Negros Hosts welcome RFE Inbound Team from Wisconsin, USA (D6250) with PDG Nanette Garcia and RFE Chair PP Megs Lunn, at Silay Airport. |
For the first time, D3850
hosted the D6250 Rotary Friendship Exchange Inbound Team from Wisconsin, USA
from Jan 12-20, 2015.
D3850 RFE Chair (2014-2016) PP
Megs Lunn (RC Roxas) laid down the itineraries in cooperation with all the club
and family hosts of the different clubs in Negros, Iloilo, Roxas and Kalibo.
The following RFE Inbound
Team were: RFE Chair PP Darla and husband Brian Leich of the RC of Marshfield
Sunrise, Rtn. Cora Holloway of RC Madison West Towne Middleton, Rtn. Mark
Etrheim of RC La Crosse and Rtn. Edwin and son Ernes Bos of RC Fort Atkinson of
D6250, respectively.
RC Kalibo welcomes RFE with Pres Arnold I. Jayme. |
The Rotary Club hosts from
D3850 were the following: (Bacolod) Pres. Chris Sorongon -RC Bacolod South,
Pres. Robert Cerrada and PP Harish Nandwani - RC Bacolod North, Pres. Nat
Villasor- RC Victorias and Pres. Tin Toledo - RC Bacolod West; (Iloilo) Pres
Steve Contreras- RC Iloilo, Pres. Joy Visitacion and PP Elma Magbanua- RC
Central Iloilo City, Pres. Rose Aguirre of RC Jaro Centraline and Pres. Beng
Camaya of RC Iloilo South; (Roxas) PDG Mark Ortiz of RC Roxas, PP Reubin Yap of
RC Roxas, Rtn. Bubs Ong of RC Roxas, AG Jerry Olson of RC Metro Roxas; (Kalibo)
RFE Chair/PP Megs Lunn of RC Roxas, PN Roger De Guzman of RC Kalibo, Rtn.
Remedio Ambrocio of RC Kalibo and PP Lando Navarra of RC Metro Kalibo.
RC Roxas and RC Metro Roxas RFE Hosts led by AG Jerry Olson and PDG Mark Ortiz, with RFE Inbound Team |
The Inbound team was engaged
in Rotary project visits and community immersion with their family and host
club around Negros Occidental and Panay Island. The cultural exchange on their
part is in much larger perspective, so they say, as they were ushered to the
rural areas like the coastal town of Victorias with the victims of Yolanda and
the boat projects, the handicapped children centers around Negros, the school
library projects in Iloilo, the water and school building projects in Roxas and
the Rotary Public Image during the Ati-Atihan Festival and eco-tourism tour in
Kalibo. The team ended their trip to a breathtaking rest and recreation in the
world’s best beaches – Boracay Island.
RFE Iloilo Hosts led by PDG Emma Nava and DGN Ronnie Gabalda, with RFE Inbound Team |
The team left a promise to
extend help in any Global Grant project and other related Rotary projects they
can assist with. The inbound team is now looking forward to D3850 Outbound team
between the months of July to middle of September 2015.
The goal of Rotary
Friendship Exchange is to advance international understanding and peace through
personal contact across borders, develop interclub relationships for fellowship
and service projects, and offer Rotarians the opportunity to make long-lasting
friendships while exploring different cultures around the world.