A gift to the community honoring Rotary’s 100 years of service in Florida is an integral part of District 6970 and the Rotary Club of Jacksonville’s centennial observance. Chartered in 1912, the Rotary Club of Jacksonville was the first Rotary Club in the state. The Centennial Project Mobile Medical Clinic will be dedicated at a District wide luncheon on February 13, 2012.
According to Club President Howard Dale “The Centennial Project has 29 Rotary Clubs participating. This is the first time in 100 years that this many clubs of Duval, St Johns, Putnam, Clay and Nassau counties have supported such a community effort.”
The Centennial Gift is a state of-the-art mobile health unit for bringing care to those in need of affordable and accessible health services especially low income families, children, and individuals. Services include screening, inoculations and basic health care. The services are offered without regard to gender, age, race, religion and national origin. The service area includes Duval, Clay, St. Johns, Nassau, Putnam and Baker counties.
The mobile health unit will be operated and staffed by the St. Vincent’s Medical Foundation through its outreach ministry under a 15-year agreement.
The mobile unit will be dispatched to public and private schools, churches, community centers, health fairs, shopping centers, and other locations to conveniently serve children and families who need medical assistance. From time to time Rotarians will assist in public events associated with the mobile unit.
Rotary International’s 2011-2012 president Kalyan Banerjee, a member of the Rotary Club of Vapi, Gujarat, India culminates the centennial observance as guest speaker at a special meeting of Rotary District 6970 on Monday, February 13. Doors open at 12:00 with the program beginning at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 12:30 p.m.
Kalyan Banerjee, a member of the Rotary Club of Vapi, Gujarat, India, is the President of Rotary International in 2011-12. Banerjee is a director of United Phosphorus Limited, the largest agrochemical manufacturer in India, and the chair of United Phosphorus (Bangladesh) Limited. He is a member of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society, a past president of Vapi Industries Association, and former chair of the Gujarat chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industry. He earned a degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 1964.
Banerjee has served Rotary as a director, Rotary Foundation trustee, committee and task force chair, International Assembly group discussion leader, president’s representative, and district governor. The chair of the Southeast Asia Regional PolioPlus Committee, Banerjee has served as a member of the International PolioPlus Committee for many years and has attended international meetings with the World Health Organization and UNICEF in that capacity.
Citation for Meritorious Service and its Distinguished Service Award.
Banerjee also serves as a trustee of Rotary club-sponsored trusts that support many educational and community development programs in India, including a 250-bed hospital.
President Banerjee will be available for media interviews and dedication of Centennial Project Mobile Medical Clinic from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm on February 13, 2012.
More information on the Rotary Club of Jacksonville’s year-long centennial celebration may be found at its website: http://www.100.jaxrotary.org/ourcentennial.html.
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