Rotary Elsewhere

‘Service Above Self:’ Rotary Club of Saratoga Springs’s annual Home & Lifestyle Show supports the community

Susan Shultz

For over 100 years, the Rotary Club of Saratoga Springs has proudly served the community-supported nonprofit organizations through volunteering and through the local community giving program. Founded in 1924, and one of more than 35,000 Rotary clubs worldwide, members live by the motto “Service Above Self.” In 1973, the club

Rotary, UNICEF fight to eradicate polio

Sarah Ferguson, Forbes

Polio is a highly contagious, paralysing and potentially fatal disease that can strike at any age, but mainly affects children under age 5. Polio is incurable, but easily preventable with a simple vaccine. In September, the World Health Organisation declared Nigeria polio-free, leaving only two countries in the world that

Rotary to host Careers Afternoon for students

Cowra Guardian

The Rotary Club of Cowra (New South Wales, Australia – D 9700) are excited to announce that they will be holding a Careers Afternoon on Thursday, October 25, 2018 from 3.30 pm to 5.30 pm at the Cowra Bowling Club. The idea of Club President Bill Murphy was to gather

Pancake breakfast at Homecoming Parade

Journal Gazette & Times Courier

The annual all-you-can-eat Rotary Pancake Breakfast will be served Saturday morning in conjunction with the Eastern Illinois University Homecoming parade. Charleston Rotary Club (Illinois, US — District 6490) members will be serving pancakes, sausages and drinks from 6.30 am to 10 am on Saturday in the parking lot at Dirty’s

A Rotary club gets ready for mega auction

Linda Provost, The Duncan Banner

The Duncan chapter (Oklahoma, US – D 5770) of Rotary International is hitting the bricks to get their largest fundraiser ready to hit Duncan’s TV for the 61st year. The Rotary Christmas Auction is hosted on the week of Thanksgiving each year. During the four-day frenzy, thousands of items are

RYE student enjoys a slice of Aussie culture

Donna Ward,Tenterfield Star

How daunting would it be to be far from home and stand up in front of an audience to deliver a speech in a language you’re only just coming to grips with? Rotary youth exchange student Tsumiki Katsuragawa handled the challenge with aplomb when she addressed the assembly of Tenterfield

Rotary club hosts annual Spaghetti Dinner

The Telegraph

It was “Spaghetti City” for a 45th consecutive year on Tuesday, thanks those at the Rotary Club of Nashua West (New Hampshire, US – D 7870). The Nashua Senior Center was filled with the aroma of Italian food. Hundreds of people representing all age groups gathered together, slurping up strands

Rotary kicks off childhood literacy programme

Twilla Johnson, petoskeynews.com

Every baby born at McLaren Northern Michigan hospital is receiving a board book and Early Literacy Guide as part of the Rotary Club of Petoskey’s (Michigan, US – D 6290) recently launched “Born to Read” programme. The programme was launched in September, Rotary International’s Literacy Month. Besides a board book

Rotary into partnership to fight hunger

Marshfield News-Herald

The Marshfield Rotary Club (Wisconsin, US – D 6250) is well known for its Rotary Winter Wonderland, when people come out in droves to see the annual light show at Wildwood Park and Zoo, and now the club is doing even more to combat hunger in the community. Rotary Winter

A global grant project benefits resource centre

Keri Coles, Oak Bay News

A global grant and a partnership between Rotary clubs in two different countries have led to an international project to establish a modern education and training facility at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre – a project that also provided education to the donors. The Buckhead Rotary Club (Georgia, US —

Rotary to host forum on internet predators

Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com

The Rotary Club of Strongsville (Ohio, US – D 6630) will host its second annual Community Forum on Human Trafficking at 6.30 pm on October 16 at Strongsville Middle School, 13200 Pearl Road. This year’s forum is entitled, “Protecting Our Children: What Internet Predators Don’t Want You to Know.” The