Wojtek Czyżewski joined Rotary Club Szczecin in 1993. He was a associate of it for 33 years. From the beginning of his membership in the club he was very active. For the first fewer years, he was Secretary of the Club to take office as president in the 1998-1999 Rotarian Year. During his presidency, Wojtek did everything he could to make each of us at work for the club find something interesting to himself. It is hard to calculate all the successes of his presidency, but 1 of the most crucial was to increase the number of members by 10 fresh colleagues.
However, his large and actual rotarian career was yet to begin. He was elected politician of territory 2230, which included 3 countries at the time: Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. This choice was not accidental due to the fact that Wojtek had been introduced as an incredibly competent and substantive man from the beginning of his work at Rotary, Club and District, which was immediately noticed in our District. His success was besides a large nobility for our Club. About this period Wojtek later said that "this is the most breathtaking and hardworking year of his life."In 1 year he visited as politician all Rotarian clubs: 74 in Poland and 46 in Belarus and Ukraine. In subsequent years Wojtek was inactive heavy active in the activities of our territory and Rotary International. He coached the District, repeatedly chaired the Committee for Membership and the Committee for Members' Acquisition and Engagement and Officer Rotary International. In 2007, he became a region Membership improvement Coordinator at Rotary International, and in 2010 he coached elect governors. It was then that he and his wife, Danuta, went to San Diego, United States, where Wojtek trained electorate governors. Later he said: “An unforgettable memory, for me Rotary is simply a unique way to know, through the aid of others, a wonderful planet and even more wonderful people.”
After this long, intense and very exhausting period, it was time for a slight slowing down and calming down life. Wojtek could enjoy weekly club meetings again. He had quite a few passion. 1 of them was the past of Szczecin. He was a real mine of cognition in this field. He frequently prepared lectures for our full Club. His stories were always very interesting and full of details. He liked to share his rich cognition of this, and we liked to perceive to him.
In the mediate of last year we heard that Wojtek was sick. We were convinced that these were temporary problems, from which Wojtek would come out victorious after any time and reappear at the Club. However, reality proved to be more tragic.
Wojtek, it is hard for us all to believe that you will never come to our club gathering again, that you will never prepare for us another interesting communicative about Szczecin, that you will not be able to share with us your rich global Rotarian experience.
Today, your full Rotary Club Szczecin, who you so valued and loved, says goodbye to you in deep sadness and wonder. Thank you for being with us. You have done so much good for 33 years as a Rotarian that you will stay in our memory forever.
Mirosław Moroz, RC Szczecin
Every time at the club meeting, I check to see if he's gone, he's always been. He has always served his treasury of cognition about Rotara. But not only that. He was a lover of the past of Szczecin and Pomerania. A communicative the socialist homeland wanted to ignore at all costs. Now we're catching up.
Wojtek has expanded our cognition of Thietmar's Chronicle in fresh years. Although written by the German chronicler and bishop, they are an crucial origin of information about our ancestors.
Another subject of His talks at Club meetings is the map of Lubinus. Map of the Pomorskie principality, which was established in the 17th century. It is an accomplishment of cartography, but possibly above all a monument of industriousness. Since the measurements were not possible, the cartographer's squad traveled, utilizing the measuring triangle all the roads of Pomerania! It took them 3 years.
The last subject of Wojtek's talk about past was about Szczecin airports. It's hard to believe there were six. Including 1 that was built to scrap military aircraft after the First War, erstwhile the Treaty of Versailles imposed an work on Germany to liquidate military aviation.
It's hard to believe that the next talk won't be that all we have left is memories of Wojtek.
