To commemorate a decade of its existence and a proud history of developing leaders, the Rotaract Club of Accra-East, one of Ghana’s outstanding community service organisation held its 10th Anniversary celebration launch under the theme: 10 years of Impacting communities and developing leaders at MJ Grand Hotel in East Legon, Accra last Saturday.
The special 10th Anniversary celebration launch was held in honour of all Rotaract Club of Accra-East Members, Sponsors and Stakeholders to show the club’s appreciation to them for supporting the club since its charter.
The festive evening included special guests, Past District Governor Jeffrey Afful, Past District Governor Willie Ketekou, Getrude Adzo Akpalu; Assistant Governor, Past Assistant Governors Isaac Animakwah and Florence Maame Hagan and other notable dignitaries such as ,Rotarian Ibrahim Wuntah and Rotarian Pamela Baittie; Presidents of the Rotary Club of Accra East and Accra Legon-East respectively, Past President Oscar Moore; Past District 9102 Rotaract Chair and
many others.
In his welcome remarks, the President of the Rotaract Club of Accra-East, Mr. Elisha T. Joseph stated that “As we celebrate our 10th Anniversary, we acknowledge what we have achieved thus far, but we are also looking forward to doing more great things as a club.” He also expressed gratitude to all Rotary, Rotaract clubs and corporate institutions for contributing to the success of the club and invited all to join in celebrating the years of service and leadership development.
The Past District Governor of Rotary District 9102, Mr. Jeffrey Afful, addressed the guests in attendance by acknowledging the contributions of club members and congratulated the club for grooming great leaders such as CP Alpha Odani – Abbey, PDRR Regina Dzasimatu, PP Emmanuel Deho, PDRR Andrews and Immediate Past President Peter.
PDG Jeff who was a past Rotaractor encouraged all Rotaractors that have attained the age 30 years or less to transit to Rotary or take advantage of the dual membership system.
He finally stated the importance of being a member of the Rotaract Club and the roles of a Rotaract Club in community and leadership development.
Past President Elorm, the Chair of the 10th Anniversary Committee, outlined a number of events for the year and a half – long celebrations including a Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, Global Hand Washing Day Project, an Empowerment Seminar etc.
The evening highlights included a fundraiser to support the signature project of the club which is Hope Project. The Hope Project is the construction of a 3 unit classroom block at Akpafu, a deprived community in the Sefwi Akontombra District located in the Western North Region of Ghana.
There was also a runway modelling show to display some of the souvenirs of the 24 months long anniversary celebrations.
It was truly a night of celebration and many guests were happy to join in the celebration to mark the importance and significance of the occasion.
Rotaract clubs bring together people aged 18-30 years to exchange ideas with leaders in the community, develop leadership and professional skills, and have fun through service.