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
Alison Brownlee, Bracebridge Examiner
There could be a few kids walking around a rural village in Zambia sporting Muskoka shirts now. Rotarians and volunteers from Muskoka, Parry Sound, North Bay and Toronto formed an 18-member humanitarian delegation to help build classrooms and interact with students roughly 17 kilometres outside Lusaka, the capital of
Genesee Country Express
The Dansville Rotary Club (New York, US – D 7120) has worked hard on bringing Little Libraries to the area. You will see them sprouting up at Noyes Health, Scottsburg, Cummingsville, and North Dansville Town Hall this week. On May 31 Dansville Rotary Club members Jon Shay, Edgar Schmidt
Prince George Citizen
Almost 200 new pine trees are taking root on Wednesday in Rainbow Park, courtesy of the three Prince George Rotary clubs (British Columbia, Canada – D 5040) in partnership with the City of Prince George and Industrial Forestry Service. About 30 Rotarians from the Rotary Clubs of Prince George,
Allie Dean, Dawson County News
The weather couldn’t have been more perfect on Saturday for Rotary Day at Rock Creek Park. Hundreds of children flocked to Rotary Island to celebrate the sunny skies at the splash pad. Free hotdogs, cookies, snow cones and popcorn were big hits and a line formed at the dunk tank,
Victoria Atterberry, Carrollton Leader
Women are serving in Rotary clubs all across America including those like the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Rotary Club (Texas, US – D 5810). For women, the right to serve on the Rotary was not always granted to them. The Carrollton-Farmers Branch Rotary and 60 other local clubs recently celebrated the
Joseph Geha, Bay Area News Group
Volunteers of all ages got up early Sunday to participate in the Rotary clubs of the Bay Area’s (San Jose, California – D 5170) first ever Community Day, helping out on projects with local and international impacts by taking on deeds of service. Roughly 150 people, many from regional Rotary
Jeffrey Hage, Monticello Times
Two girls with family connections to Rotary International exchange programmes are getting ready to leave Monticello after nine months in the community thanks to Monticello Rotarians. Monticello will always hold a special place in the hearts of Giovanna Salviano Barretto of Brazil and Pia Hoelsken of Germany, the girls said.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
A group of 18 local men started a civic organisation in Bluefield that will celebrate its 100th anniversary this week, and the impact of their actions is still being felt. The Rotary Club of Bluefield (West Virginia, US – D 7550) was officially chartered and became active on June 1,
Matthew Strader, Caledon Enterprise
In a partnership that speakers continually credited Palgrave Rotary (Ontario, Canada – D 7080) youth director Krysta Cadden for initiating, the Palgrave Rotary, and the Town of Caledon, each contributed funds to see the Westview Park in Palgrave renovated to become a fully accessible park, and renamed after former Palgrave
Harrison Daily Times
Rotary Club International Exchange Students who spent this academic year attending high schools across Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, met for their exit interviews Friday and Saturday, May 11-12 at the home of Joe and Katherine Nance of Marble Falls. The exchange student visit to the Nance home is an annual
