Susan Jensen
President Roatan Women's Club
2008 / 2009

I am proud to be President of the Roatan Women's Club for the upcoming year. I would like to thank everyone for their support of RWC over the last year. It has enabled us to honour our committment to our past beneficiary and contribute to the improvement of health care on Roatan.Under the superb leadership of our past President I feel we now have a strong foundation in place for us to continue to contribute to the wellfare of women and children on Roatan.

The RWC beneficiary for this upcoming year has changed from the Safety Initiative due to the fact that they now have the necessary funds in place for their specific project. This ensures that Roatan is going to be a safer, more secure, place to live once the needs of the Police force are met. They will be building a new Police Station that will be able to accommodate more policemen who will then be able to serve the residents of Roatan in the appropriate manner as well as supplying them with necessary equipment. Congratulations to them and all on Roatan who have been instrumental in addressing this most urgent need. The RWC's new beneficiary for this year will be Cam O'Brien's education program, Partners in Education. This is another project we are very excited about realizing, as we all do, that education is so very important to a community and for the future of Roatan. If we can ensure that all the children are able to attend school and become educated we are ensuring the future for our children. Cam's project aims to set up E-Learning centres around the island which will be instrumental in providing support to the children as well as feeding their enthusiasm for learning. All children are eager to learn, and by providing them the place and the tools to do so they will thrive. This we are sure of.

I look forward to everything we have planned for this upcoming year and I anticipate a great turnout at our annual Casino Night in October, along with the May Pole event for the kids and families on the island. I hope we will continue to get your support to help us make RWC as successful this year as we were last year. It promises to be a fun and exciting year so join us in celebrating everything good about Roatan.

Our monthly Ladies Luncheon continues to draw the women from the island to enjoy the comaraderie of women and friends as well as networking within our business community. This is held on the last Friday of every month at a chosen location, rotating restaurants from the West End/Bay area to the French Harbour and East end of the island. This year we will be hosting a Guest Speaker every month so this promises to be exciting and informative. Please look under Meetings / Locations for the updated calendar and RSVP from the website.

Please do not hesitate to contact us regarding our events or volunteering your services to us. Thank you and looking forward to seeing you all.

OUR PLEDGE
Roatan Women's Club strives to improve our community by directing our
resources to positively impact the well-being of children and families by
providing a legacy of leadership, voluntarism and caring in our community.