This time, we met in a café Ty Kávo and enjoyed Stand Up Comedy show! We laughed so much that at the end of the show we were not able to speak... :-)
Guess who also performed? Casey! Watch yourself here: https://youtu.be/vqty3TPeW8M
Yay! We have a new member!Gavin started visiting our Club in September last year and since then has been very active. He has been visiting us regularly, supported our projects, e.g., Indian Food Helps!, and also enjoyed our FUN meetings.
We are happy to have him on board and are looking forward to our friendship.
On February 20, 2023 we were honored by Paula Boyd-Billings of Rugby Saturday Breakfast from District 1060 (UK) who visited our regular meeting in NH Hotel Prague City.
Paula came to Prague to look for a friend's cat and soon realized that our Club speaks English. A great opportunity to make new friendship for all of us!
We even made it to the District 1060 Newsletter - see for yourself here.
We are happy to announce
The 13th Fabulous Year of the
ROTARY DRAGON BOAT CHARITY CHALLENGE
on 13th May 2023
at Žluté lázně, Podolské nábřeží 3/1184, 140 00 Praha 4 - Podolí.
The 13th Rotary Dragon Boat Charity Challenge is a part of the Prague Dragon Boat Festival - the oldest Dragon Boat race in Czech Republic - organized by Czech Dragon Boat Association.
On December 19, 2022 we hold a Christmas party for our friends from Ukraine. About 30 friends enjoyed an evening full of festive atmosphere, good food, and pleasant music. At the end, Santa Claus left some gifts for the kids. What a nice surprise!
We raised 41,000 CZK during one small birthday party!This sum will be shared between our Kenyan students fund, our Indian Schools project and the Peter James Association. In each case it will help to make a big difference to the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.
Today, we had a special guest! District Governor, George Podzimek, visited us at our meeting in the Hotel Fitzgerald. First, he talked to the Board and later to the whole Club. We discussed situation in the District and received thanks for being such an exemplary Club!
On November 8, 2022 we met with friends from Rotary Club Ljubljana International and signed Friendship Agreement to start our cooperation.
The ceremonial signing in the Savoia Castle in Škvorec was accompanied by beautiful paintings from young artists, delicious meals, tuneful nice music and good mood of all participants.
At the beginning of November, we raised 10,000 CZK at the Piano Party, we organized as part of FUN Meetings in the Hotel Fitzgerald. We donated the funds to Appla Jižní Čechy, a Czech NGO helping individuals and their families with autism. It was a very special evening full of music performed by our own members Ota and Lucie Hlídek. We also helped a bit – see yourself at this link. What a great band we would be!
On Tuesday October 25, together with members from other Prague Rotary clubs, we stretched our muscles at the 10th Prague Rotary Bowling Cup, organized by RC Ekumena.
The competition was tough. Eight teams were playing hard and all were great! And the winner of the Cup? Mamun’s daughter! Come next year so you can win the trophy yourself!
Once again, for two weeks commencing 31 October you can enjoy great Indian lunches prepared by The Curry House Restaurant, voted the Best Curry in Prague.
All the proceeds from this action go towards supporting primary schooling in rural Rajasthan. We will buy equipment for the schools, school bags, exercise books and writing materials, school uniforms, hygiene kits and pay school fees for poor families. One lunch will enable us to buy 2 school bags or two girls uniforms. Five lunches can pay for the school fees of one child for a year. All proceeds will be spent on material needs of the children and the school. There are no administration costs, no salaries, we are all volunteers!
Click at Read more to make an order for yourself and your friends!
We have celebrated the 28th October in style! 
We planted trees at Račiněves to commemorate Sir Nicholas Winton and him saving 669 Jewish children.
Event was organized by Nadace Partnerství and supported by our Rotary Club Prague International. We planted 91 trees and 58 bushes not far from legendary Říp mountain.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala attended the event in the morning and Czech railways provided the transportation for volunteers.
Touched to meet 4 children saved by Nicholas Winton - Lady Milena Grenfell - Baines, Mrs. Zuzana Marešová, Lord Alfred Dubs and pplk. Jiri Pavel Kafka.
Visit the alley and read the messages for the future we have left there.
The 32nd Anniversary SANANIM Charity Gala, honoring the oldest NGO of its kind in the Czech Republic, returned this year with an evening of celebration in the Martinický Palác. Organized by Naomi Sullivan-Callender and Rotary Club Prague International and coordinated by Alexa Entertainment, the event was attended by many friends of SANANIM, members of several Rotary Clubs in Prague and several VIPs. All were excited to attend the red carpet event of the season after a two year hiatus to commemorate SANANIM for its achievements in the community, raise money and have a fun evening with friends "doing good".
Don't want to sit through all your meetings including the Rotary ones? Don't worry! Every Monday we meet somewhere else than at our regular meeting place and have fun. We call them FUN Meetings.
This month we went for a walk to Petřín and enjoyed the beautiful views of Prague. See yourself in the picture. Surely after the walk we, being hungry, had a delicious dinner and a glass (or two) of Czech beer in the restaurant Kolkovna nearby. Guess who loves "smažák"?
What a powerful and unforgettable week it was for the participants, group leaders, project team, volunteers and Rotary members. It was a week that will be remembered by many for a long time. In the following paragraphs you can briefly read about what happened during 10 days of August 2022 when 35 youngsters from six different countries - Lithuania, Kosovo, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia - came to the Czech Republic as part of our program Speechless Reconciliation.
On June 27, 2022 at our ceremonial meeting in the Hotel Fitzgerald, Radka Rajska, took over a position of our Club President for 2022/2023. See her welcome message.
The stories above are only the most recent stories of what we have been getting up to. To see the full list of stories click HERE
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