It seems like yesterday that I was 26 and a brand-new member of Rotary. When I missed my third meeting and failed to do a makeup, my sponsor sat me down and for the first time really explained the values of Rotary. I

Dear Rotarians, The Rotary year 2016-17 has come to a close with many positives: great performance by the clubs, excellent team work and handsome contributions to the Foundation. In addition, during the year, globally Rotary created more than 35,000 leaders

Dear Fellow Rotarians, There are as many reasons to come to Rotary as there are Rotarians — maybe even a few more. But each of us has stayed in Rotary because it adds something to our own lives. Through Rotary,

We’ve had a wonderful time celebrating all the extraordinary achievements of The Rotary Foundation’s first 100 years. As we approach the end of this centennial year, it’s time to turn our attention to the Foundation’s future. What can we do right now to ensure that the Foundation

Dear Friends, Let us be ready for Gen Next.  There are many names given to this generation like Mosaics, Millennials, Net Generation (N-Gen), Navigators, the Y-Generation. The Net Generation now adds up to over 81 million young people, which is approximately 30 per cent of

Dear Fellow Rotarians, Growing up in Chattanooga, Tenn., my brothers and I learned young to work hard. It was a lesson taught to us by our father, who had come to the United States, alone, as a teenager. He wanted our lives to be better and easier than

As we near the end of our year-long celebration of The Rotary Foundation’s 100th anniversary, let’s stop to think about what the world would be like if Rotarians had never created an endowment fund for doing good in the world. I think we can

Dear Fellow Rotarians, As you read these lines, final ­preparations are well underway for our 108th Rotary ­International Convention, June 10–14 in Atlanta. We’re looking forward to one of the biggest and best Rotary conventions yet, as we celebrate not only a wonderful year of Rotary Serving Humanity,

The print media has undergone unimaginable changes in the last few decades, but here I will talk only about magazines as my message this month is on Rotary News. Magazines, we all know are generally financed by a combination of advertising, sale on the racks and prepaid subscriptions. We  know that

Dear Fellow Rotarians, Forty years ago, the Rotary Club of Duarte, California, admitted three women members, in violation of the Rotary International Constitution. As a result, the club’s charter was terminated by RI. Undeterred, the club’s members continued to meet. They put an X over

When you give to The Rotary ­Foundation, you can be ­completely confident that your fellow ­Rotarians put those donations to work on life-changing projects in our six areas of focus. That confidence should inspire our ­continued support, especially when we consider the remarkable results.