tsunami near Khao Lak. One great result was of two sisters, who lost both parents in the Tsunami & received a scholarship. They were very bright children & went on to university The scholarships provide financial assistance for uniforms & other school requirements. It has been well received by the children & parents. The program is constantly monitored, to ensure the child is still needing assistance as family circumstances change. An annual event is the awarding of the scholarship for the new school year.

Weekly club assembly...this time get together @ Pint Factory .... the bar of 100 beers ! Pint Factory is a Beer Bar and Restaurant, located at the Limelight Avenue Mall in Phuket Town on Dibuk Road. The bar has a good choice of real and imported beers, ales and ciders. Smartly decorated with dark floor tiles, a long wood and metal bar and air conditioning for comfort. Food is also available including various pasta dishes, burgers, fish and chips, chicken wings, steaks and Thai food. Free wifi is provided and often in the evenings they have live acoustic music. A must visit for beer drinkers.

Our last Dinner-Out for the Rotary Year 2018-19 which ends by end of June was a great success. 29 people attended. One of the highest, if not the highest number ever. As you can see the club members and our guests had a great time.

A combination of club business and fellowship. It was a great day addressing and discussing club issues during the day followed by a fantastic fellowship and dinner at our member Jaspal's hotel in Karon.

Emmy-nominated Production Designer and Author Jim Newport will talk about his career in film and read excerpts from his new novel: A DARK CHRISTMAS – the fifth book in the popular Vampire of Siam series. Half of the book takes place on the island of Phuket.

A Special unit for Vachira Hospital Phuket The Director of Vachira Hospital accepts the premature baby unit form Community Services chair Dr. Johan Storke. It is a very much needed unit at the hospital.

A group of 25 Rotarian's and friends networked during a nice dinner at the Four Points, Patong. The brand new venue fascinated with great design and excellent service. Dieter Dratwa, member of the Rotary Club Patong Beach presented how to become a leader. After the in-depth presentation the audience engaged in a Q&A session around leading teams, what to do in a crisis and how coaching can help to become an inspiring leader.

Following our tradition the handover from current President to the incoming Presidents is always being celebrated.

3330 Rotary International Hua Hin

Every year around March the Rotary District 3330 hold its award night. Giving club and Rotarians who have achieved special goals during the year an award for their services and achievements. This year it took place in Nakhon Pathom at the Mida Dhavaravati hotel.

The Water Safety – Learn to swim program has been very successful in providing school children with skills of survival in the water. There is one school in the program, with another two being added this Rotary Year. More than 300 children have participated & received their certificates, & another 300 will learn water safety. 3 – to 5 children drown each day in Phuket in Klongs & the ocean. As Phuket is an island, water is not far from the children’s homes & saving the children is essential as they gain more confidence & enjoy water activities. Receiving their certificate is a fun time for the children.

Following our tradition the handover from current President to the incoming Presidents is always being celebrated.

The meeting was about bringing business leaders and charity organisations together. We then enjoyed a very moving and informative presentation by Roelien Muller, the Vice Chairman and Director of the Asia Center Foundation (ACF).Roelien guided us through her 20 years of living & working for less-privileged children and families in Phuket and various ACF projects since 2002. When opening up to the Questions & Answering session the audience engaged passionately and suggested various ideas and approaches for ACF to continue their amazing work and spread the word even further. Most discussed was the effort of growing own food for their school children and expanding this to produce for local restaurants in Phuket. Many restaurant owners voiced their support for locally sourced ingredients knowing their purchases would benefit this great cause. 

This meeting was organized by the Rotary Club of Patong Beach to discuss the revival of Phuket. The guests were invited to enjoy delicious canapes prepared by the Holiday Inn and had an excellent chance to mingle and network before the formal meeting started. All enjoyed the live music while networking. Over 100 guests then moved into the meeting room for the formal discussion. Guest speakers for the meeting were: - The Honorable Rtn. Narong Woonciew – Governor of Phuket - Dr. Thanit Sermkaew – Chief of the Phuket Provincial Health Office - Mrs. Napasorn Kakai – Chief of Tourism Authority of Thailand Phuket Office - Police Lt. Col. Udom Thongchin – Deputy Superintendent Phuket Immigration

For the third year in a row the community project "Water Safety - Learn to swim" teaches kids skills of survival in the water. All instructors, helpers and Rotarians enjoyed a BBQ to kick-off an even bigger program. This time in two schools in paralell with a total of 165 students.

Dinner at Skye Lake Club to sign the MOU with the HK sister club. Present were Andy, Best, Gary, Roy, Karen, Missy, Able, Toby Doeringer, Julian Marland, Francis Shum, Pauline, and other members of family from Hong Kong Shouson Hill Club.

94 kids learn to swim trough our program. Please also check the published story about this project on our website.

At the District 3330 Foundation meeting PP. Arnaud Verstraete was been honoured for his additional U$ 250,000 donation and becoming the first and only Arch Klump Circle member in Thailand (total donation of U$ 500,000)

Nice dinner out with networking @ Day & Night of Phuket, a wonderful decorated fresh addition to the bar scene in Phuket town (with live music)

After the roof replacement and installation of a water filter/dispensing unit the playground required a paint. With joint forces and great culinary support from Johan we painted all playground equipment. Remaining paint even beautified the concrete floor. We can't wait to see the faces of the kids when they see this change soon...

I received quite a few photos for this event - normally I would not include this private party …. however, with so many RCoPB members present I will make an exception…sorry guys & gals it does not qualify as a make-up LOL..ed Denis

Dinner out as open house event of the Rotary Club Patong Beach. Each area of the club will be present so that everybody interested in joining gets an idea of what the club does and how members benefit from the membership. Top10 reason to join a Rotary Club https://bit.ly/35SFBF4

When visiting Kamala school, where Scholarships were provided to many children, a check noticed the roof of the school was damaged & required replacement. At the same inspection the water unit, supplied by the Rotary Club of Patong Beach, was also in need of repairs.

Rotary in Action

A great crowd of 41 Rotarians & Guests enjoyed a nice dinner at the 9th Degree Boat Lagoon! Great setting in front of some awesome yachts' aka "swimming palaces"! 😊 The buffet style BBQ food & wine was plentiful, delicious and great value for money! 🍖🥂🍷 Thank you Khun Bart & his team for looking after us! Entertainment by Filipino musician Joel was fantastic all night long! 🎸🎼👩‍🎤 Some people said it was one of the best Rotary Dinner-out ever attended. 👏 Wishing for a repeat at the same location sometime soon! TBC..

A year of caring and giving-back is coming to an end. Rotary's Christmas Party brought together members and friends in a beautiful atmosphere of the Outriggger Resort Laguna. After a fantastic dinner buffet we got a surprise visit by Santa Clause that not only the kids amongst us enjoyed very much. In full swing the evening continued to surprise with dancing and all hands-on singing thanks to entertainment support from Mike Mitchell. Merry Christmas to everyone...

Rotary regularly sponsors scholarships and this time it is meant for children especially affected by the COVID crisis. Overall 15 student have been selected from the Wittayalai school to receive scholarships of which 6 have been sponsored by the Rotary Club of Patong Beach. We were all amazed to see the smiling faces and here the moving speeches of kids who now can continue going to school and receive a good education.

The Rotary Club Patong Beach invited the Andaman Rotary Club to exchange thoughts and discuss with friends. A total of 40 people enjoyed the fantastic Fresca Kitchen location, good conversations and a tasty dinner deal. A 40.000 THB cheque was handed over ceremoniously to support the Andaman Rotary Club project to provide 126 wheel chairs to local hospitals.

The Rotary Club of Patong Beach helps the local community to fight Covid-19. We support joint Rotary Club projects in Phuket. we donated staff protection equipment to the Patong Hospital and we do support local initiatives to help people in need, especially stranded migrant workers, who virtually have nothing to eat. These p[ictrues give you a short overview of the projects and how important help is.

The District 3330 Conference & Award Night 2018 took place in Surat Thani April 6 and 7. 7 members of our club participated (Pres. Andy, PE Karen, PP Arnaud, PP Sam, AG Walter, PN Alastair, SAA Gary) and we all had a great time.

PP Larry Avery Amsden passed away on September 21,2018. This Photo album is in memory of PP Larry as a very active, remarkable and passionate Rotarian since the Rotary Club of Patong Beach has been chartered

The DTA is an annual training event that is designed primarily to train incoming club leaders for their club positions. In recent years, our District has expanded the format to include educational opportunities for all Rotarians to learn more about Rotary and the programs of District 3330. This Rotary Year, 2018/19, District Governor will be Lt Gen Kanit Jamjuntra

Tips and tricks on how SME businesses and entrepreneurs can deal better with the Covid-19 crisis. Rotary Club Patong invites for a special dinner out with speaker Jason Beavan (GM of The Phuket News) on the topic of Getting your business through Covid-19 - What we did @ The Phuket News (for SME businesses owners and entrepreneurs) Venue: Ocean Rock Kalim

The Rotary Club of Newport Beach Sunrise, lead by Steve Bender, International Chair of Rotary District 5320 and CEO-President of Ayuda International in cooperation with AYUDA International, lead by Dr. Harris Done, Past President and founding Director, have conducted the second time after 2015 a free dental clinic at the Patong Hospital from April 17-20, 2018.

Our Global Grant for the BanYa Learning Center is on its final approach. Ensuring the project is sustainable a thorough teacher's training program was set up by Dr Siriwan Kief and the first workshop for the teachers just took place.