Joelle Valles will be the Rotary speaker on October 17, 2023. Valles is a Silver High School sophomore whose topic will be: “Educational Taste of an Italy Tour.” Valles will be one of 15 students in the Silver High Pro Start club, travelling to Italy in May, 2024.  

The Pro Start Program is a two year program designed to teach high school students culinary and management skills needed for a career in the restaurant and food service industry. The Pro Start students will be learning many skills needed for a culinary career as well as sampling and enjoying the tastes of Italian food.Valles has other interests eg: tennis, cross country competition and maintaining her honor roll status.

The Rotary meeting will be held at the Silver Bowling Center - Ten Pin Lounge at 2020 Memory Lane, Silver City from 12-1 p.m. The meeting is free and open to the public. If you desire lunch, order from the menu in the cafeteria and it will be delivered to your table.

Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide to 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 than168 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 further information or to request information about Rotary or about membership in the local club, email info@silvercityrotary.org .