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
Frank Deaver, The Tuscaloosa News
With more than $900,000 now having been raised and contributed to community projects by the Rotary Club of Tuscaloosa (Alabama, US – D 6860) during the past 45 years, the club paused last week to recognise its first project. That was a $60,000 investment in the Rotary International Student Centre
Christopher L Istace, Westman Journal
Despite the growing use of electronic technologies among readers, the Rotary Club of Brandon (Manitoba, Canada – D 5550) is still attracting hundreds of bookworms with the organisation’s biannual book sale. The local Rotary club will host its Fall Book Sale on Sept 13 to 15 at the Victoria Inn’s
Austin Cozicar, Dawson Creek Mirror
Have a child under five who needs to get reading? The Rotary Club of Dawson Creek Sunrise (Canada, D 5370) may have the solution. They have opened up the latest branch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, an initiative which gives children under five years old a new book every month,
Ian Jacques, Delta Optimist
Local teachers in British Columbia (Canada) with vocational training are being sought for an upcoming Rotary Foundation initiative in Kenya. Tsawwassen Rotarian John Anderson has been selected as chair of the District 5040 vocational training team committee. Vocational training teams are groups of professionals who travel abroad either to teach
South Coast Register
Rotary clubs all around Australia have joined forces and partnered with Channel 9 and the National Farmers’ Federation to raise $10 million to assist the NSW farmers through the current horrific drought crisis. Notwithstanding this, Rotary is still maintaining its other local and international humanitarian service work and youth programmes.
Patrick Armijo, The Durango Herald
Anna Mier found a tour of Manna soup kitchen’s garden and learning kitchen an inspiring example of community building and a model her Rotary group in Juárez, Mexico, might replicate to help some of her hometown’s poorest residents. Mier and the 24 women in the Juárez Campestre Rotary Club (Mexico,
Desmond Devoy, Perth Courier
The Rotary Club of Perth (Ontario, Canada – D 7040) has received $1,000 from a first-time visitor to its annual Ribfest event. This year’s festival, held at Last Duel Park, having moved from the Perth Fairgrounds, was a new experience for Lois Worthen. “I hadn’t been to one before,” admitted
Hannah Sbeghen, The Observer
The Rotary Club of Gladstone Sunrise (Queensland, Australia – D 9570) is putting out a call for a central hub for all Rotary clubs to come together and do good deeds for Gladstone. The club, which has converted more than 60 bicycles into wheelchairs over the past few years, say
RJ Marx, The Daily Astorian
The Seaside Rotary (Oregon, US – D 5100) is looking within and outside the community for charitable giving opportunities. They’ll be sharing their fundraising drive with members of the public at their annual charitable auction on Saturday, Sept 22, at the Seaside Civic and Convention Centre. Funds this year go
Monte Sonnenberg, Simcoe Reformer
Expect Rotarians in Norfolk County (Ontario, Canada – D 7090) and beyond to cultivate a higher profile in the communities they serve. After reviewing the image and activities of its membership, Rotary International has come to the conclusion that the club could do with a healthy dose of activism. What
