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
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
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,
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
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
