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 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

Women now outnumber men at Cessnock Rotary

Stephen Bisset, The Advertiser

The once male dominated domain of the Rotary Club of Cessnock (New South Wales, Australia – D 9670) now has a decidedly feminine touch. For the first time since the club was founded back in 1937, men are now outnumbered by women after welcoming its newest members Janette Owens, Sharon

Rotary Nigeria rolls out healthcare services

Esther Onyegbula, Vanguard

As part of its commitment to improve society and social development, Rotary Club of Festac Central (Nigeria, D 9110) has recently rolled out a series of healthcare activities and projects for the year. This intention was disclosed during the installation of Michael Rotimi as the 6th president of Rotary club

Rotary hosts successful Country Fair

Chris Manderioli, TapintoRandolph

The Randolph Rotary Club’s 2018 Country Fair enjoyed its second straight year of perfect weather, providing township residents (New Jersey, D 7470) with a day of fun-filled outdoor activity to help ring in the fall season. After enduring a few years of wet and rainy weather when the fair was

A club’s youngest president lists service goals

Lucy Jarvis, Joondalup Times

Youth exchange, a beach clean-up and homelessness issues will be some of the focal points for the Rotary Club of Joondalup (Perth, Austrlaia – D 9455) next month. President Eliza Bourgault du Coudray (23) said the group of “community-minded individuals” met regularly at Joondalup Resort in Connolly and lived by

Portsmouth Rotary plans mission to Bangladesh

Seacoastonline.com

Rotary Club of Portsmouth (New Hampshire, US – D 7780) members are in the final stages of planning a Rotaplast mission to Bangladesh in October. The trip, scheduled for Oct 14-28 honours the generous spirit of the late Jim Labrie and his life of service. Rotaplast International is committed to

New club will offer second Rotary option

Ben Sherick, Airdrie City View

For the Airdrie residents who’d like to give back to the community with the Rotary club, but can’t commit to mid-week afternoon meetings, the club is exploring the possibility of adding a Thursday evening meeting as a second option for members. According to the Rotary Club of Airdrie (Alberta, Canada

Rotary International’s final battle against polio

Alice Dickow, Inside Philanthrophy

In the United States and much of the world, polio is barely a bad memory. In one of the great successes of modern medicine, the use of vaccines developed in the 1950s virtually eliminated the crippling, sometimes deadly disease. But there are still a few countries where a handful of