Members of the Rotaract Club of Nürtingen, Germany, plant trees in a cleared area last spring. Dominik Huhndorf By Dominik Huhndorf, vice president of the Rotaract Club of Nürtingen, Germany My Rotaract club established a project, Treety of Generations, to motivate clubs around the world to plant trees in cleared areas. In doing so, we…

Katey Halliday By Katey Halliday We have no place for harassment in Rotary. People won’t join or stay if they are exposed to harassment. Rotary’s policy on maintaining a harassment-free environment at meetings, events, and activities makes it clear that harassment will not be tolerated. It even stipulates that all Rotary leaders, including club presidents,…

Soumya and Rupa Mohanty “Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.” —Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child By Soumya Mohanty, Rotary Club of Bhubaneswar Smile, India We all fall in love, at different stages of life. But there is always that one person you meet…

Elizabeth Usovicz By Elizabeth Usovicz, Rotary International director-elect When I speak with Rotary members about the importance of mentoring future leaders, I often hear, “I would love to be a mentor, but I don’t have the time.” My response is a question and this story. When was the last time you created a mentoring moment?…

Trustee Brenda Cressey By Brenda Cressey, Trustee and Rotary Member of South Portland-Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA Several years ago, my husband and I had the opportunity to take part in a multi-project mission with more than 100 Rotarians, spouses, Rotaractors and even a few new Rotarians from Rotary District 5280. We flew to Panama to…

Chiang’s class at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. By Mina Chiang, Rotary Global Grant Scholar to University of Sussex, 2017-18 I will never forget the miracle that changed my life. I call it a miracle because the sheer chance of it happening is close to zero. I was living in…

Rotarian Mike Pollard confers with volunteer Janie Griffin about the price of an item at the barn sale. By Marty Peak Helman, Rotary Zone 32 Innovative Club Associate  The Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, in my district has held an annual fundraiser every summer, selling donated items during a live auction the first weekend…

Taking part in a service project in Manila. By Maria Elena “Marilen” Tronqued-Lagniton, past president of the Rotary Club of Cubao Edsa, Quezon City, Philippines I shall pass this way but once. Any good that I can do or kindness I can show let me do it now. But what if today was the last…

Rotary member Su Boertje, right, delivers supplies to The Baby House in Westville, South Africa. By Su Boertje, membership and PR chair, Rotary Club of Westville, South Africa In April, I learned that the Baby House in Westville, South Africa, a safe house for abandoned babies, desperately needed basic supplies. Due to the country-wide lockdown,…

By K.R Ravindran, Chair, The Rotary Foundation Giving Tuesday has grown into a global movement of generosity. It is a giving day recognized around the world that empowers us all to give back to our communities through service, kindness and financial support – all beliefs that Rotary values deeply. Every act of kindness makes a…