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
Marni Fedeyko, Cochrane Now
Ladies who are interested in volunteering at a local, national or international level visited and interacted with Rotarians at the Cochrane Public Library on April 22 in Alberta, US. A ‘Women in Rotary’ event was held as the international organisation is hoping to attract more female members to increase diversity.
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Victor-Farmington Rotary Club (New York, US — D 7120) recently hosted its 17th annual Taste of the Finger Lakes at Ravenwood Golf Club in Victor. A large crowd enjoyed food samples from local vendors and tastings from local breweries and wineries. Guests bid on numerous items that were donated by
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The Rotary Club Accra-East (Ghana – D 9102) and its Partners-In-Service donated educational and reading materials to the Kotobabi Presbyterian Kindergarten and Primary School. The items also included wooden cupboards; veronica buckets and soap. This donation was in line with Rotary International’s theme for 2017-18, “Rotary: Making a Difference” and
Dominique Brogle, ktbs.com
After several delays because of recurring flooding, the Shreveport Rotary Club (Los Angeles, US – D 6190) finally put up three umbrellas along the Red River. The giant umbrellas were permanently placed in RiverView Park over the past few weeks. Today, the Rotary Club and Mayor Ollie Tyler celebrated the
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Two students from St John the Evangelist High School, Olivia Williams and Ellen Boardman, were sponsored by Rotary to participate in two of the many programmes that Rotary offers local youth each year. Olivia was selected as a Rotary International Exchange Student and Ellen was selected to attend the National
Julie Muhlstein, heraldnet.com
For decades, Rotary clubs in Marysville, south Everett (Washington, US – D 5050) and other areas have helped build schools, other projects and friendships in Guatemala. Through the Hands for Peacemaking Foundation, volunteers work in the Central American country’s rugged villages. One local dentist has turned those trips into family
Doug Ford, Gazette-Virginian
The Bradford pear trees lining portions of streets in downtown South Boston may have outlived — and outgrown — their usefulness, and South Boston Rotary Club (Virgina, US – D 7600) is seeking a grant to help with replacement of 51 trees lining North Main Street, Main Street and portions
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As part of the Rotary International’s campaign to “Countdown to Zero: End Polio Now” campaign, Rotarians travel to Family Health Days in affected countries and assist in giving the oral vaccines to children with the assistance of local Rotary members. Thanks in part to the organisation’s efforts, the disease is
Kellie Adamson, Suffolk News-Herald
Members of multiple Rotary clubs and local churches and their families partnered with Rise Against Hunger to package tens of thousands of meals for those in need at Ebenezer United Methodist Church on Saturday morning. Suffolk Rotary, North Suffolk Rotary, Portsmouth Rotary, Smithfield Rotary, Churchland Rotary (Virginia, US – D
Chatsworth Rising Sun
The Rotary Club of Chatsworth (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, D 9370) hosted a successful preliminary team talk competition at Meadowlands Secondary School in Montford recently. The semi-finals were held at various parts of KZN, which culminated with the finals at the Howard College Theatre. The two teams that advanced to the
