This November 16th-20th is Rotary Gratefulness Week where each District in Zones 26/27 will be celebrating our essential workers! Essential workers encompass an array of different vocations and obligations and this is our opportunity to show them our gratitude....
As you most likely are aware, we once again are experiencing wildfires and the related destruction across our Rotary District (and a lot of California). Our Rotary District is already reaching out to our clubs and members in affected regions to learn how to help. Now...
Greetings, fellow Rotarians and Rotaractors! I am so honored to serve as your president this year. We have important work ahead of us at Rotary, and we are going to have a lot of fun as we do it. Last year, we launched our five-year Action Plan to build a stronger...
The Rotary Foundation Trustees and Rotary International Board of Directors have added a new area of focus: supporting the environment. More than $18 million in Foundation global grant funding has been allocated to environment-related projects over the past five years....
District 5130 is looking for enthusiastic, dedicated, energetic, and caring Rotarians to undertake leadership roles critical to the support of Club/District activities and service programs within Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma Counties. All...
As our year together draws to a close, I’m sending you my final newsletter as District Governor. Thank you for all you have done this year for your club, community, and the world. This year we have had several approaches to our newsletters. Thank you Tom Boag...
To All Rotary Members in District 5130 – I have an exceptional and extraordinary request of you, and all members in our district, to join the fight against COVID-19. What if there was a way to help, from the safety of our homes, and make a real difference? Our...
Assistant Governor John LemMon provided the following: When RI President Mark Maloney introduced his 2019-2020 theme, he wrote a few prescient words, as follows. “Rotary is built on connection. When Paul Harris came to Chicago as a young lawyer, he formed Rotary for...