{"id":29889,"date":"2026-05-05T10:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rotaryclubdebeyrouth.org\/message-from-the-president\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T07:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:01:24","slug":"message-from-the-president","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rotaryclubdebeyrouth.org\/en\/message-from-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the President"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"29889\" class=\"elementor elementor-29889 elementor-29312\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88a1919 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88a1919\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3be295f\" data-id=\"3be295f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95f78a4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95f78a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Message from President Antoine Sacy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa81fb4 president-description elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa81fb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>I became a Rotarian thanks to the diplomacy and perseverance of my sponsor, Fr. Toufic Aris, a good former student of the Jesuits. Later, I had to confront the late Halim Fayad, who thought that as President of the Sacy Foundation, I could not simultaneously serve Rotary. He therefore tested me by giving me difficult missions; and to his great surprise, I passed this test. <br>My 2025-2026 program will revolve around 3 themes:<\/em><\/p><p><em><br>1- Education; because without education there is no nation<\/em><\/p><p><em>2- Health, which is the continuation of the actions of my predecessors through Global Grants.<\/em><\/p><p><em>3- Environmental Protection by teaching families to sort their household waste, in coordination with the DIANE Foundation and other relevant NGOs.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Finally, since RCB is the oldest club in District 2452, it must no longer only have veterans and young Rotaractors among its members; it is imperative to recruit members between 40 and 50 years old so that it can maintain its role as a leading club in Lebanon.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4be3061 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4be3061\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f99a815 img-border-img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f99a815\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/rotaryclubdebeyrouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rotary-president-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-29888\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rotaryclubdebeyrouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rotary-president-1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/rotaryclubdebeyrouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rotary-president-1-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message from President Antoine Sacy I became a Rotarian thanks to the diplomacy and perseverance of my sponsor, Fr. 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