Our outreach program continues this year with the distribution today of necessary food provisions to needy families in Bahrain.

200 boxes filled with rice, flour, sugar, vegetable oil, tea, harees, vermicelli and macaroni will start to find their way to needy families all over Bahrain with the hope that this will alleviate their need if just for a short time.

Should you wish to sponsor or contribute to our efforts for the benefit of the Bahraini society, please contact us.

“We are thrilled to have received this deserved award for our club. We are the uncontested pioneers in the region – as the shield attests – in adopting and adapting new and old media in order to propagate the messages of Rotary within the community,” RCA President Mahmood Al-Yousif commented, “we didn’t stop just at creating an excellent website, but made sure that all other aspects of social media are well integrated within the PR portfolio as well as introduced virtual meetings by virtue of the availability of audio and video podcasts to allow anyone interested to listen in to our meetings in a very transparent and professional manner. We are confident that the Club will build on this award in the coming years for the benefit of our members and the community,” President Al-Yousif concluded.

The Club wishes to thank all members of the press for their professionalism in covering Club events and hope that they will continue to be the effective partner in allowing the Club to communicate its messages to the community at large.

Chief sergeant-at-arms H. Tucker Gratz raises the symbol of his office at the 1969 convention in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. With Tucker are some of his assistants: Ray Faisst, of El Paso, Texas; Paul Heckenlively, of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Jack Ma, of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada; and John Young, John King, and Edward Armstrong, of Honolulu.

A nyone who has attended a Rotary convention is familiar with the sergeants-at-arms. Since the first convention in 1910, these men and women in yellow vests have guided Rotarians and their families.

During this year’s convention, 21-25 May, the sergeants-at-arms — this year known as Rotary guides — will sport a new look, designed to keep them cool in the often-steamy weather of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Instead of the usual yellow vests, the guides will be wearing yellow sashes. The hundreds of volunteers who assist them will sport red ones, in a nod to the red vests they’ve traditionally worn.

Sergeants-at-arms have a long and distinguished history in Rotary. The organization’s first constitution established the position as an elected officer of the association. Werner Hencke, of St. Louis, Missouri, was the first to serve in the role. He was charged with maintaining order at meetings, including the convention, which functioned as Rotary’s legislative body in its early years.

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Here’s another excellent resource which details the history and duties of the very important position a sergeant-at-arms hold in Rotary.

As the declared date for holding the BahMUN XVII on Saturday the 14th nears, it is not legally possible for us to hold such an important event, even though we have prepared every possible thing to ensure its success.

We sincerely apologise to the participating schools, directors and most importantly the students who have avidly looked forward to participating in the 17th RCA BahMUN.

As club President, I would like to render my deep thanks and gratitude to the members of the BahMUN committee, all of whom worked tirelessly and selflessly to ensure the success of this event, had it taken place, I am confident that it would have been one of the more successful BahMUNs the Club held. In particular I should like to thank Past District Government Nijad Al-Atassi, PP Redha Faraj, Honorary Secretary Rotarian Laith Shukayr, Service Projects Chair Rotarian Ms. Khulood Al-Qattan, Vocational Subcommittee Head Rotarian Fareed Bushehri and BahMUN Coordinator Ms. Lorraine Fernandez in addition to everyone at the club who have been exemplary in their support.

The Club remains determined to do whatever is necessary to help the community in Bahrain to the best of our capabilities and are confident that we shall organise an excellent BahMUN during the next Rotary year.

Students and schools who wish to receive a refund of their registration fees, please email our executive secretary Mr. Binu at binu@rotaryadliya.org.

Hasan Hujairi feels that making music is similar to writing a story; his tale is one with many chapters. He has studied classical guitar in Bahrain and the United States, and learned the floating-bridge oud under Iraqi virtuoso Saad Mahmoud Jawad. A coveted scholarship from the Japanese government led him to delve into the Maritime History of the Gulf, while interning at Tokyo recording studios and playing at spots like the Imperial Hotel and NHK Broadcasting Museum. Hasan was a participant in the 2010 Red Bull Music Academy and is currently a PhD student at the University of Exeter in the field of Ethnomusicology. His last album (‘Manama and Other Spices’) incorporates field recordings made on cassette recorders – spiced up with tube effects. Hasan is an active sound artist and has presented some of his works in art spaces in Bahrain and the UK.

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The Club shall now meet every Monday evening from 1800 – 1930 in the Officers’ Club at the Elite Resort & Spa on the old Muharraq bridge.

We look forward to your joining us.

The Board wishes to thank everyone for their continued support and efforts in regards to the MUN. Currently all registered schools, directors and candidates have been informed of this decision.

Please note that the Rotary Club of Adliya shall be happy to refund any registration monies paid for this event, or, should the participant wishes to await the new date, the Club can withhold the funds and consider the registration current for the new dates to be announced soon.

Please contact your director for more information.

The organising committee of the 17th RCA Bahrain Model United Nations conducted a short training seminar for the selected chairpersons and secretary general on March 5th at the auditorium in Al-Raja School.

The workshop was led by President Mahmood Al-Yousif, Rotarian Khulood Al-Qattan and Rotarian Fareed Bushehri whose presentation about the challenges of the Millenium Development Goals was well received.

The participants were also informed of several house-keeping issues by the assigned event coordinator Ms. Lorraine Fernandez.

All the teams thoroughly enjoyed themselves and the competition. Their participation and the perseverance of the organising committee managed to raise over BD3,500 with net proceeds in excess of BD2,000 which shall of course be dedicated to the club’s charitable causes.

We would like to once again thank every participant, spectator and of course the generous donations of individuals and companies without whom none of this could have happened.

Please visit our Flick gallery to see some of the images taken on the day.