Month: April 2018
Focus on human trafficking at Rotary District meet
Congressman Adam Kinzinger calls human trafficking modern slavery, and says the way to defeat it is to bring awareness to the issue. Kinzinger, R-Channahon, who
Spotlight on education at Rotary meet
The April 20 Sand Springs Rotary Club (Oklahoma, US – D 6110) meeting focused on education issues. Sand Springs Public Schools Superintendent Sherry Durkee discussed
Rotary award for food caterer in Canada
Good food can be a very important element in bringing people together for community fundraising; it’s a reason why certain events and organisations get a
Rotary club dedicates trees in memory of residents
A small group of Elizabethtown Rotary Club (Kentucky, US – D 6710) members and their families and friends gathered Sunday afternoon at the Rotary Pavilion
A special meet on Women in Rotary
Ladies who are interested in volunteering at a local, national or international level visited and interacted with Rotarians at the Cochrane Public Library on April
Rotary club hosts Taste of the Finger Lakes
Victor-Farmington Rotary Club (New York, US — D 7120) recently hosted its 17th annual Taste of the Finger Lakes at Ravenwood Golf Club in Victor.
Rotary gifts to Ghanaian school
The Rotary Club Accra-East (Ghana – D 9102) and its Partners-In-Service donated educational and reading materials to the Kotobabi Presbyterian Kindergarten and Primary School. The
Giant umbrellas donated to riverside park
After several delays because of recurring flooding, the Shreveport Rotary Club (Los Angeles, US – D 6190) finally put up three umbrellas along the Red
Aussie students recall their Rotary experience
Two students from St John the Evangelist High School, Olivia Williams and Ellen Boardman, were sponsored by Rotary to participate in two of the many
A Rotary family builds school in Guatemala
For decades, Rotary clubs in Marysville, south Everett (Washington, US – D 5050) and other areas have helped build schools, other projects and friendships in
Rotary moves local council for replacing ageing trees
The Bradford pear trees lining portions of streets in downtown South Boston may have outlived — and outgrown — their usefulness, and South Boston Rotary
Eradicating polio: A Rotary mission
As part of the Rotary International’s campaign to “Countdown to Zero: End Polio Now” campaign, Rotarians travel to Family Health Days in affected countries and
Rotary steps up fight against global hunger
Members of multiple Rotary clubs and local churches and their families partnered with Rise Against Hunger to package tens of thousands of meals for those
Rotary holds contest to hone leadership skills
The Rotary Club of Chatsworth (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, D 9370) hosted a successful preliminary team talk competition at Meadowlands Secondary School in Montford recently. The
Rotary clubs help Colombian peace efforts
Since a peace agreement was reached in Colombia in 2016 after an internal war of 52 years, the challenge has been the building of a
Japanese Rotary donates to US fire victims
Sebastopol Rotarians (California, US – D 5130) Nao Noguchi and Jack Blasco have received a gift of $5,000 from the Otsuchi, Japan Rotary Club for
Training for teachers at Katwa
Eminent academicians and social activists were the facilitators at the one-day teacher training programme organised for the first time by RC Katwa, D 3240. The
Gejha school gets new WASH facilities
Rotary Club of Delhi Ashoka, D 3012, with support from RC Box Hill Central, D 9810, Australia, renovated existing toilets, built new ones and provided
Creating more Kavithas
Banking on its earlier experience in running a vocational centre for the last 19 years, RC Madras East, D 3232, has now inaugurated a second
A Rotary grant transforms rural schools
To bridge the wide gap between urban well-to-do schools and underprivileged tribal schools in remote areas of Maharashtra, RC Nasik, D 3030, has initiated a