The Rotary Club of Silver City has installed new officers for the 2018-19 year. They are: Peter Herzberg, President; Francisca Reyes, President-Elect; Linda Telaak, Secretary/Treasurer, and Jim Tindall, Sergeant-at-Arms.

The new Rotary Board of Directors and Committee Chairs are pictured above: Jim Tindall, Sergeant-at-Arms; Leslie Bush, Senior Advisor; Tom Bates, International Service Chair; Linda Telaak, Secretary//Treasurer; Suzanne Kavanagh, Club Service Chair and Immediate Past President; Francisca Reyes, President-Elect; Peter Herzberg, Club President 2018-19; Wendy Spurgeon, New Generations Service Chair.

The Rotary Club of Silver City selects projects and programs annually to benefit our local and global communities. In the past year, Rotary community projects have included providing books to kindergarten students in Grant County, planting trees and supporting the installation of a water catchment system at the Commons, home of the Volunteer Center of Grant County as well as providing scholarships to local students. The Club is also raising funds to help Rotary International's PolioPlus Program to eradicate polio around the world, and collaborating with other clubs in New Mexico on various projects to provide health care and clean water in the central highlands region of Guatemala.

In the coming year, the club plans a number of youth-oriented projects, more community service projects and the continued involvement in international projects.

Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Rotary is the world's oldest and largest service organization, with more than 1.2 million members in more than 168 countries. Since its founding in 1923, the Silver City Rotary Club has provided support and service to numerous non-profit organizations and civic causes in Silver City and Grant County as well as supporting and participating in humanitarian projects sponsored by Rotary International.

For more information about Rotary in Silver City, contact Francisca Reyes by e-mail at francis.reyesa@gmail.com or visit our web site at www.silvercityrotary.org.