RI President Barry Rassin, middle, with Rotaractors in Mozambique. By Barry Rassin, 2018-19 RI president Time has really flown by. As the Rotary year draws to a close, I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on all that we’ve accomplished together. When I started my year as president of Rotary, I set a number…

Mike Norkin leads District 5330’s RYLA as camp director. By Mike Norkin, RYLA camp director for District 5330 (California, USA) I attended my first Rotary club meeting as a 24-year-old guest of a member, and sat in complete awe. Students and members who had attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards program the weekend before were…

The Rotarian Metalhead Fellowship booth in the House of Friendship, 2019 Rotary International Convention in Hamburg, Germany. By Felix Heintz, founder and chair of the Rotarian Metalhead Fellowship, with Manouchehr Shamsrizi, co-founder and the fellowship’s director of partnerships What do Rotary and heavy metal music have in common? The similarities may surprise you. Every year,…

People of Action campaign assets are available in the Brand Center. By Ron Janssen, governor of District 6980 (Florida, USA) Our People of Action campaign tells the world Rotarians are people of action. But are we as district leaders being people of action when it comes to that very campaign? Faced with a tight budget,…

The Rotary Club of Kingsville Southshore, Ontario, Canada, involves children in all club activities. By Stacey Jones, Rotary Club of Kingsville Southshore, Ontario, Canada What is inspiration? To me it means that we are so moved by something, that we are compelled to act. Almost without a conscious thought. That was my experience in Italy…

Munkhtuul Nyamdorf, from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, checks out the four priorities of Rotary’s new strategic plan in the Future of Rotary Booth during the 2019 Rotary International Convention in Hamburg. Photo by Monika Lozinska/Rotary International By Jessie Harman, chair of the Rotary International Membership Committee and a member of the Rotary Club of Wendouree Breakfast, Victoria,…

Rüdiger Niemz. 4 June 2019, Hamburg, Germany. Rüdiger Niemz, Rotary Club of Mondseeland, Austria, as told to Diana Schoberg. Photos by Monika Lozinska “When I was invited to join Rotary, instead of giving a presentation about my job, as everyone is expected to do, I did a whiskey tasting. “I became interested in whiskey when…

Ella Lacy. 1 June 2019, Hamburg, Germany. Ella Phillips Lacey, a member of the Rotary Club of Carbondale, Illinois, USA, as told to Jenny Llakmani. Photos by Monika Lozinska “I was a professor at Southern Illinois University’s school of medicine for 22 years. My Ph.D. is in health education. At the end of 1994, I…

Deli Levi-Jensen. 1 June 2019, Hamburg, Germany. Deli Levi-Jensen, Rotary Club of Herning International, Denmark as told to Diana Schoberg. Photos by Monika Lozinska “After I moved from Israel to Denmark, my life felt like it was missing something. I was successful at what I was doing. I have a great family and a lot…