Make new friends around the world
19 DecBy Zuhal Sharp, Rotary Service and Engagement Staff Rotary Fellowships provide a great way to make new friends around the world and enhance your Rotary experience. Currently there are more than 70 …
Make new friends around the world
19 Dec
By Zuhal Sharp, Rotary Service and Engagement Staff
Rotary Fellowships provide a great way to make new friends around the world and enhance your Rotary experience. Currently there are more than 70 Rotary Fellowships. These are autonomous internationally organized groups of Rotarians, family members, program participants, and alumni who share a common passion.
As we wrap up the 2016 calendar year, we wanted to share some new fellowships that were recently recognized by the RI Board of Directors:
- Whisk(e)y Drinking Rotarians and Members (DRAM) offers opportunities to learn about Whisk(e)y, food pairings and other topics related to the appreciation of all whiskies produced worldwide. Visit their website or contact chair Terry Moore.
- The International Fellowship of Draughts Playing Rotarians fosters friendship among those who enjoy playing the game of draughts (checkers). The group plans to organize individual matches and team tournaments. They encourage Rotaractors and Interactors to join to…
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Reflections from the field: intensive disaster relief courses inspire service
13 DecBy Luke Addison, member of the Rotaract Club of University of Winchester, England and Rotaract Multi-District Contact for RIBI I first heard about ShelterBox in 2013. I had just become the Presiden…
Source: Reflections from the field: intensive disaster relief courses inspire service
Reflections from the field: intensive disaster relief courses inspire service
13 DecBy Luke Addison, member of theRotaract Club of University of Winchester, England and Rotaract Multi-District Contact for RIBI
I first heard about ShelterBox in 2013. I had just become the President of the University of Winchester Rotaract Club and was working with several friends to get the group involved in local and international projects. We were, and are still to this day, very lucky to have the support of the Winchester Rotary Club in all that we do. Their club allowed our members to engage with their projects and therefore create some great connections. There was a particular Rotarian who had spoken with me about ShelterBox and the work they did and suggested we raise funds for them. In just a few days we were at Winchester University at 7:00 AM putting up a ShelterBox tent and then standing alongside it for several hours.
In the past few years…
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