On Saturday afternoon several members of our Rotaract club joined representatives from Serve the City e.V. and spent the afternoon in a refugee shelter playing with the children. We painted their faces (Spiderman and Superman were especially popular symbols that were requested), drew with chalk and used watercolors to paint pictures. What a day!
Project manager Max Klasen from the NETWORK Enterprises Integrating Refugees (NETZWERK Unternehmen integrieren Flüchtlinge) spoke to us about the initiative, which works with over 1,000 companies in Germany in their integration efforts regarding introducing refugees to the German labor market. The project is organized by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) and financed … Read more
RAC Hauptstadtclub Past President and freelance coach Brittany Arthur spoke to us about the topic of selling: be it a product, an idea, or yourself. She talked about her experience with the German, Japanese and Australian markets and gave us a fresh way of looking at how intentional we are in our interactions with friends, … Read more
On June 15th our club joined the organization Serve the City e.V. to spend time with refugee children at a shelter near Paulsternstrasse. We spent the afternoon playing with the children, doing arts and crafts and face painting. What a great day!
At our official informational meeting we welcomed Lennard from the Rotaract District 1940 team and Ufuk from our sponsoring club Rotary Berlin International to speak with us about Rotaract and Rotary, respectively. We were happy to welcome so many new guests and four members from RC Berlin International! We look forward to working together in … Read more
On July 7th and 8th members of our Rotaract club volunteered at the Berlin Rotary Kindertag. At this event, Rotary and Rotaract clubs throughout Berlin come together to provide children with an unforgetable day of learning and playing. Pictured are members of the Rotaract Haupstadt club, Rotaract Berlin International i.V. and Rotary Potsdamer Platz!
Our Rotaract club held a “bring your favorite bottle” wine tasting in a park in Berlin. We were able to try numerous wines throughout the evening and heard the fun stories behind why the Rotaracters chose to bring this particular bottle of wine to the tasting. To be repeated for sure!