About Us
The Rotary Club Makati North, D3830 Philippines
Secretariat Office - Betty Centeno & Moly Almenario
Address: #78 Atis St., Mapayapa Village I, Brgy. Pasong Tamo, Quezon City
Tel/Fax No - 556-4443
Cell No - 0917 187 8762
E-mail - rcmakatinorth@gmail.com
Website - Rotary Club Makati North
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RCMND3830/
History / Meeting Day and Venue
Rotary Club Makati North, now 48 years old, was chartered on May 3, 1973, as the third club in Makati after RC Makati and RC Makati West. RCMN's parent club is RC Makati. Today, RC Makati North is an all-male club with an active membership of 41. RCMN meets Wednesday at noontime at Pizzeria Edi. Meeting starts with a fellowship lunch. Program proper starts promptly at 1:00pm and ends at 2:00pm sharp. There is usually a guest speaker every regular meeting.
Significant Service Projects:
Over the years, Our club has undertaken Outreach Projects that uplifted lives and brought hope to hundreds of beneficiaries. Some of the significant undertakings included following:
- Since 1986, it has supported with other Makati Rotary clubs the Stepping Stone Learning Center for mentally and physically challenged children.
- After the Mt. Pinatubo eruption, RCMN facilitated the resettlement of some 200 indigenous Aeta families in a 2-hectare property donated by PP Bert Lingad in Botolan, Zambales. For ten years, RCMN supported this Aeta community with annual medical and dental missions, relief donations, college scholarships, and seed money for carabaos and goats to enable them to become a self-sustaining community.
- Since the turn of the millennium, RCMN has undertaken a yearly 6-month daily feeding program for some 100 malnourished children in Francisco Benitez Elem School Main dubbed as “Feed a Child, Build a Nation." Partners in this project are The Inner Wheel Club of Makati North, RCC Brgy. Sta Cruz, RC Raffles City in Singapore, Shigeo Takayama Foundation, RC Makati’s Partner in Service Program (PSP) and the District Simplified Grant.
- In 2005, RCMN was able to obtain a US$23500 matching grant from Rotary International and RC Shah Alam and RC Raffles City, RCMN's sister club in Malaysia and Singapore to fund medical services and medical supplies for indigent emergency cases at Philippine General Hospital. This fund was expended over a period of 13 months.
- Since 2005, RCMN has been in partnership with IWCMN to organize an annual youth congress called League of Extraordinary and Admired Pilipino (LEAP) Leaders congress for some 800 - 1000 top graduating college students in Metro Manila. This congress is a one-day interactive learning experience with Pilipino models of excellence to inspire and give hope to the youth. "Maganda ang Pilipinas, Magaling ang Pilipino, Nasa ating kamay and kinabukasan - is the main theme of this congress. Funding for LEAP of about P600k is underwritten by corporate sponsors.
- In 2005, RCMN and IWCMN signed an agreement with Ateneo de Manila University to finance 27 GK houses at Ateneo Blue Eagle Village in Payatas 13. All 27 houses have been built and turned over to the beneficiaries and the street on which these cluster of houses were built will be named RC/IWC Makati North Street.
- By 2007, RCMN embarked on building another new community; 20 GK houses in Ave Maria in Tanay, Rizal.
- By 2009, RCMN was able to obtain a US$21150 matching grant from Rotary International and RC Historic Filipinotown, RCMN's sister club in USA to fund computerization program for two national high schools in the province of Pampanga.
- By 2011, RCMN was able to obtain a US$15,550 matching grant from Rotary International and RC Hongkong Island East, RCMN's sister club to fund the feeding program for two public schools in the City of Makati for 202 pupils.
- The club conducted a free eye examination and free eyeglasses project for the pupils & teachers of F. Benitez Elem. School Main & III through the help of Dr. Ed Sison, Dr. Diane Chua and her son John Paul Lam.
- One of the latest undertakings of the Club was to spearhead a disaster relief drive for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda, with sister clubs RC Hongkong Island East, RC Tumon Bay, RC Shah Alam and D1720 France who pooled resources to donate for the AHON Boats Projects. RC Macau likewise donated for the construction of several houses.
- The succeeding years, we had Joint Career awareness Seminar, Cyber Bullying Seminar, End Polio Awareness Campaign, Art Workshop, the Assisting Students To Improved Grades (ASTIG) Tutorial Program, conducted livelihood training programs. The new project initiated for RY17-18 is the Aytas Balik Eskwela Program and Fruit Trees for Life Project through the donations from members and RC Makati.
Contribution to The Rotary Foundation:
During RY 2001-02, RC Makati North was privileged to have its first District Governor, now PDG Ernie Salas. The distinct honor was once more bestowed on RCMN in RY 2007-2008 when the Club was again privileged to have its second District Governor in the person of Charter Member Renato "Ato" Magadia.
Foreign Sister Clubs:
RC Makati North maintains active matched club relationships with the following foreign clubs:
District Governors:
Todate, RCMN has contributed a total of US$214,019.13 to The Rotary Foundation in terms of major donations and PH contributions.
Local Sister Club: