THE ROTARY CLUB PALM BEACH WELCOMES LILI BERMUDA TO PALM BEACH

PALM BEACH, FL ​(December 16, 2020) – The Rotary Club Palm Beach met for one of its final 2020 meetings on Thursday, December 10, 2020 and featured guest speaker Isabelle Ramsay-Brackstone of Lili Bermuda. The meeting commenced at the Flagler Steakhouse Palm Beach and comprised several members including: President Sarah Fattori, Jacqueline Albarran, Marilyn Rautio, Cecilia Cosgrove, Richard Giles, Riccardo Boehm, Barbara Bielenberg, and Chung Wong. 

Isabelle Ramsay-Bracktone, the proprietor of Palm Beach’s only perfumery, Lili Bermuda joined the group on Zoom providing a historied conversation on her company and its origins coming from the island of Bermuda. Her signature scent, the Mary Celestia comes from a ship of the same name that sunk off the coast of Bermuda in the 1800s. Found in the wreck was an intact, never opened bottle of perfume made by a prominent perfume house on Bond Street in London and from it, Ramsay-Brackstone was able to replicate the scent with a fragrance reminiscent of the sea. 

Said Rotary Club Palm Beach President, Sara Fattori, “It was a great pleasure having Isabelle speak to the group about her perfume, the company and the mysterious past of the Mary Celeste.” We are thrilled to have Isabelle as a new friend of our Club and a connection to the Rotarians of Bermuda. 

January will welcome a presentation from “Engineers without Borders” www.ewb-usa.org​ on the 7th and FAU Biological Sciences Professor, Dr. Stephen Kajiura, an expert on sharks​ on the 14th. 

For more information about the Rotary Club Palm Beach and to learn more about becoming a member, please visit the website at: www.palmbeachrotary.org.

About the Palm Beach Rotary: 

Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves. The mission of the Palm Beach Rotary is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders. 

Photos: Courtesy of the Palm Beach Rotary

1.      Isabelle Ramsay-Brackstone, a master perfumer spoke to the club via Zoom 

2.      Bottle of Mary Celeste by Lili Bermuda 

3.      Rotary Club members join at the Flagler Steakhouse in Palm Beach, pictured are: President Sara Fattori, Jacqueline Albarran, Marilyn Rautio, Cecilia Cosgrove, Richard Giles, Riccardo Boehm, Barbara Bielenberg, and Chung Wong. 

For press inquiries or to schedule an interview, please contact Linda Soper at (612) 308.4159 or via email: linda@lindalanemarketing.com.  

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Rotary Foundation Honors Riccardo Boehm with Citation for Meritorious Award

        Rotary Foundation Honors Riccardo Boehm with Citation for Meritorious Award

PALM BEACH, FL ​ (January 4, 2021) – It has been announced that Palm Beach resident Riccardo Boehm has been awarded the Citation for Meritorious Service in recognition of outstanding service to the Rotary Foundation for his support of life-changing, sustainable projects in both the Dominican Republic and Guatemala. The award distinguishes the recipient with the embodiment of their motto: Doing Good in The World. Boehm, who also works with children as a Guardian ad Litem volunteer, closer to home in Palm Beach County, was surprised to receive this recognition. “I only hope that my association with Rotary will help to raise awareness of the enormously important work the Foundation is doing and funding,” he said. 

 

Boehm, a member of the Board of the Palm Beach Rotary Club, said his early years, growing up in the Far East and South America taught him the importance of philanthropy and service to others. “His volunteer efforts embody the Rotarian principle of service above self,” said Sara Fattori, President of the Palm Beach Rotary Club. “Riccardo surely has a passion and desire to make this world a better place. He and his wife, Dr. Helen Boehm, have instilled those same values in their own children. Their son serves as a U.S. Diplomat.”

 

Boehm has been visiting and volunteering in the Dominican Republic for many years making numerous trips to support and install water purification systems in the La Romana area. He has written grants to fund service projects benefiting Haitian migrant workers who harvest sugar cane in the region and with other Rotarians, Boehm brings water filters to extremely poor villages (Bateys) where cane cutters and their families live. Since children in the Bateys have had little access to clean drinking water, the Rotarians are embraced by the community for providing this critically important component of their lives.

 

In Guatemala, Boehm has worked extensively in Ak’ Tenamit, which means "New Village' in the Q'eqchi' language, is located in the middle of the rainforest of Eastern Guatemala. Since there are no roads on which one can travel to Ak’ Tenamit, Boehm along with other volunteers travel by boat to the region where they provide training to indigenous girls and boys for careers in sustainable tourism. This includes the training of invaluable work and life skills with rural-appropriate vocational education leading to paying jobs in hotels and restaurants and reinforcing the dignity and importance of education, training and work. Boehm is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Guatemala Tomorrow Fund, an organization that provides assistance for Ak’Tenamit’s programs and advocates for opportunities which enables youth groups to enjoy a productive and safe future in their own homeland. 

 

For more information the Rotary Club Palm Beach and to learn more about becoming a member, please visit the website at: www.palmbeachrotary.com. 

About the Palm Beach Rotary: 

Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves. The mission of the Palm Beach Rotary is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders. Since its founding more than 100 years ago, the Rotary Foundation has distributed more than $4 billion towards the alleviation of disease and poverty around the world.  

Photo: Courtesy of the Palm Beach Rotary 

For press inquiries on Riccardo Boehm or to schedule an interview, please contact Linda Soper at (612) 308.4159 or via email: linda@lindalanemarketing.com.  

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