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Waste not

3 weeks ago | rotary.org | Carolyn Beans

It happens every year. Apple cider appears at the grocery store and I immediately start planning. My family will carve pumpkins and host outdoor movie nights and sit by firepits. For all these activities, we’ll need warm apple cider, and lots of it. I buy a gallon. On my next trip, I buy another. I can’t be caught short during cider season. But inevitably, we tire of apple cider, and the remainder turns vinegary in the back of the refrigerator before I pour it down the drain.
Nobel laureate leads speaker roster for 2025 Rotary International convention

1 month ago | rotary.org | Etelka Lehoczky

Share: Share on Facebook Tweet this Page Email this PageThe first woman from the Arab world to win the Nobel Peace Prize will address Rotary International’s 2025 convention, which takes place from 21-25 June in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Tawakkol Karman has endured persecution and imprisonment for speaking out in favor of democracy and women’s empowerment.
Rotary honors a teacher and mentor with the 2025 Sylvia Whitlock Leadership Award

1 month ago | rotary.org | Etelka Lehoczky

Share: Share on Facebook Tweet this Page Email this PageThe 2025 recipient of Rotary’s Sylvia Whitlock Leadership Award combines a longstanding commitment to empowering women with a talent for teaching and mentorship. Ayda Özeren, a member of the Rotary Club of Izmir-Gündogdu, Izmir, Turkey, is an author, mediator, and professional speaker whose work has touched the lives of as many as 11,000 women and girls. “We have to change the leadership process.
A way off 'the track'

1 month ago | rotary.org | Erin Gartner |Grant Hindsley

Dozens of gunshots pierce the quiet, jarring me awake at 3:30 a.m. It’s a warm night in early July, must just be fireworks, I say to myself before falling back to sleep. Later, I learn about the 30-plus cartridge casings that police found at the intersection three blocks from my home in north Seattle.
Rotary honors six People of Action: Champions of Peace

2 months ago | rotary.org | Etelka Lehoczky

Share: Share on Facebook Tweet this Page Email this PageRotary recognized six members and alumni as People of Action: Champions of Peace in January. This honor celebrates the recipients’ work to build peace around the world. Their ambitious and wide-ranging efforts include teaching technical skills to refugee children and promoting sustainable agriculture. The honorees exemplify Rotary’s values and the dedication it takes to make a lasting impact.
Rotary peace conference seeks to heal in a divided world

2 months ago | rotary.org | Etelka Lehoczky

Share: Share on Facebook Tweet this Page Email this PageBuilding peace requires thoughtful, sustained efforts and meaningful partnerships, Rotary International President Stephanie A. Urchick told attendees at a peace conference in Istanbul. The presidential conference, held 20-22 February, focused on “Healing in a Divided World.”In her opening address, Urchick described the dedication required for true healing to take place.
Mário César Martins de Camargo calls on members to Unite for Good

2 months ago | rotary.org | Etelka Lehoczky

Share: Share on Facebook Tweet this Page Email this PageRotary International President-elect Mário César Martins de Camargo asked members to Unite for Good by embracing growth, service, and connection as he outlined a plan to expand “the best-qualified team of volunteers on the planet.”“Rotary’s greatest asset is not our history, our projects, or even our unmatched global reach.
The election observers

2 months ago | rotary.org | Kunle Adebajo

Pietro Uzochukwu Macleo had reasons to be worried. Nigeria was holding a tightly contested presidential election and he was coordinating scores of people who would be observing the process across the country. It could get rowdy, or worse, bloody. But what Macleo felt most of all when he woke up that Saturday morning in February 2023 wasn’t fear. It was excitement.
Growing opportunities

2 months ago | rotary.org | Etelka Lehoczky

Share: Share on Facebook Tweet this Page Email this PageIn an impoverished area of Bhubaneswar, a city in eastern India, residents have found a surprising source of income: the humble mushroom. Salia Sahi is one of the most crowded and underserved communities in the state of Odisha. Its largely migrant population of 100,000 lacks necessities such as a regular supply of clean water, and many people struggle to support themselves and their families.
Rotary members jump into action to help Los Angeles wildfire victims

Jan 20, 2025 | rotary.org | Clara Germani

Share: Share on Facebook Email this PageBill “Chilly” Chillingworth walked out the door of his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on 7 January — a normal, bright California, USA, Tuesday morning — for a business appointment 60 miles south. He would never see the house again. In the early afternoon his adult daughter called to describe wildfire smoke blooming over canyons that descend sharply to the Pacific near where Chillingworth and his fiancé live.