ROTARY INTERNATIONAL District 2240 Czech

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ROTARY INTERNATIONALDistrict 2240Czech Slovak
Republics
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PRAGUE the heart of Europe
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Dignitatis memores ad optima intentiBeing
aware of our dignitywe will do our best
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PRAGA MATER URBIUM
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St. Vitus Gothic Cathedral in Prague
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ROTARY TRADITION IN THE
FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA

• The first RC Prague founded in 1925
• Rotary Club of Pilsen founded in 1927
• District 66 founded in 1927
• 47 Rotary Clubs in 1938
• The 3rd biggest District in Europe

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SERIOUS TIMES . . .

• 1938-1945 Nazism banned Rotary in
  Czechoslovakia
• 1946-1948 short period of Rotary restoration
  after the WW2
• 1948-1989 complete abolishment of
  Rotary by the Communists

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NEW FREE TIMES AFTER THE VELVET REVOLUTION 1989

• re-establishment of the former RCs and founding
  of new Rotary Clubs
• in the framework of D. 1920 (Austria-West)
• friendly support of different Rotary Clubs
  worldwide
• quick incorporation into the Rotary family

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In 1999, the independent international
Rotary District 2240 inaugurated officially
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for exchange with our foreign friends
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District 2240 counts now
44 very active Rotary Clubs in
the Czech Republic

• 16 very active Rotary Clubs in the
  Slovak Republic

11 Rotaract Clubs
and it grows steadily
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44 very active Rotary Clubs in the Czech Republic
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16 very active Rotary Clubs in the Slovak
Republic
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The last but not the least one
RC Telc
chartered on May, 6, 2006
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Manifold D. 2240 activities in all
Rotary service avenues since 1999/2000 with a
rich international cooperation
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CESKÝ KRUMLOV UNESCO World
Cultural Heritage
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Very successful District Conference in
May 2006, in Ceský Krumlovwith US-Ambassador as
our guest
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Handing-over the DGs insignia
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Roman Gronský, DG for 2006/07
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Rotary Club of Pilsen serves as a
good exampleof Rotary D. 2240 activities

• Pilsen City Historical Coat-of-Arms

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Stylized City of Pilsen coat-of-arms
on the flag of the Rotary Club of
Pilsen
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Humanitarian services
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Care for the handicapped
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Youth exchange
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Up to now already
thirteen Inter-Country Meetings
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Friendly contacts and cooperation
with our German neighbors
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Social-cultural projects
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Cultural activities of Club members
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The delegate to CoL 2007 in Chicagocomes again
from RC Pilsen
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Pilsen City and RC Pilsen partnership with
Birmingham, AL, USA, established in 2005
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Summer Language School
RC Pilsen recent achievement

• in close cooperation with the
  West Bohemian University,
  Pilsen, July, 2006,
  with actual information on Rotary

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PILSEN ROTARIANS CONTRIBUTING TO A BETTER WORLD
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Conceived and created by Dobroslav Z e m
a n, PDG, member of the Rotary Club of
Pilsen, Czech Republic, District 2240