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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
Curt Yeomans, Gwinnett Daily Post
The Rotary Club of Gwinnett County (Georgia, US — D 6910) decided to give some economically disadvantaged people in the county an early Valentine’s Day gift this past week. Club members spent Tuesday packing more than 300 bags of food for people in the county who are dealing with food
Terry Bridge, Stratford Beacon Herald
There were no tears shed as the Rotary Club of Stratford (Ontario, Canada – D 6330) concluded its last meeting at the Kiwanis Community Centre. At least not by club president Linda Bathe. “It’s the people, not the place,” she said after Thursday afternoon’s meeting. She did, however, acknowledge it
Evan Brandt, The Mercury News
It was 13 years after Paul Harris and two Chicago business associates held the first-ever Rotary Club meeting that something similar happened in Pottstown. On Feb. 19 1918, 34 charter members — gathered by Robert A. Feroe, a paper box manufacturer, and Henry Sollenberger, a representative of Metropolitan Life Insurance
MacKenzie Cook, Boxford Wickedlocal
The Rotary Club of Topsfield, Boxford and Middleton (TBM Rotary, Massachusetts — D 7930) recently visited local elementary schools to donate dictionaries, thesauruses and atlases. Not only do the reference books open up worlds for students, but the project also highlights the value of community service. At no cost to
Amy Mihelich, Sun This Week
Close isn’t good enough for Karen Kirkman when it comes to eradicating a life-altering disease. A member of Apple Valley Rotary (Minnesota, US – D 5950), she’s worked with other members to put together a fundraiser for polio eradication. “So many people think polio has been eradicated, but it’s not,”
Nick Lees, Edmonton Journal
Edmonton’s Ingrid Neitsch says her plan is to make a colourful tapestry of her life’s experiences and next year especially will give her a chance to add some golden hues. She has been appointed 2018-2019 governor of the huge Rotary International District 5370, and friends say her life’s path to
Berthoud Weekly Surveyor
The Loveland Rotary Club (Colorado, US — D 5440) figured the best way to get weekend food packs to Berthoud and Loveland students is to start with a food drive — and what better place than holding it inside local grocery stores. The second annual KidsPak City Wide Food Drive
Cathy Spaulding, Muskogee Phoenix
Laugh heartily on Saturday and you can help give dictionaries to second-graders and donations to charities. Muskogee Rotary Club will host Mardi Gras Comedy at the Hall of Fame, 8.30 pm on Friday. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door at the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
Mario Bartel / Tri-City News
Can an insurance salesman from Port Coquitlam or a muffler shop owner from Port Moody help save the world? Maybe not in a day, or even a weekend. But by contributing their voices to six peace-building conferences being hosted throughout the world in 2018 by Rotary International, the President of
Red Denty, Online Athens
Near-freezing weather and frigid waters on Saturday weren’t enough to keep nearly 100 people from taking the plunge into Sandy Creek Park’s Lake Chapman at the seventh annual Rotary Club of Athen’s (Greece, District 6910) Plungefest. Club president Rhett Butler called this year’s event the coldest yet, but said that
