Rotary Club Bonn International New presidency: Keith Castelino to follow Monika Hörig
BONN · The Rotary Club Bonn International (RCBI) - Germany’s only anglophone Rotary Club - will see a change of presidency: Keith Castelino follows in founding president Monika Hörig’s footsteps on July 1.
The Rotary Club Bonn International (RCBI) - Germany’s only anglophone Rotary Club - will see a change of presidency: Keith Castelino follows in founding president Monika Hörig’s footsteps on July 1. The Kenyan native will lead the Rotary Club into its second year of existence. „At first it was a journey into the unknown“, said Monika Hörig during the transfer of office. „But now with 30 members we are well on the way.“
The RCBI was officially recognised by Rotary International in February 2016, an event celebrated on June 18, 2016, just before the start of the Rotarian year, which starts on July 1. Sponsoring club is the RC Bonn-Rheinbach, of which Monika Hörig was previously a member.
During the first year of the existence of the club the RCBI Rotarians already supported several activities: Two group rooms were renovated at the Kindergarten Winkelsweg, recreational rooms at the refugee accommodation at the Ermekeil barracks buildings got painted. Twice the club members cleaned parts of the river banks at the Rhine between the opera and Tempelstraße, as part of Bonn Picobello. Also, they always help at the central donations storage at the Vorgerbirgsstraße by sorting the stock.
Keith Castelino is an experienced Rotarian, who already led a club in his home country and was committed to several Rotarian programs. Prior to his engagement with the RC Bonn International, he used to be a member of the RC Addis Ababa Bole in Ethiopia.
For more information, please see: www.rcbonnint.org (Text: Mareike Graepel)
