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, Interact clubs help Guatemalan children

Judi Currie, fosters.com

A small group of people in Maine, US, are making a big impact in Guatemala. The South Berwick-Eliot Rotary (Maine, US — D 7780) and the Marshwood High School Interact clubs on Thursday presented a cheque for $5,000 to Safe Passage. Anne Marie Klein Christie, US director for Safe Passage,

Rotary Denver extends community support

Scot Fuller, The Villager

The Colfax Community Network held their annual holiday party Dec 23 at the Aurora First Presbyterian Church. This annual party is for the many folks who call the motels on east Colfax Avenue their “home” and includes a holiday meal, visit from Santa, arts and crafts/games, shopping for gifts and

Rotary clubs to the rescue of rural crèche

Tamlyn Jolly, Zululand Observer

Not only brand new ablution facilities, but dignity was given to the 77 children of Sekusilezulu Crèche in Mzingazi when the Rotary Club of Richards Bay (South Africa, District 9370) chose to fund the building of a toilet block. The idea for the project came about in 2014 when Rotarian

Gearing up for ‘Tour de Rotary’

Laurie Smith, Zululand Observer

Flexing their calves, oiling their chains and putting in hours of training on the roads of Zululand. That’s what Rotary Club of Empangeni (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa — D 9370) members are doing in preparation for arguably their biggest – and certainly most physically taxing – fundraising exercise of the year,

Trivia quiz to raise funds for anti-polio campaign

Dave McMillion, Herald-Mail Media

The Hancock Rotary Club (Maryland, US — D 7360) continued its effort on Sunday of addressing serious issues while having a little fun at the Hancock American Legion. The club held its annual trivia contest, drawing 10 teams of contestants who tested their brains over topics related to pop culture,

New Rotary club exclusively for youth

North Wales Pioneer

A new Rotary club will be launched in Llandudno on Saturday night (Jan 26). As the existing club enters its 91st year it will be joined by the new Llandudno Gogarth Rotary Club (UK, District 1070). The new group is an initiative of the existing club and is aiming to

Rotary guest promotes Interact clubs

The Ledger Independent

Barbara Rahn of the Boone County Rotary Club spoke to Maysville Rotary Club (Kentucky, US — D 6740) members about the positive side of having an Interact Club in the community. An Interact Club is meant for children ages 12 to 18, who want to be involved in Rotary, but

Rotarians build houses in Mexico

Aly Brown, The Press

In keeping with the motto of ‘Service Above Self,’ Antioch’s Rotary Club of the Delta (California, US — D 5160) members have been working overtime to help others in their own community and beyond. And with 2017’s theme being ‘Making a Difference,’ Rotary President Mike Green was excited about two

Rotary rewards community service with grants

Julissa Zavala, The Sentinel

At a Rotary Club of Hanford (California, US — D 5230) meeting on Thursday, the Hanford Rotary Community Foundation rewarded local organisations for their service throughout the community. During the club’s monthly luncheon, $24,000 in grants was presented to 22 different community and nonprofit organisations for helping the community. The

Madison Rotary to hold food packaging event

Tapinto Madison

Based on the resounding success of the End Hunger 3.6 packaging project last March, the Rotary Club of Madison (New Jersey, US — D 7470) and the Madison Rotary Foundation have announced that the event will return this year on Saturday, March 10 from 9 am to 3 pm at