Comite de Damas Rotarias (Rotary Women)

            The Rotary Women are wives of the Rotarians.   They have their own organization, a group of 16 intrepid women, ready to do anything, working tirelessly to support others and make the world a better place.  They raise funds through raffles, offering cooking courses, selling pastries and arranging flowers among other activities.  With the funds they help a local orphanage, a home for the aged, El Hogar de los Ninos Minusvalidos (a home for disabled children) and Oratorio Don Bosco, which offers wholesome activities for children.  This week Iowa MOST is their project.  They have brought us lunch each day and been gracious hostesses, staying to chat and make us feel like old friends. 

Lucia Najangus de De Leon, President of the Comite de Damas Rotarias, and Michelle Zuniga de Juarez 

            Lucia Najangus de De Leon is the President of the Damas Rotarias.  She owns a flower business and works part-time with her brother to rent and build houses.  She enjoys the opportunity to help people that the organization affords.  There is strength in working as a group.  Each woman brings her talents and work ethic to the effort.  On Tuesday this kind woman brought us lunch along with Michelle Zuniga de Juarez who has been a member of Damas Rotarias four years and is the youngest member.  Michelle admires the other women in the group who continually work to help others.  Working with them “makes me happy,” says Michelle.  When not working on humanitarian projects, Michele manages her family’s business of importing encyclopedias from Spain to Central American countries.

Micky Mauricio (l.) and Marceal de Sotomora (r.) rest a moment to chat after delivering lunch to 37 Iowa MOST members

Submitted by Nancy Pacha