Rotary in Cyprus ''' and

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A short guide to the
Rotary in Cyprus ... and
The Rotary Club Of Limassol
Rotary Year 2008 - 2009
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Rotary is a worldwide organization of business
and professional leaders that provides
humanitarian service, encourages high ethical
standards in all vocations, and helps build
goodwill and peace in the world.
Rotary Year 2008 - 2009
Rotary International President
Reduce child mortality
Dong-Kurn Lee
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DISTRICT 2450
Our Rotary district covers nine countries in
three different continents, speaking different
languages, and having different cultures. We are
united under the Rotary theme of Make Dreams
Real'. Our aim is to provide service in our
countries and to promote peace and mutual
understanding between different cultures. Find
about our Districts social, economic, cultural,
environmental, educational, and humanitarian
activities, our development plans, our greatest
achievements, and our short term and long term
objectives. Get to know more about our countries,
and taste our different cultures.
www.rotary-cyprus.org
Zakaria Mohamed El- Shafei
District Governor 2008/2009
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Rotary in Cyprus Cyprus today has 18 Clubs. The
first Rotary Club in Cyprus was established in
1938 in Nicosia, at the initiative of a small
group of distinguished Cypriot businessmen and
professionals who had seen Rotary work abroad.
The group included Costas Manglis, Zenon
Pierides, Theodoros Artemis. Sir Mehmet Mounir,
Stelios Georgallides, George Poulias and others.
The club charter was presented to the club by the
then Governor Arthur Merton and the first
President was Rot. N E Disney. Cyprus then,
became part of District 195, which included
Egypt, Lebanon and certain other Countries of the
Middle East.
Possibly because of the great war of 1940-45,
there was a big time-gap between the
establishment of the first RC in Cyprus and the
second which was the RC of Limassol established
in 1951, followed by the RC of LCA organised in
1953 by the then Rotarian Mayor of Larnaca Zenon
Pierides who had been one of the founder members
of the Nicosia club and who later served as
Director of RI.
About the same timework was started on the
establishment of the RC of Famagusta, which
received its charter in 1954.
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There followed another pause of fifteen years and
in 1969 Paphos acquired its own Rotary club, to
be followed next year, in 1970, by Kyrenia.
Again there was a lull until 1982 when there
started another round of new clubs. Today Cyprus
has 18 Rotary clubs, with a total membership of
over 800 Rotarians (of whom a number are women).
The Rotary clubs of Cyprus today come under
District 2450 (formerly District 195) which also
includes Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon,
Armenia, Georgia, UAE and the Sudan with a total
of 112 clubs and a membership exceeding 4180.
Up to now, Cyprus has given the District 10
Governors namely C. Manglis, Z. Pierides,
N.Demetriou, M.Agrotis, M.Theodossiou, Phoebus
Zachariades, Leandros Zachariades, Christodoulos
Karakannas , Doros Jeropoulos and John Stroggylos.
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A brief History of our Club
Rotary was first introduced into Cyprus in 1938
with the establishment of the Rotary Club of
Nicosia. The Rotary Club Of Limassol received its
charter in 1951 with 21 members. At that time its
membership included Greeks, Britons and Turks. At
the beginning of 2008 there were 68 members. The
first President of the Club was the British
District Commissioner Mr. A. H. Dutton. All the
members, irrespective of nationality, creed or
religion, met in harmony, love and esteem, and
collaborated closely for the welfare of the
community. Imbued with the ideal of service, they
carried out various projects which greatly helped
the Limassol community. Two of our members have
served as District Governors. Michael Theodosiou
1972-73 and Phoebus Zachariades 1976-77. A number
of Paul Harris Fellow awards were granted over
the years. The Club emblem is the Apollo
Sanctuary at the ancient city of Curium, just
outside Limassol.
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Founder Members
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Our President
Our Secretary
Evis Christodoulides
Julius Markides
Board Of Directors 2008/2009
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The Rotary Club of Limassol
Members Directory
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Past Presidents
S/N Years Name

1. 1951-1952 A.H.Dutton (March
1951/March 1952) 2. 1952
Panos Lanitis (April 1952/June 1952)
3. 1952-1953 Henry Martin Williamson
4. 1953-1954 Phaedon G. Constantinides
5. 1954-1955 Michael
Theodossiou 6. 1955-1956 Douglas R.
Williamson 7. 1956-1957 Nicos D.
Solomonides
8. 1957-1958 Stavros Pittas
9. 1958-1959 Georgios
Catsounotos 10. 1959-1960 Nicos S. Roussos
11. 1960-1961 Theseas G. Metaxas
12. 1961-1962 Nicos Rossos
13. 1962-1963 Nicos K.
Pattichis
14. 1963-1964 Kyriakos Hamboullas
15. 1964-1965 Christodoulos
Papadakis
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Past Presidents
S/N Years Name
16. 1965-1966 Panicos Harakis
17. 1966-1967 Arthur Skiadas
18. 1967-1968 Basil Dimitriou
19. 1968-1969 Fotis I. Colakides
20. 1969-1970 Alex Peden
21. 1970-1971 Emilio
s Michaelides 22. 1971-1972 Phoebus V.
Zachariades 23. 1972-1973 Dr. Panicos
Michaelides 24. 1973-1974 Nicos Panou
Lanitis
25. 1974-1975 Dr.Andy N. Georgiades
26. 1975-1976 Efstathios I.
Papadakis 27. 1976-1977 Nassos Covotsos
28. 1977-1978 George Savva
29. 1978-1979 Andreas I. Ionides 30. 1979-1980 Ni
cos Countas
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Past Presidents
S/N Years Name
31. 1980-1981 Joseph Markides 32. 1981-1982 Michae
l Polydorides 33. 1982-1983 Marios
Hamboullas 34. 1983-1984 Xenis Xenopoulos 35. 1984
-1985 John P. Tiritas 36. 1985-1986 Dimitris N.
Solomonides 37. 1986-1987 Takis
Nemitsas 38. 1987-1988 Christakis
Georgiades 39. 1988-1989 John C.
Archontides 40. 1989-1990 Costas
Erotocritou 41. 1990-1991 Artemios
Zachariou 42. 1991-1992 Joakem Charalambous 43. 19
92-1993 Andreas Psillides 44. 1993-1994 Glafcos
Psyllakis 45. 1994-1995 Costakis Lefkarites
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Past Presidents
S/N Years Name

• 46. 1995-1996 Pavlos Pavlides
• 47. 1996-1997 Tony Siakallis
• 48. 1997-1998 Andreas Lamaris
• 49. 1998-1999 George Georgiades
• 50. 1999-2000 Adolfos Kannettis
• 51. 2000-2001 Panicos Loizou
• 52. 2000-2002 Antonis Christodoulou
• 53. 2002-2003 Tony Antoniou
• 54.2003-2004 Costakis Kyriakides
• 55. 2004-2005 Lefkios Tsikinis
• 2005-2006 Stelios Petropoulos
• 2006-2007 Christakis Tylliris
• 2007-2008 George Countas

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Paul Harris Fellows of The Rotary Club of Limassol
 
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LIST OF UNFILLED CLASSIFICATIONS
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Our Twinned Clubs
Rotary Club Baabda Lebanon The Club meets
every Monday at 1930 At Metropolitan Palace
Hotel-Sin El Fil
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Community Projects
Over the last 55 years, The Limassol Rotary Club
undertook various important projects. Outmost
important project was the establishment of the
St. Panteleimon Old Age Hostel, which is now
run by the Municipality of Limassol, at a cost of
approx. US 200,000. Other major projects
include, among others ? A Blood Bank, donated
to the Limassol Hospital. ? The provision of
wheel-chairs to disabled persons, through the
Cyprus Red Cross and Welfare Office. ? The
organization of several exhibitions of Limassol
Artists Work. ? The establishment of a
Childrens Library. ? The publication of a
Tourist map of Limassol. ? The organization of a
Poster Art Exhibition by students of Limassol
Secondary Schools, three of which were
submitted to the Rotary International Competition
with the Theme World Peace Through World
Understanding . One of them won a Certificate of
Merit. ? Several tree-planting campaigns in
Limassol and the District, one of which is in the
reclamation of the sea-front. ? The
donation of furniture and fittings to the
Thalassemia Laboratory, at the second
Limassol Hospital. ? Donation of a 12-seater
mini-bus for the Old Age Hostel in Agia Phyla. ?
The formation of the Rotary Club of Limassol
Scholarship Fund . ? The donation of a
22-seater bus to the Apostolos Loucas school
for mentally retarded children. ? The
complete redesign and rebuilding of a fountain at
Limassol round-about. ? The construction of six
new rooms at the St. Panteleimon old aged
hostel. ? Promotion campaigns for the donation
of human tissue for transplants. ? Equipment
bought for the St. Stephanos home for the
retarded. ? A Keep-Limassol-Clean campaign. ?
Purchase of musical instruments for the Lanition
School Band.
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? Scholarships to different students at home and
abroad. ? Financial assistance to Amman Rotary
Club on the occasion of the Gulf war. ?
Humanitarian assistance to children in Chernobil
Russia. ? A save water campaign. ?
Donation of a bus for the transportation of the
blind. ? Donation of a bus for the
transportation of Theotokos children with
special needs. ? The creation of a childrens
playground at the Limassol sea front promenade. ?
The supply of the appropriate equipment for the
physiotherapy room at Theotokos home. ?
The creation of the Life-guard Towers on the
sea-front. ? Kakumbi Rural Clinic in Zambia. ?
In 1952 The Rotary Club of Limassol pioneered a
very ambitious and far-reaching project,
helping the City of Limassol to eliminate the
age-old sight of begging from the streets. It
helped raise funds, from which weekly allowances
were paid to poor people who had no other
means of support. ? Donation of a mini-bus to the
Cyprus Autistics Association. ? Donation of a
clock at Gr. Afxentiou Square and two along the
seaside.
... and many others ...
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Our Website on Internet
www.rotary-cyprus.org/limassol
contains

• The History of our Club and our Clubs Archive.
• Our President Board of Directors and Committees
  Past Presidents Founder Members and Paul
  Harris Fellows.
• Our Clubs Members Roster.
• The Clubs Bulletin Newsletters and other
  information
• Our Projects with photos Our Twinned Clubs.
• Messages Events Club Locator .
• Advertisements Yellow Pages Calendar
  Dictionary .
• Useful Information Speeches Rotary District
  News.
• Rotary International Useful Links Jokes
  Downloads and a lot of other interesting topics.
• Google and other major search engines.
• Photo Gallery updated.
• Newspapers and athletic news OPAP results.
• TV and Radio Guide.

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We are proud to inform you that our Clubs
Website has been seen by over 16,400 visitors,
since we published it on the web ! We update the
Site at least once a week and we post in it all
our Newsletters, our Club members directory ,
photos from our meetings and events, Rotary
events, jokes, District news, messages - our
next meetings agenda, other useful information,
etc.
In Club Directory, when prompt to login,
you must enter - in small letters
USER ID rotary
PASSWORD lemesos in order to take you
to the page with details of members.
An easy way to get to our Clubs website is the
following Once you open the Home Page (
www.rotary-cyprus.org/limassol ) you go to the
upper left side of your screen where you read
File Edit View Insert Format
Tools Table Window Help You go to
File, click on Send, then click on Shortcut
to desktop. A shortcut to your desktop will be
created and every time you want to visit our
site, all you have to do is to double-click on
this shortcut. No need to write again
www.rotary-cyprus.org/limassol.
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Prepared by
Our Club's
Evis Christodoulides
President 2008/09
and
Julius Markides
Secretary 2008/09