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June 2016 | Connect. Partner. Serve.
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Rotary Fellowships: Mixing passion, friendship, and service

Friendship is one of the top reasons members join and stay in Rotary. To boost these ties, Rotary Fellowships offer members, spouses, and Rotaractors the chance to connect with one another while enjoying their favorite recreational or professional pursuits. Over 60 Rotary Fellowships cover interests from tennis to wine, marathon running to cooking, scuba diving to recreational vehicles, jazz to computers, and more.

Rotary Fellowships arrange regional and international events, contests, and meetings where members bond and build lasting friendships outside their clubs, districts, and even countries. June is Rotary Fellowships Month, so make sure to read our Rotary Service Connections blog to learn how several fellowships combine fun and friendship with service. By connecting Rotarians, family members, program participants and alumni with shared interests, the fellowships extend the Rotary experience beyond local communities.

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Immerse yourself in international service by attending a project fair

 

Gatherings build new connections and service partnerships

Project fair attendees learn about the host region, build friendships, and connect with clubs in need of international partners. These fairs highlight club and district projects while immersing visitors in a different culture. Consider attending one of these project fairs to broaden your horizons and support a new international project:

10th annual Multiclub Workshop
Palermo, Italy
7-11 September
rotary-mcw.com
Contact: Leonardo de Angelis deangelisleonardo08@alice.it

West Africa Project Fair
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
19-26 October
rotarywestafricaprojectfair.org

District 4400 Ecuador Project Fair
Cuenca, Ecuador
11-13 November
rotaryecuador.org

Uniendo America Project Fair
San Salvador, El Salvador
26-28 January
uniendoamericaprojectfair.org

Colombia Project Fair
Cartagena City, Colombia
3-5 February
Contact: Aura Stella Cardona aucapa@hotmail.com

Teamwork shows Rotary members’ power to be facilitators, activators, and advocates

 

Rotarians for Family Health and AIDS Prevention delivers services to thousands in India

Rotary Family Health Days is a signature program of Rotarians for Family Health and AIDS Prevention (RFHA). The program promotes disease prevention and treatment by holding a huge annual campaign in four African countries. Through the campaign, thousands of people in underprivileged communities get free health care services. Since it was started in 2011, the program has benefited more than 1.1 million people across Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda.

In February the RFHA, with Rotarians from District 3040, expanded Rotary Family Health Days to India. Twenty-five sites in the central state of Madhya Pradesh hosted the campaign, which served an additional 70,000 people over three days.

Read our interview with Alicia Michael, incoming president of Rotarians for Family Health and AIDS Prevention, on what it takes to oversee a program of this magnitude.


TRACKING MEMBERSHIP LEADS IS EASIER THAN EVER
Rotary International

District leaders and club officers can now review inquiries from prospective, referred, and relocating or returning members — all in one place. Sign in to My Rotary and visit the Club and District Administration pages to discover how easy it is to manage your online membership leads and review reports.



LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ROTARY FOUNDATION CENTENNIAL

The Rotary Foundation turns 100 in 2016-17! Our Foundation stands at the forefront of humanitarian service, having supported thousands of projects to provide clean water, fight disease, promote peace, and provide basic education — as well as the historic project dedicated to eradicating polio worldwide.

Duties shift for district international service chairs

 

Update aims to improve projects and global grants

With The Rotary Foundation Trustees’ support, the RI Board recently approved changes to the duties and qualifications of the district international service chair position, effective 1 July. By connecting clubs with local Rotarian experts, the updated position will help Rotarians to plan more effective service projects and global grants.

International service chairs will build a district resource network of Rotarians, program participants, and alumni with expertise in Rotary’s areas of focus and community project planning. In collaboration with fellow district leaders and members, Rotarian Action Groups, The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisers, and others, international service chairs will connect projects in need of guidance with local technical experts from the Rotary family and promote other resources for improving service projects and grants.

By including local Rotarian expertise early in project planning and design, this effort aims to increase the quality of projects and global grants. This initiative will provide further vocational service opportunities in sectors that correspond with Rotary’s areas of focus. The effort also aims to increase friendship and cooperation among Rotarians and strengthen connections between Rotarians and Rotary alumni, such as peace fellows.

Contact Rotary Service staff with questions.


Resources & reference

Rotary Ideas
Rotary Showcase
Rotary's Area of Focus guide
Rotary's Areas of Focus presentations
Communities in Action
Community Assessment Tools

Economic and Community Development Project Strategies guide (NEW) 


Rotary Service offers resources and news to help you plan effective service projects.

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