We have the pleasure to introduce our board members for the 2023/24. Our board consists of people from different professions and multiple nationalities. Our club takes pride in being the place in Frankfurt where people from all around the world can volunteer under Rotary’s values and help make the world a place.
President: Julia Jäger Vice-President: Anna Efimova Past-President: Viktor Dimitrov Secretary: Balthasar Wied Treasurer: Vivien Hilla Officer for Social Projects: Polina Philippova Officer for International Relations: Gabriela Rudd Garces
Looking forward to an exciting year together with our District Speaker Petya Nikolova and her Rotaract district team!
This Monday, the board transition of our club took place. We looked at the last 12 months and remembered all the great moments. After that, the current board officially gave power to the board of 2023/24.
Good luck to the new board! We look forward to many great meetings, events and social projects.
Over the weekend, club members attended the charter parties of two clubs in two different districts.
Some of us attended the founding charter of the newest Rotary club in Disrtict 1820 – RC Kronberg-Victoria. The event took place in Burg Kronberg, and we had the opportunity to meet with many clubs from the District and Elevate Rotaract.
Meanwhile, in District 1860, members of the club celebrated the 50th anniversary of RAC Mainz. The second-oldest German RAC celebrated half a century with a great weekend programme that gave a great opportunity to get to know the marvellous city.
It was a great weekend filled with events, and we look forward to many more.
Last weekend, we had the pleasure to join the annual charity concert organizing by RC Frankfurt/Main-International. Over the span of two hours we enjoyed the amazing performance of Louisa Laos. This year the proceedings support MädchenbüroMilena Frankfurt.
It’s always a great pleasure meeting our Twin club RAC Milano Madunina.
During the EUCO , we had a great opportunity to meet the club and spend some time together. And who can be a better guide than the locals?
Our Italian friends had organized an amazing tour of the Duomo (we even got on the roof), where we learned more about the significance of the landmark. After that we explored the city center and had a typical Italian lunch and unforgettable Gelati.
We were so happy to be there and be part of the big German group there! 8 of our club members joined the ERIC meeting, the workshops, represented different countries at the country booths, and of course – partied hard.
We are very proud to announce that our member – Nadia von Österreich – was awarded the highest possible award in Rotaract/Rotary Germany.
During the DETS last weekend, she received the Badge of Honor, which goes to Rotaractors and Rotarians who have made immense contributions to the club, the district and Rotaract Germany.
Nadia is a person that embodies the values of Rotary and Rotaract and is someone every member of our club looks for inspiration and guidance. She is always there for us, although she is highly involved in Rotaract on a national level and has a successful career besides all that. We can always rely on her ideas and experience to serve better our community and society.
Our club thanks Nadia for her contributions throughout the years, and we look forward to many more successful projects inspired and led by her.
On the weekend, our club supported @rotaryeschborn in Rotary Action Day.During the Eschenfest we spoke with locals and visitors about Shelterbox, and collected donations for the cause. We also sold foods and drinks to further raise money. Thanks to everyone who supported the initiative.
Our Charity Concert last night was a great success! With all the tickets sold, we raised 758.50 EUR! In addition, donations were made at the concert to round the sum to 1000 EUR! All the proceedings are going to helpucation e.V.
Special thank you to everyone for making this action possible!
Over the last three days, we meet with bright individuals and clubs from all over the country. During the plenum on Saturday and Sunday, we exchanged ideas and experiences. And during Friday evening and Saturday evening – we partied hard.
And let’s not forget, our Nadia von Österreich had the honor to assist the first female president of Rotary International – Jennifer Jones – during her visit to the conference.
Until next year!
P.s.: it is not easy to make people look in the same camera.
Last weekend, members and guests of the club gathered for a team building. 12 of us for a go-kart race. After a quick qualifying and intense 22 rounds, we found out who is the fastest out of us.
Over the weekend, our club had the pleasure to attend the third District Conference for the Rotarian year. The event took place in Kassel over the weekend and included a RYLA seminar.
We also had the opportunity to elect a new District Speaker.
The New Year’s reception 2023 from Rotary and Rotaract Clubs of Region 6 took place on Sunday, February 5, 2023.
300 Rotarians and Rotaracters celebrated friendship and the Rotarian family in the Chamber of Commerce at Börsenplatz in Frankfurt. At 12 noon, after the welcome from the organizer (president Christoph Linhart from our sponsor club Rotary Eschborn) we received a welcome from the host and governor and a speech from Prof. Dr. Heinz Riesenhuber (former federal minister for research and technology). This was an extremely inspirational speech on “Winners of the turning point – is Rotary part of it?”
We had an amazing day and were happy to help making this day a success. A big thanks to all members who helped and volunteered that day!
Don’t forget to join RC Frankfurt am Main – International and our club in their annual Advent’s calendar sale at Schillerstrasse (near Hauptwache) and buy your Advent’s calendar. More information about the campaign can be found on their website – https://frankfurt-am-main-international.rotary.de
Last weekend, more than 200 Rotarians and their families gather in the City Forest of Frankfurt. Alongside them, members and guests of our club combined efforts and helped plant more than 5400 trees.
The initiative is a combined effort of the Rotarian and Rotaract clubs in Frankfurt, Frankfurt area and Eschborn.
Altogether, the clubs not only raised more than 10.000 € but also gathered together to plant the trees themselves.
Let’s make the planet a better place to live!
P.S.: special thank you to everyone who made this project possible. Without your effort, it would not have been such a success.
Yesterday, members of our club had the pleasure to attend the annual Careers Day organized by RC Eschborn. During the 2 hours fair, the participants presented their professions to young students. The students had the opportunity to ask questions about our studies and professional life.
Last weekend, members of our club had the pleasure to join the wine tour organized by RC Frankfurt-International and RC Frankfurt Rhein-Main. We started the tour by visiting the Diefenhardt winery and learning how to taste wine. After that, under the sunny skies and with a glass of wine, we walked through the wine fields near Eltville am Rhein. During the whole, we had the opportunity to meet many new friends from both clubs. Thanks for having us!
After 3 years of delay (you can guess why) we finally meet with our Twin Club RAC Milano Madunina.
During our weekend together we visited the Neuschwanstein Castle, climbed on the top of Mittelberg, rode an Alpine coaster and tasted Italian and German cuisine.
We also exchanged experience in organizing social projects, organizing events, and gaining new members.
On Monday, we had a guided tour in the HQ of Deutsche Bank. During the tour, we had the opportunity to enjoy the enormous art collection of the bank and understand more about its purpose.
After the tour, we continued socializing with guests in a nearby restaurant.
Last Thursday, members of our club joined a visit to the Youth center of Eintracht Frankfurt. The event was organized by our friends from RC Frankfurt Rhein-Main. We had the chance to explore the grounds and to listen to a presentation by Armin Kraaz.
At the beginning of the week, members of our club had the pleasure to visit the Casals Forum in Kronberg. The tour was organized by our sponsor club – RC Eschborn – and was guided by the manager of Kronberg Academy- Raimund Trenkler (and member of RC Frankfurt/Main Skyline). During the 1,5h visit, we explored the new buildings and learned more about the concept behind the new buildings.
Over the weekend, our club had the pleasure to attend the first District Conference for the Rotarian year. The event took place in Frankfurt and Hanau.
In the evening on Friday, we joined a party boot on Main. We partied with fellow Rotaractors from the whole District. On the next morning, we were joining the lectures and workshops led by the District Speaker (and member of our club) – Ieva Martinsone.
We also had the pleasure to join the workshop of another member of ours – Nadia von Öesterreich.
We are looking forward to the next conference in Wiesbaden.
Over the weekend, our club had the pleasure to visit Documenta Fifteen. Our friends from RAC Kassel invited us to join them and other clubs from the District for the weekend. They had prepared an eventful program. We had the opportunity to not only visit the art exhibition, but to explore the city. And of course – to party together.
Thanks to their organizing tour, we understood better the event and its significance.
Last Friday, our club had the pleasure to host the first Intercity meeting for this year.
Over 25 Rotactors from different clubs across District 1820 gathered at Friedberger Platz in Frankfurt. With a glass of wine, we enjoyed the nice summer weather. We not only discussed different topics from the world of Rotaract and Rotary, but we also made new friendships.
Later on, for the people with a party spirit, we moved to a bar nearby and enjoyed the night.
We have the pleasure to introduce our board members for the 2022/23. Our board consists of people from different professions and multiple nationalities, and we take pride in being the place where people from all around the world can volunteer under Rotary’s values and help make the world a place.
President: Viktor Dimitrov Vice-President: Luisa El Berr Past-President: Mete Eryilmaz Secretary: Anna Efimova Treasurer: Vivien Hilla Officer for International Relations: Clara Catherina Lieber Officer for Guest Relations: Julia Jäger Officer for Social Projects: Balthazar Wied
Looking forward to an exciting year together with our District Speaker Ieva Martinsone and her district team!
We have the pleasure to invite you and all clubs from District 1820 to an Intercity-Meeting.
Our club would like to restore the tradition of Intercity meetings and hereby invite you to join us on 15.07.2022 at 19:00 at Friedberger Platz (open air) in Frankfurt (Address: https://goo.gl/maps/kz3fkqRUu261fKm48)
This will be a casual event, and you will have the opportunity to meet with fellow Rotactors from the District, have nice time together and go party afterwards. A more detailed plan is to follow in the WhatsApp Group.
On Saturday (11.06), the members of our board-elect attended the Board Elect Training Seminar in District 1820. The seminar was organized by the district team led by the district speaker (2022/23) and a member of our club – Ieva Martinsone. The event took place on the grounds of the EBS University in the lovely city of Oestrich-Winkel.
During the day, members of our club attended various workshops to develop their leadership skills and listened to presentations to learn more about Rotary and Rotaract. Furthermore, they had the opportunity to meet with District Governor Elect Reinhard Fröhlich and exchange experience and ideas with the other clubs from the District.
We are looking forward to the next District event!
Over the weekend, members of our club had the pleasure to attend the Charterfeier for the 30th anniversary of Rotaract Club Wiesbaden. During the 3 days he had the opportunity to expereince firsthandl the beautiful city of Wiesbaden. Thanks to our host, we enjoyed the sights of the city and the wines nearby the capital of Hessen. On Saturday evening, we dressed chic and took part in the official celebrations where we met with guests from other clubs and districts. Special thanks to the organizers from Rotaract Club Wiesbaden for having us.
Our club had the pleasure to join the Rotary Action Day organized by Rotary Club Frankfurt International, Rotary Club Palmengarten and Rotary Club Rhein-Main. On the sunny May 21st, more than 40 Rotarians, Rotaracts, and their families and friends gathered at the Höchst Schloss and moved along the rivers Main and Nidda to pick litter. The event was a great success as it raised more awareness of the issue.At the end of the day, we enjoyed refreshing drinks nearby the castle.
We are delighted to report that the first wave of the fundraiser for RMCH was a huge success. Just before Christmas began, we managed to sell 54 bottles of wine. As part of RMCH, with the money raised, we are able to provide families in Nigeria with 10 birthing kits. You can find further details about the birthing kits and RMCH from our previous article: https://frankfurt-international.rotaract.de/cheers-to-life-wein-fur-mutter-kind-gesundheit/
We want to express our gratitude to everyone involved in the fundraiser. Special thanks to our partner from https://www.weingut-oc.de. Without them, the fundraiser wouldn’t be possible.
You missed your chance to participate? Stay tuned for the second wave!
Thanks to our sponsor Rotary Club – RC Eschborn – our Rotaract club had the honour to meet with the District Governor of District 1820 for 2021/22 Edith Karos.
We took part in discussions with members of the club and the District Governor about various topics surrounding our club life.
Thanks to those conversations, we had the chance to discuss our future partnerships and coming projects. Our clubs set the dates for those events and started working on their planning.
We are in the final stages of organizing a major event in the city of Frankfurt. It will take place at the beginning of next year and soon we will be able to share more details with you.
After the meeting was over, we had the chance to network in an informal setting.
What an experience! Four of our club members traveled to Hamburg in June where over 27.000 Rotarians and Rotaractors joined from across the globe to connect, exchange ideas, be inspired and attend the Rotary International Convention.
Our members Maj, Nadia, Elena and Jens at the Convention.
Personal highlights were the Rotaract PreConvention and that two Rotaractors received the highest honor possible from Rotary International for their commitment and contribution (Phoenix for doubling the number of Rotaract Clubs in her district and Paul for founding a Rotaract Club in a refugee camp).
We feel inspired by the program, ready to catch up on sleep from all the great parties, and can´t wait to see our new friends from across the globe again.
We know this sounds overly enthusiastic – but what can we say – feeling part of something global can be a powerful feeling.
So who´s planning on joining the convention next year in June in Honolulu, Hawaii?
PS: We were super excited that one of our own, ou president Nadia von Österreich, was in the program.
Why did you come to Rotaract? And what should our club life look and feel like when we look back in a year? These questions guided us in the official Kick-Off-Meeting of this Rotarian year 2018/19.
We took a look back at the foundations and the spirit of Rotaract and the Rotarian family and reflected how our club has filled the three pillars – Learn – Help – Celebrate – with life in the previous year. Looking ahead, we brainstormed our visions for the club and got inspired by the many ideas that our members and guests shared.
Ranging from supporting the local food bank (Tafel) with a Buy-One-More activity, or learning about bee-keeping as part of Rotaract Germany’s BeeAlive project, to raising funds along with our Rotarian partners club through e.g. the Adventskalender sale or the Hanau-24h-Run, we are already looking forward to a busy year – and there is more to come:
A recent presentation at Rotary Club Eschborn on CPR inspired us to start developing a Saving Lives social service project to teach people how to act in a medical emergency. Creative Time with Children in need sounds like a great way to spend an afternoon, doesn’t it? First contacts with local partners have already been established. Providing refugees a platform to share their stories and to further mutual understanding is the idea behind Untold Stories, a concept pitched by our guest Sonan. And, of course, a Rotaract Frankfurt/Main-International original concept, ROTARart CulturACT, the charity concert with performances by Rotaract members and friends first started in November 2017, may be back by popular demand. Stay tuned!
Doing good is the main driver for Rotaract. As an international club we wanted to organize an international project and the first location to do so was Romania.
After a thorough organization (getting in contact with the school and seeing what they needed, searching for donations in order to be able to acquire the needed materials or getting donations directly in the form of goods), eight members of the Frankfurt/Main-International club departed towards Romania. The journey started in Bucharest and, after a half-day trip through the Dobrogea region by car, we reached Murighiol. Here we had to load everything in a boat as Crisan, the place where the project took place, can only be reached in this manner.
After a boat trip full of thrills, a big scare, lots of rain and a thunderstorm on the night’s sky, we managed to reach our accommodation. We planned to visit the school the next day, but because of the rain we postponed the visit for 24 hours.
The school had 10 children enrolled in kindergarten, 13 elementary school children and 15 secondary school children. The classes were carried together for different grades because of the reduced numbers. The teachers were very dedicated and made sure that everyone got the attention they needed. We prepared backpacks filled with books, sweets and other materials for each of them and we had several donations for the school. We spend some time with the children and learnt about their everyday activities, we managed to break the ice and get past the languag
e barrier. The older children started the trend and then the younger ones also joined the discussion. They were in the middle of an ethics class before we arrived, discussing the values a ‘good person’ should have and it was a very nice lesson to re-learn the concepts through the eyes of the innocent.
We took advantage of the good weather and took several trips around the area, visiting the delta, the Letea forest, the old port of Sulina and we also went out on the Black Sea. Our visit to Romania ended with a two-days stay at the Black Sea, enjoying the beach, visiting Constanta and meeting new friends from the Rotaract and Interact Constanta.
All in all it was a humbling experience, giving a helping hand, discovering new places, meeting new people and spending time with the club members. We are looking forward to the 2017 edition.
Niels Loeb is telling us about small, fashionable, authentic and individual Opel ADAM.
The speaker Niels Loeb, chief designer of Adam Opel AG, held a very interesting presentation about one of the car that he worked on and gave us a detailed overview on the ADAM. Niels told us about two principals, on which ADAM is based: “Innovate and not imitate”!
There are 64000 combinations of ADAM that give Opel customers a choice to design their own car, which leads us to the conclusion that ADAM is all about personalization.
As we’ve already had a number of interesting presentations for the last period, a decision to spend one of the Monday’s evening at a nice place with tasty food and drinks in a great company wasn’t a bad idea at all.
It was indeed the first meeting in the history of our club, when we could try as many chocolate as we wanted to. Moreover, our guests and members had an opportunity to choose between the variety not only of dark, white and milk chocolate, but also of the latest innovation – caramel chocolate, which some people from our group found even better than the traditional ones.
The history of “Heller Pralinen ” was told by Christian Ruzicka – the owner of this chocolate business, who kindly explained us the way his manufactory works and gave us a chance to enjoy the taste of a well-qualified marzipan, nougat and even of raw cacao beans.
Susanne Bergsträßer explains what a Securities Supervisor does
Susanne Bergsträßer (Senior Director of the BaFin) gave us a short introduction of the work as a securities supervision. The BaFin is a Federal Financial Supervisory Authority in Germany. Before 1995, there was no such supervisory organization in Gernany and therefore People sometimes called it a “banana republic”.
This meeting was especially interesting for those, who are working in or studying business and finance. Nevertheless, some of our guests and members that are not related to these topics had an opportunity to learn more about it and had, of course, fun, while doing it.
In a very efficient way Arthur is introducing us to the Seven Habits of highly effective people.
Arthur Muguet presented to us a short summary of the book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey. This book deals with personal effectiveness. Here are seven habits of people that want to reach a high level of effectiveness: 1) Be proactive; 2) Begin with the end in mind; 3) Put first things first; 4) Think win/win; 5) Seek first to understand then to be understood; 6) Synergize; 7) Sharpen the saw.
With an idea to get to know each other better, we’ve split into two groups with the new member of the club in each of them. Each group had its own plan for this evening: one part our guests and members went to the bowling and had more active kind of fun, while another one spent a quiet evening in the Maingold Café.
Miruna told us about her journey to India and about her first and following impressions that she got there during two weeks. A great number of amazing photos were showed to us and we could only wonder what an incredible country it is. Moreover, some of our guests and members started thinking about spending their next vacation in India in order to plunge in its culture.
Toni & Melina representing our club at the founding charter
It’s official: we are not the youngest club in the district anymore! Yesterday, on October 18th, we celebrated the official founding charter of the Rotaract Club Schwalm-Eder. It was a really nice evening with, yes, again, delicious food, great conversations and awesome people. Thank you again to the RAC Schwalm-Eder for the invitation and we wish you a good start!
If you are ever in the area check out their homepage for more information.
Homemade Zwiebelkuchen and delicious Federweißer directly from the vineyard
The RAC Mainz invited us to join them for their traditional “Federweißer” meeting with Federweißer and Zwiebelkuchen… and this was an invitation we could not decline! So on October 6th 2014 a group of courageous members went to cross district borders to district 1860. Their courage was rewarded with a great evening: some glasses of delicious Federweißer, homemade Zwiebelkuchen and in general a lot of fun with new friends. 🙂
Thank you very much guys, we are already looking forward to next year…
On September 29th, we welcomed a high-ranking guest to our meeting: Constanze, former RDK (Rotaract German Committee) chairperson. With the advances of the IS in Iraq and Syria the topic of the evening could not have been more up-to-date. We learned to distinguish between ethno-nationalistic terrorism (e.g. ETA), social-revolutional terrorism (RAF) and religious motivated terrorism (such as Al-Qaida and their advanced brothers from IS).
Handkäs and Ebbelwoi are typical elements of the cuisine in Frankfurt/Hessia. Since we had never gone to a typical “Apfelweinkneipe” before it was about time we did and we truly had a wonderful evening.
On September 15th, we welcomed Tim to our meeting. Although he is German, he has been following American politics with a passion for years. Thus it was a logical conclusion to have him talk about the midterm elections in the US taking place on November 4th this year. It was a witty presentation full of facts and figures and we are excited to see what will happen in November…
Caro has finished Tough Mudder twice already (and is wearing the green headband as proof)
… Then you should try “Tough Mudder”! On September 8th, Caro, president of the RAC Hanau, fascinated us in her presentation on one of the toughest hobbies a person can have. Take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh5HdPM_QuE
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