The work in action

How Rotary became involved in Bocas

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This interview looks back at Rotary's beginnings in Bocas del Toro, part of the history of the partnerships behind the outreach.

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Automatically transcribed from the audio; may contain errors.

I had the fortune to meet Kurt Betzel from Texas who also lives in Popa Uno here in

Bocas who's family has a long history of being Rotarians and with our shared

passion for Rotary clubs we started to think about what it could look like for

Bocas and how we could get Rotary involved down here to support the

community. So over the course of a couple years through surveys of the

community and better understanding what Bocas residents wanted and how we

could start our own club here just to really learn a lot about the process and

eventually get to the point where we were ready to launch our own club this

past February of 2019. My name is Kurt Betzel. I'm originally from Arlington, Texas.

I am now a permanent resident of the Republic of Panama. I met Emily Tallendino

and very quickly learned of our mutual love and passion for Rotary

international. We both knew that for this community to progress it could with the

presence of rotary which we learned after the fact that they've been trying

to do that for about 15 years now and this time was now is the time.

Read in Spanish · translation

Draft translation of the automatic transcript; may contain errors.

Tuve la suerte de conocer a Kurt Betzel, de Texas, que también vive aquí, en Popa Uno, en

Bocas. Su familia tiene una larga trayectoria en Rotary, y con nuestra pasión compartida

por los clubes rotarios empezamos a pensar en lo que podría significar para

Bocas y en cómo involucrar a Rotary aquí para apoyar a la

comunidad. Durante un par de años hicimos encuestas en la

comunidad para entender mejor lo que querían los habitantes de Bocas y cómo

podríamos crear nuestro propio club aquí, aprender mucho sobre el proceso y

finalmente llegar al punto en que estuviéramos listos para lanzar nuestro propio club este

pasado febrero de 2019. Me llamo Kurt Betzel. Soy de Arlington, Texas.

Ahora soy residente permanente de la República de Panamá. Conocí a Emily Tallendino

y enseguida descubrimos nuestro amor y nuestra pasión compartidos por Rotary

International. Los dos sabíamos que esta comunidad podría progresar con la

presencia de Rotary, y después nos enteramos de que llevaban intentando

hacerlo unos quince años. Esta vez había llegado el momento.

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