The vocational training team from District 3680. Sandra Espina second from right. By Sandra L. Espina, vocational training team member, Philippines Restless, finicky, speech delay … these are just some of the common adjectives used to describe people with autism. I am a mother of a 21-year-old boy who has autism. Zachary is a typical…
Ainsley Brown, left, receives his pin as Vocational Service Director from then-president Jemelia Davis at the club’s 2017 installation banquet. By Ainsley Brown, Rotary Club of St. Andrew, Jamaica My club, the Rotary Club of St. Andrew, Jamaica, has a storied history. We were chartered in 1966, four years after Jamaica’s independence from the United…
Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves. — Rotary International Vision Statement Paddy Rooney By Paddy Rooney, governor of District 7390 (Pennsylvania, USA) The word which defines much of our world today is division. We are divided…
K V Mohan Kumar with a recipient of a prosthetic hand. By Koorapati Venkata Mohan Kumar, member of the Rotary Club of Bangalore Prime, India A boy who had lost both his hands in an electrocution spoke to a service committee meeting of our club. His parents left him after the electrocution and a…
Reem Ghunaim and her nieces. Photo by Moataz Al Sadey By Reem Ghunaim I am a Rotary Peace Fellow from Palestine. My mother is a Palestinian refugee who fled her home with her family in 1948. My father’s entire village was displaced for two weeks in 1967. In fact, nearly half of my family are…
By Nancy Leonhardt, 2018-19 membership chair for District 6150, Arkansas, USA When it comes to membership growth, there are no magic potions. Our district was blessed to add more than 65 new members last year, one of only four districts in our zone to have any increase. But I can’t point to just one thing…
ShelterBox Head of Operations Alf Evans, left, confers with local contacts including Past RI President Barry Rassin, right, in the Bahamas. Report compiled by Diana White, past district governor, and District 7020 Rotarians The destruction left behind by Hurricane Dorian is devastating. In parts of the Bahamas, literally everything is gone, replaced by piles of…
Gold Coast Passport Rotary Club of District 9640 at Karma Collab Hub in June. By Jayde Purnell, Gold Coast Passport Rotary Club, District 9640 (Australia) A passport Rotary club is designed to attract a diverse demographic, and from my perspective, it’s working. On the last Tuesday of each month, I merrily waltz my way into…
The Rotaract Club of Jacksonville’s Beaches, Florida, USA By Charlie Flynn When I first walked into a meeting of the Rotaract Club of Jacksonville’s Beaches, I couldn’t have possibly known all the unique and rewarding experiences my involvement would afford me. I had no idea what was in store; the connections I would make, the…
By Kathleen Rose, vice president of the Rotary Club of Gilroy, California, USA I attended the Rotary International Convention in Hamburg, Germany, in June, to widen my own leadership experience as I prepare to serve as club president next year. I was asked to present a breakout session entitled Women’s Leadership Skills: Strengthening Our Rotary…