How to inspire others through storytelling Mary Shackleton is an Endowment/Major Gifts subcommittee chair for District 7230 (New York, Bermuda, USA) By Mary Shackleton, District 7230 Endowment/Major Gifts subcommittee chair Do you have an answer ready if you are asked, Why Rotary? Even seasoned Rotary members struggle to answer this seemingly basic question if we’re…
A coimmunity health worker tests a woman for malaria in Zambia. Eric Liswaniso, Programs Manager, Malaria-Free Zambia When we launched Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia (PMFZ) in March of 2021, one of our objectives was to establish a Rotary club in at least one of the districts we would be serving. On 15 June, that…
Aimé Césaire Mpangaje By Aimé Césaire Mpangaje, District 2150 deputy polio coordinator, member Rotary Club of Fleurus-Aéropole, Belgium I have had a long journey with polio. My story is one of resilience in the face of this devastating disease. It is why I share this message with those I meet: Do not forget them, do…
By Ayda Özeren, past governor of District 2440 (Türkiye) The Olympic Games in Paris are especially delightful this year. They mark a historic milestone in gender equality. After 128 years, an equal number of male and female athletes are participating. For the first time, the number of male and female athletes will be equal in…
Joe Otin By Joe Otin, past governor of Rotary District 9212 (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan) I gravitate naturally to statistics despite the negative feelings some people have about them. I think that information is the fuel that our world runs on and without it our systems will sputter, stall, and shut down. That is…
Front and back of the What’s Rotary wallet card available to download on My Rotary. By Beth Kotz The world moves quickly and you may have less than 60 seconds to make an impression that lasts. Enter the elevator pitch, so named to reflect the short period of time it takes to travel between floors.…
Gaetano Scamarcio, far right bottom row, and members of the Rotary Club of Bari. Gaetano Scamarcio By Gaetano Scamarcio, 1994-95 Ambassadorial Scholar sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bari, Italy, and District 2120 About 30 years ago, I discovered Rotary’s programs for aiding young people in achieving their dreams, which struck me profoundly. At the…
By Olayinka Hakeem Babalola, 2019-20 RI Vice President and 2018-20 Rotary International Director I have been involved with Rotary for more than 40 years, beginning as a Rotaractor in 1983 and transitioning to a Rotarian in 1993. My journey in peacebuilding started from two fronts: my deep commitment to community service and my involvement in…
Raising funds for Ukrainian refugees along the Camino de Santiago Chuck Oldanie, second from left, with members of his club and friends on the Camino de Santiago in April. By Chuck Oldanie, Rotary Club of Seminole Lake, Florida, USA IIn April, I found myself shoulder to shoulder with dozens of pilgrims hiking along a centuries-old…
Delegates to the Seminar for Tomorrow’s Leaders organized by Rotary Districts 6890, 6950, and 6960. Yellow shirts are first-year students, red-shirts are attending a second year as group leaders. By Ed Hallock, Rotary Club of Seminole Lake, President, S4TL Board of Directors In the summer of 2021, as we were all coming out of the…