by Josep Maria Reichardt On July 1, 2022, the ceremony to change the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Blanes – Costa Brava S. took place. One more year the Rotary wheel turned normally (after two years without renewing the presidency due to the pandemic) and finally the President of the Blanes Rotary Club, the architect Ferran Galvany, was able to pass on the President's necklace to the businessman Walter Bilek.
In all the parliaments, the extra effort that Ferran Galvany has had to make was noted since the Presidency of the Rotary Club is scheduled for one year, and Ferran Galvany has had to assume it for more than two.
The Mayor of Blanes, Mr. Àngel Canosa, attended the change of Board ceremony, praising the social and humanitarian task that the Rotary Club of Blanes carries out year after year in the town, for example by supporting Caritas or nursing homes. de Blanes, both initiatives were distinguished with the highest award granted by Rotary, which is the Paul Harris Fellow mention.
In the photo, Mr. Àngel Canosa with Josep Maria Reichardt, a member of the Rotary eClub of Latin America, who presented the PHI project to the Mayor to assist and integrate socially, occupationally, and culturally the undocumented migrants who are among us.
The Past Governor of District 2202 of Rotary International also attended, the lawyer Mr. Ignacio Martínez de Cardeñoso, who celebrated the presence at the event of the first woman who founded and presided over a Rotary Club in the world, Mrs. Carmen Girones, precisely in the year that for the first time a woman, the Canadian Jennifer Jones is the President of Rotary International under this year's Rotary theme, "Imagine Rotary." Clubs from neighboring towns, such as the Rotary Club of Santa Susanna and the Rotary Club of Lloret de Mar they were also profusely represented at the ceremony.
The event was closed by the Mayor, Mr. Àngel Canosa, in an emotional speech in which he encouraged the members of the Rotary Club of Blanes to continue with their commendable work.
