Month: May 2017
Community leaders feted by Rotary club
Five local volunteers who have dedicated their lives to making Sackville a better place to live were honoured last week with the Rotary Club’s highest
Golf Day fundraiser for critical care unit
From teeing off to high tea, Werribee Rotary Club (Australia, District 9800) is pulling out all stops to help fit out Werribee Mercy Hospital’s new
A breakfast fundraiser for polio fight
On a day celebrating the lives and sacrifices of veterans, the Martinsburg Rotary Club (West Virginia, US — District 7360) held a breakfast for the
Rotary club becomes Paul Harris club
Rotary Club of Tifton (Georgia, US) was recognised recently after becoming a 100 per cent Paul Harris club. At the May 10 meeting, Pam Lightsey,
Rotary Free Library marks club’s 20th anniversary
Members of the Rotary Club of East Montgomery County (Texas, US — District 5910) celebrated the installation of the first Rotary Free Library at Bull
Local Rotary donates to childcare centre
Through the Hilton and Howick Rotary Club of South Africa, District 9370, the East Cooper Breakfast Rotary Club donated $2,600 to Never NeverLand Creche. The
Rotary scholarships for college students
There were lots of smiles. Excited claps. Some nerves showing in fumbling fingers and stumbled words. And there were some tears, too, when Juliana Cameron
Cleburne Rotary hosting fish fry as fundraiser
The Cleburne Rotary Club (Texas, US – District 5790) will conduct its seventh annual Rotary’s Ragin’ Roundup fundraiser and community celebration from 5-8 pm Saturday
York theatre joins Rotary in anti-polio fight
The venerable Ogunquit Playhouse, which is celebrating its 85th anniversary season is once again joining forces with Rotary International to continue in the fight to
4 Tanzanian children get prosthetic limbs
The Rotary Club of West Chester (Pennsylvania, US – District 7450) is pitching in to help four Tanzanian children who have lost limbs. This is
Student winners present essays to Rotary
Four Dunwoody High Laws of Life essay winners read their essays to the Rotary Club of Dunwoody (Georgia, US — District 6900) on May 19.
Hillsdale club hosts Rotarian from India
Hillsdale Rotary Club (Michigan, US — District 6360) President, Duke Anderson, welcomed local guests as well as an international guest to the meeting at Johnny
Scholarship bonanza for high school students from Rotary Club of Aiken
Toshia Keaton was a very proud mother on Monday, during the Rotary Club of Aiken’s (South Carolina, US — District 7750) meeting at Newberry Hall.
Mercer Rotary keen to expand membership, perk up its image
Mercer Rotary Club (Pennsylvania, US — District 7280) has added to its membership, and the group’s president is hoping to see more new faces join
St John’s Rotary Clubs deliver aid to Zimbabwe
An eight-person team left Newfoundland and Labrador on the weekend to provide aid to an area in southern Africa. They’re heading to a Tshelanyemba, Zimbabwe,
RC Jamshedpur West provides ‘food carts’ to transgenders
In an effort to empower the transgender community, RC Jamshedpur West along with Rotary Foundation District Grant, provided three modern modular type ‘food carts’. DG
Rotary Club of King awards students for character excellence
At a weekly club meeting held on May 4, the Rotary Club of King (Stokes County, US, District 7690) honoured Zackary Young and Berenice Perez,
Community honours its best at Rotary Awards banquet
The 15th annual Mountain Community Awards Banquet was held last Thursday. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Crestline-Lake Gregory (California, US — District 5330) and
Rotary president publishes textbooks in India
After receiving her Master’s degree in Science in India, Sarita Sirohi, saw a need to educate young women through the medium of books. The president
Wheeling Rotary hosts Taste of Centre Market fundraiser
The Wheeling Rotary Club (West Virginia, US — District 7530) held its annual Taste of Centre Market event on Thursday. There was live music, a
Rotary Club of Saipan presents dictionaries to school students
A vendor of dictionaries may not be able to provide Rotary Club of Saipan (USA, Western Pacific Island — District 2750) supplies to be distributed