12/05/2025
April and May meetings wrap up in Vieques for Rotary🌴
Vieques Rotary Club was founded in December 2011, and we officially began operations in July 2012
1. What Is Rotary? Rotary is a service organization of business professionals united worldwide to dedicate to helping others through humanitarian projects encouraging high ethical standards in all vocations and working toward world understanding and peace.
2. Rotary Code of Conduct: The 4 Way Test. Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build good will and understanding? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
3. Rotary Motto: Service Above Self
4. Rotary International: Worldwide consists of more than 33,000 autonomous Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas with 1.2 million members. Vieques is one of 31 clubs in Puerto Rico which has about 1,100 members total and comprises its own Rotary District ( #7000).
5. Rotary Foundation: Rotary endowment fund that supports Rotary International goals “to do good in the world” through humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs.
6. Hospitality Program and Conversational English Initiative
Over the past few years, we’ve been dedicated to raising funds and building support for the Hospitality Program at the local high school, with a special focus on an ESL/conversational English component. Our goal is to equip local youth with the language skills and confidence necessary to pursue opportunities in the tourism and service industries. We're currently collaborating with the high school to launch a spoken English program, which will be led by a dedicated English teacher. Plans are also underway for a student exchange program with a high school in the Chicago area. We’ve identified that a lack of confidence in conversational English is one of the main barriers preventing students from seeking jobs in hospitality. As part of this initiative, we are also renovating the high school’s hospitality classroom to create a more effective learning environment.