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The Propeller Club of Manila was formed back in 1971
and is a non-profit organization with a membership currently
standing at 110. Originally the members were mostly
from the offices of U.S. liner companies in Manila but
now the members of the Club are drawn from all different
sectors of the shipping industry. Today the membership
consists of Filipino, American, British, French, Swedish,
Italian, German, Irish, Spanish, Norwegian, Danish,
Indian, Singaporean, Korean, Australian and New Zealand
nationals who are involved in shipowning, shipbroking,
ship insurance, surveying, ship classification, manning
ship agency and other maritime related activities. Although
the majority of members are in some way involved in
the shipping industry, there are a substantial number
who work in other fields.
The Club holds a regular luncheon on the penultimate
Wednesday of each month and the usual venue is the Traders
Hotel, Roxas Boulevard, for which a guest speaker is
arranged to talk to the membership.
About 10 years ago the Club started a scholarship programme
and every year the Club arranges a fundraising auction
to raise funds for this purpose which is held on a Saturday
evening in October.
 Over
the years the Club, through the generosity of the members,
has been ableto build up funds to sponsor an increasing
number of disadvantaged young men at Don Bosco Technical
School and as of this time enough money has been accumulated
to pay for the tuition of 10 students annually at Don
Bosco using the interest from the capital sum on deposit.
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