Month: December 2018
Where there is good, there’s Rotary
They lift up those around them. They take on projects that have positive, lasting impacts within their communities: fundraisers for scholarships and nonprofits, collection drives
Rotary holds annual shopping spree
The Morristown Rotary AM Club (Tennessee, US – D 6780) Shopping Spree on Tuesday was an essential pairing, fulfilling the need of each volunteer and
Skilling students for construction industry
Just as schools are in full swing for 2018-19, so is Roswell Rotary in helping those schools. Roswell Rotary (Georgia, US – D 6900) believes
Grand reception to Rassin at St Maarten airport
Fanfare was the order of the day at Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) in St Maarten when Rotary International (RI) President Barry Rassin stepped onto
A Rotary Christmas comes to Bohemia
Christmas came a little early last Thursday, thanks to the Cottage Grove Rotary Club (Oregon, US — D 5110), local businesses and a host of
Rotary donates winter jackets to schoolchildren
When a little boy at George G Blaisdell Elementary School was asked if he needed a warm coat for winter earlier this year, he told
Rotarians heap praise on DGND for his service
Coronado Rotarian Dan Gensler has been chosen as the District Governor Designee to serve as the official representative of Rotary International for the Rotary clubs
Rotary donates storage shed to charity group
Christmas came early this year for Angel Guild, thanks mostly to the Rotary Club of Gig Harbor (Washington, US – D 5020). Rotary member Jeff
Empowering women with self-defence
A training workshop for young women to protect themselves from molesters and stalkers was conducted by Rotary Club of Poona, D 3131. A team of
Rotary bicycles for Pune girls
Every year, as part of its literacy and community development initiatives, RC Pune Camp, D 3131, donates refurbished and new cycles to girl students who
Transformer on Wheels
Innovation and technical expertise of Rotarians came to the fore with RC Bagha Purana, D 3090, commissioning a 300 KV mobile EB transformer fixed on
Rotary Australia offers relief to farmers
Communities all over Australia, including Nowra and Gerringong Rotarians (D 9710), have rallied together to help farmers who have been severely affected by the long-lasting
Literacy Focus – December 2018
PRID and RILM Chairman Shekhar Mehta headed a panel discussion organised by the National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA) of the HRD Ministry’s Department of School
Letters to the Editor – December 2018
The good, bad and ugly of Rotary The Chennai Institute theme Passion to Serve was most appropriate as it coincided with the biggest TRF donation
For a Polio-free world
Most of the world, except Pakistan and Afghanistan, is polio-free. Still Rotarians urge people to continue immunising their children against the dreadful virus. Though India
Coffee with Sushil
In a tete-e-tete with RIPN Sushil Gupta and Vinita, PRID Shekhar Mehta fired a series of questions to the couple, as well as PRIP Kalyan
Rotary is my stress buster: Sushil Gupta
Responding to the felicitations on his nomination as RI President 2020–21 in Kolkata, RIPN Sushil Gupta said he had many precious bonds with Kolkata; “my
Naropa Festival in Leh
At 11,562 ft above sea level, a duff pair of lungs gasps for breath. It requires pails of oxygen. Not squawks of instructions. But at
Flitting about in a time of turmoil
I have been officially a ‘working woman’ for nearly 40 years, meaning I have woken up in the morning and gone to ‘office’. Most
The virtues of deweeding…
As you can see from the Letters column this month, one point made by RI President Barry Rassin at the Chennai Institute that has resonated