In the spotlight: Paweł Zacharski
The club's president Paweł Zacharski lauds the non-political, non-religious body's members for having "the will and drive to do something more aside from their professional careers."
That includes numerous charitable events, such as this week's 9th annual Christmas Party. In February, the group plans an Evening Gala in the Grand Theater celebrating Rotary International's 100th anniversary.
Combined with "generous" membership dues, the donations collected at these events sponsor charities such as scholarships for Polish speaking youth from former Soviet lands, the foundation "From Heart to Heart" which buys endoprotheses for children with cancer, materials and computers needed to rebuild the school in Bieslana, electronic beds for numerous hospitals and Rotaract-the Rotarian youth organization.
Zacharski calls Rotaract "a hotbed of talent." He adds: "It teaches behaviors which become an integral part of an individual for life-such as dedication of one's time, strength and energy for the good of others."
The next project on Zacharski's plate will be the result of the City of Warsaw Rotary Club's cooperation with brother groups in Berlin-Luftbruecke and Milano-Nord. "Together, we are planning to build an elderly care home. We want to participate in projects that give long-term aid to the needy, not just temporary solutions."
For engineer-electrician Zacharski, each club meeting is "an extraordinary world view enrichment; we meet because we want to, not because we have to."
He believes that this kind of attitude shows that people in Poland, who acquired a strong individualistic drive following communist repression, have now returned to pre-World War II thinking, away from solipsism and towards philanthropy. In Paweł Zacharski's words: "It's an internal change. It's an awakening." (A.D.)
That includes numerous charitable events, such as this week's 9th annual Christmas Party. In February, the group plans an Evening Gala in the Grand Theater celebrating Rotary International's 100th anniversary.
Combined with "generous" membership dues, the donations collected at these events sponsor charities such as scholarships for Polish speaking youth from former Soviet lands, the foundation "From Heart to Heart" which buys endoprotheses for children with cancer, materials and computers needed to rebuild the school in Bieslana, electronic beds for numerous hospitals and Rotaract-the Rotarian youth organization.
Zacharski calls Rotaract "a hotbed of talent." He adds: "It teaches behaviors which become an integral part of an individual for life-such as dedication of one's time, strength and energy for the good of others."
The next project on Zacharski's plate will be the result of the City of Warsaw Rotary Club's cooperation with brother groups in Berlin-Luftbruecke and Milano-Nord. "Together, we are planning to build an elderly care home. We want to participate in projects that give long-term aid to the needy, not just temporary solutions."
For engineer-electrician Zacharski, each club meeting is "an extraordinary world view enrichment; we meet because we want to, not because we have to."
He believes that this kind of attitude shows that people in Poland, who acquired a strong individualistic drive following communist repression, have now returned to pre-World War II thinking, away from solipsism and towards philanthropy. In Paweł Zacharski's words: "It's an internal change. It's an awakening." (A.D.)
