Friday 11th January 2019 saw thirty five (35) members of the Rotary Club of Royal Hua Hin and their guests welcome two special Rotarians to the meeting. District Governor Lt Gen Kanit Jamuntra and his wife Chadarat from the Rotary Club Ratchaburi for the annual club visit. President Brian Anderson welcomed the guests and gave an overview with photographs of the DG and his wife’s many activities with some of the 101 Rotary Clubs in District 3330 in Thailand.
President Brian then gave the DG an overview of the RCRHH including members, finances and activities.This was followed by President Elect Napa Keawtem who spoke about projects the club had been involved with in 2018 and future projects planned for 2019 and beyond.
- Nerve Stimulator Hua Hin Hospital
- Beach Cleaning Stamford University
- Thoracic Society Tuberculosis Screening with RCHH
- World Clean up day Sai Noi Beach
- Brain Based Learning, Monkey Library & swimming pool improvements
- All for one and One for all Stamford University
- Flexible Fibre Optic Bronchoscope for Hua Hin Hospital with RCHH
- Children’s Day Bicycle donation RCHH
Future Projects include:
- Computers for Hua Hin Hospital
- Environment Al sustainable concept
- Rotary Learning centre Nongkhon School
Rotarian Keith Humphreys gave a brief presentation on his proposed project for the Panyanukal School to develop teaching techniques for children with disabilities.
President Brian asked Michel Zuber and his wife Dominique to come forward. They had raised 32000 THB by selling items brought from Turkey over the Christmas period. President Brian thanked them for their generous gift and the money would be added to the RCRHH accounts.
Two new members to the RCRHH Richard Rees and June Rees were inducted and presented with their badges and certificates by the DG, P Brian and IPP Birger.
The DG then addressed the meeting and stated that as always he is happy to visit the RCRHH because the club is very active in the local community and always seems a happy club. He was pleased that D3330 has two additional English speaking clubs at Patong and Koh Samui-Phangan. Of the 101 Rotary clubs in district 3330 only four have a membership of more than 50 and he was very proud that RCRHH was one of them. The DG thanked everyone for their hard work with the extensive and varied projects the club is involved with, and considers all the members of the RC as friends.
Rotarian Alan Brown made a special presentation to both the DG and his wife of unique gifts that cannot be found in shops. These were a wooden pen made from the wood of the laburnum tree and a key fob made from Scottish heather.
