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‘Service Above Self:’ Rotary Club of Saratoga Springs’s annual Home & Lifestyle Show supports the community

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

Gemma Sisia is changing lives in Tanzania, with help from donors in Murray Bridge

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The Rotary Club of Murray Bridge has welcomed a visit from the Australian founder of the School of St Jude. This story was contributed by Sue Foster and is free to read. Help Murray Bridge News tell more stories like this by subscribing today. The Rotary Club of Murray Bridge

Rotary Clubs dedicated to community, service

DAVID KEYES

With four Rotary clubs in Bonner and Boundary counties, each club has unique projects and stays engaged with its communities. Each of the clubs has one thing in common — they make a difference and are always looking for more members. The Rotary motto — “Service above self” rings true.

Ambler Rotary Club dedicates pavilion to town

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AMBLER — Knight’s Park in Ambler Borough has a brand new picnic pavilion as a gift from the Ambler Rotary Club in honor of its 100th anniversary as a Rotary Club. On Saturday, June 28, members of the Ambler Rotary Club met in Knight’s Park with Mayor Jeanne Sorg and

Park City Rotary preps for annual Running with the Balls event

Kristine Weller

Thousands of golf balls will bounce and roll down Main Street as part of Park City’s annual Miner’s Day celebration — known to the rest of the country as Labor Day. The event celebrates the town’s original laborers: miners. Sponsored by the Park City Rotary Club, the Running of the Balls event

Alice Rotary Club partners with local fireworks stand to fund student scholarships

Melissa Trevino

A fireworks stand in Alice is doing more than just lighting up the sky this Fourth of July – it’s helping to ignite educational opportunities for local students through a special partnership with the Alice Rotary Club. The collaboration between Noel’s Fireworks Stand and the Alice Rotary Club will direct

Rotary projects around the globe

Brad Webber

United States Inspired by the American flags placed beside headstones at military cemeteries, Rick Clark asked officials at Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego if Rotary clubs could similarly pay tribute to service members interred there. Clark, a past president of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle, is

Lesson plan given a global reach

Joe Engleman

Rotary clubs in Ontario’s District 7070 help establish Durham College’s virtual classroom When you tune into one of Lon Appleby’s Durham College classes, which are all livestreamed on YouTube, one of the first things you see is the professor’s podium. It’s labelled with a message acknowledging that Appleby’s Global Classroom

Rotary International – One of UNICEF’s largest partners since 1988

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In February 2025, a polio vaccination campaign took place in Pakistan, where over 400,000 frontline health workers visited homes to vaccinate 45.4 million children under 5. This film follows the campaign in Muree, a mountainous area, and Mithi, a vast desert, showcasing the time and effort it takes to be

Rotary club’s plastic cleanup leads to new benches

Martin Cohn

By Martin Cohn, Rotary Club of Springfield, Vermont, USA — Last year, I read about a project conducted by the Capital City Sunrise Rotary Club in New Hampshire, USA. The club collected plastic film and received a recycled bench. Since I enjoy learning about successful club projects and figuring out

Breaking the silence: Interact project supports mental health in Bangladesh

Suhana Rahman Shukonna

By Suhana Rahman Shukonna, past president of the Interact Club of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and coordinator of Project Talk Hope — My journey in Rotary began when I became the charter president of the Interact Club of Dhaka. I was introduced to the power of service at a young age, leading projects