Silute Rotary club was founded by the initiative group, which members were Vladas Sturys, Antanas Cepys and Zigmantas Doksas on  the 22^nd  of January 1991. Zigmantas Doksas was elected as the first president of the club. The club was registered in the Silute district municipality on the 9^th of December 1991. The inauguration of the Silute Rotary club took place on the 24^th of  September 1994. Today there are 33 members in the club, who meet together every Monday at 5 p.m. in the “Nemunas” hotel (Lietuvininku str. 70, LT –5730 Silute). There are four committees in the club: Youth programmes and culture committee (Pranas Avizinis), Information and society relations committee (Antanas Balvocius), Foreign relations committee (Vladas Sturys), Advance in profession committee (Vytas Auskalnis). In 2001/2002 a president of the Silute Rotary club is Eugenijus Simasius, vicepresident is business man Stasys Timinskas, secretary –  Darius Balodis. Silutės Rotary club has many beautiful and sensible traditions such as celabration of the club members birthdays, participation in the Rotary celebrations together with the families. The meetings of the club are varied by lectures and guests. The working places of the members are visited. Many songs are sung on  many official and unofficial occasions. The best singers in the Silute Rotary club are its first president Zigmantas Doksas and Bronislovas Sutkaitis. The song of the Silute Rotary club is “Augo kieme klevelis” (“The maple grew in the yard”). Even fastidious foreign guests applaud to the tenor of the past president Zigmantas Doksas.

SILUTES ROTARY CLUB
Ventes str.. 13
LT-5730 Silute, Lithuania
Webmaster: Antanas Balvocius
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