By Arnie Grahl, blog editor  One of the best things about managing and editing our blog is that I get to read so many great stories from Rotary members. Truly committed to the motto of Service Abov...

By Etelka Lehoczky There’s a secret to crafting inspiring, exciting Rotary stories, one that will help you overcome the main challenge facing storytellers today. What challenge is that? Limited att...

By Carol Chang If you don’t know what to do, try something! The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Young International Managers Training Program seeks to cultivate and develop the leadership ski...

By Emi Chemat My sister, Tish Abiera-Reyes, caught polio as a toddler. My mum and her went to a celebration in Manila and she caught it there. She wasn’t the only one – a lot of her friends caught ...

By Josh Olewiler, RI Planned Giving Officer For a Planned Giving Officer, it can be hard to keep track of months — and years if I’m being completely honest. We’re basically time travelers, always l...

By Elise Nassif, Rotaractor and Rotary Peace Fellow As a member of Rotaract and a Rotary Peace Fellow at the University of Bradford, I wear many hats: peace builder, Rotaractor, and professional in...

By Suhana Rahman Shukonna, past president of the Interact Club of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and coordinator of Project Talk Hope My journey in Rotary began when I became the charter president of the Inter...

By Jason Browne In September 2024, I found myself in an unexpected situation: I was “held hostage” by an entity whimsically named Mr. Privilege. He forced me into a disaster simulator where my wate...

By Hiroyasu Goami, Rotary Club of Fukushima, Japan In Japan, picking up trash is a sport. SpoGOMI, or Sport x Trash Pickup, began in Japan in 2008 and involves teams competing to pick up the most t...

By Martin Parnell, Rotary Club of Cochrane, Alberta, Canada In April of 2023, I met David Falconer, a high school principal from Cochrane who works in Calgary. Falconer is founder of “Classrooms Wi...