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Anyone a member?

What’s it all about?

Care to share?

Dunno.

I do like me some 12 year old Lion Club mints.

Rotary International (RI) is the designation for the parent organization for all local Rotary clubs. The members (Rotarians) are chosen by invitation to represent their profession and to bring their charity and energy to the meetings, local projects and world-wide service. The best way to learn about Rotary is to talk with a friend or business associate who is a Rotarian, get invited to a local meeting and consider it a social event unless/until you want to get involved. I have belonged to 3 clubs in my home towns and have been disappointed to be transferred and have to leave my Rotary friends behind, but realizing that "new family" will be found in my next job location. Rotarians are good people with common admirable goals and personal attributes. Check the internet for the SOPs for members, mission statement, all that fine print (THAT is the foundation of Rotary). The spark plugs and the labor force - the members and contributors. In 1988 RI undertook a massive service project called Polio Plus, to eliminate Polio worldwide. Today that has resulted in a 99.9% reduction of polio cases and prevented the subsequent deaths and crippling aftermath. That could not have been done by any single nation or government, any NGO, or those whose vision of the future was tainted by Marxism, socialism, progressive-ism or climate change attitudes/activities. Service above self comes to mind again.

All the service clubs (Rotary, Kiwanis, Elks, Optimists, Lions, etc.) emphasize membership activities, networking opportunities and projects beneficial to their communities. The other clubs may have international activities that I am unaware of, but Rotary especially emphasizes international cooperative programs that impact individuals, communities and countries in positive ways that few people realize until they see it from the inside. My family has hosted multiple "foreign" exchange students and we have participated with friends in work that is worthwhile, needed and, often, fun. Bring enthusiasm and a charitable attitude and appreciate what can be accomplished when good folks work hard together. If you want to help but can't seem to get away from everyday chores and a challenging job, consider donating to the Rotary Foundation. They do an incredible job of squeezing the full value of any monetary contribution to benefit society and they are faithful stewards of those funds, requiring full accountability from all participants. The RI officers and board members serve without pay, resulting in more bang for every donated buck. You can consult Charity Navigator to see their enviable 100% rating.

Thought abotu the rotry club.


Thanks good fokls

Not a member... Must be about Wankel engines?...

I was a member. Loved the projects and hate the meting's

I was a member for years. Heavily involved in the foreign exchange program (for obvious reasons) and loved the people and the meetings. We have a fantastic group of people in the club and they did a great job with guest speakers on interesting topics. The moment I can get the farms fully staffed up I'm going back.

My Grandad had perfect attendance for over 55 years. When he’d skip a meeting they’d allow him to attend two the next month to keep his attendance record. He even looked up the local chapter and attended a meeting in Alaska when he and my Grandmom were on a 6 week vacation, they stopped and he went to another in Canada somewhere on the way back.

Our local club did a bunch of great projects over the years locally and my grandparents hosted close to a dozen exchange students over the years. One of which was my first love, a beautiful blonde from Finland, unfortunately it didn’t work out since she was 17 and I was 7. 😁

Many of their exchange students stayed in touch for decades, some even brought their own families back to visit after they’d married and had kids. My uncle spent a half a year in Finland with an exchange student that stayed with them and they’d become good friends.

But nowadays in the world of social media where people don’t have a need for physical interaction with one another our chapter has folded up. The youngest member at the end was late 50’s and everyone else was in their 80’s. Clubs of all sorts are a dying breed.