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RI President 2008-2009, Dong Kurn Lee |
D.5520 Governor 2008-2009, Tom Lindsay |
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Santa
Fe Centro Club President 2008-2009,
Garrett Robinson
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Welcome to The Rotary Club of Santa
Fe Centro
The
Rotary club of Santa
Fe Centro is
located in New Mexico’s
state capital,
the oldest capital
city in the United
States The
Spanish arrived
in New Mexico
in 1598 under
the leadership
of Don Juan de
Onate, a Spanish
explorer. In
1607, the Spanish
settled in Santa
Fe, "the
City of Holy
Faith," in an effort to convert
the indigenous
people to Catholicism. In
1610 the city
officially became
the capital of
New Mexico, and
the New Mexico
Territory became
a state in 1912. The
full name of
our city is "La Villa Real
de la Santa Fe
de San Francisco
de Asis," or "The
Royal City of
the Holy Faith
of Saint Francis
of Assisi."
Santa Fe Centro, chartered November 2, 1992,
has 16 professional men and women members who work
as volunteers to improve the quality of life in
their home and world community. The current
president is Victoria Edwards. The group is
one of more than 32,000 Rotary Clubs in more than
200 countries. Rotary is an organization with
some 1.2 million members that provides humanitarian
service and helps further international good will
and peace. The Rotary motto is "Service
Above Self."
The Rotary Club of Santa Fe
Centro meets every Tuesday morning,
7:00 AM at the Piccolo Café,
downtown Santa Fe.
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