Rotary Elsewhere

Rotary clubs help fill empty stockings this Christmas

rockdalenewtoncitizen.com

CONYERS — This holiday season, the Rotary Club of Rockdale County is partnering with the Rotary Club of Conyers and Rockdale Emergency Relief (RER) to make sure no child in Rockdale County faces an empty stocking on Christmas morning. Together, the two Rotary clubs aim to raise $16,000 — each club

Rotary distributes packed food to needy

Chrissy Murphy, The News Herald

Two local Rotary clubs and several area churches are joining together to package meals for local families in need. For the past 10 years, the Rotary Club of Valdese (North Carolina, US – D 7670) has helped package more than 1 million meals to send all around the world to

Rotary funds excursion of school students

Parkes Champion-Post

When Geoff Smith travelled through the Tottenham district earlier this year, he was astounded by how dry the area was. Having spent many years as a member of the Rotary Club of Narromine (New South Wales, Australia – D 9670), Geoff contacted the Tottenham Central School’s Parents and Citizens Association

Rotary holds fundraiser for youth projects

Sootoday.com

Rotary’s Battle of the Sections was held on Saturday, Jan 12, at the GFL Memorial Gardens when the Soo Greyhounds face off against the Mississauga Steelheads. This pass-the-cup fundraiser is organised each year through the Rotary Club of Sault Ste Marie (Ontario, Canada – D 6290) in support of Rotary

Arlington Rotary delivers food baskets

Rotary News

Each December, the Rotary Club of Arlington (Washington, US – D 5050) dedicates two days to serving members of the greater Arlington community. This year, the Rotary Club of Arlington added a third service project, as well. On Dec 20, Rotarians gathered to assemble and deliver 87 baskets of food

Rotary gifts recycled bikes to Gambian kids

Joyce Fegan, Irish Examiner

They once languished in Garda stations as unclaimed bikes, but now they’re getting a second life in Gambia, bringing children long distances to school. Tony McCarthy, originally from Cork, explains the various steps Rotary Dún Laoghaire (Ireland, D 1160), of which he is a member, took to secure 100 bikes

Rotary hosts a summer visit to East Europe

Dan Holtmeyer, Prior Lake American

The Prior Lake Rotary Club (Minnesota, US – D 5960) is calling on interested residents to register for its first eight-country tour in eastern Europe this summer. The May 2019 trip will run from Estonia to Hungary with one group and back the same route with a second group, stopping

Where there is good, there’s Rotary

Devin Weeks, Coeur d'Alene Press

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 for veterans and food banks, cleanup campaigns, helping families in need. They’re Rotary members. With a motto of “Service Above Self,” making the world a

Rotary holds annual shopping spree

Citizen Tribune

The Morristown Rotary AM Club (Tennessee, US – D 6780) Shopping Spree on Tuesday was an essential pairing, fulfilling the need of each volunteer and child for more than just a few minutes of charitable giving. It was one influencing the other in a lasting, positive way. State Senator Steve

Skilling students for construction industry

patch.com

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 that its members are invaluable in contributing to programmes that benefit the area school children and community. In addition to projects such as collecting school

Grand reception to Rassin at St Maarten airport

The Daily Herald

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 the tarmac around 4 pm Wednesday. He was greeted by a large delegation led by Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Stuart