Celebrate Community week encourages members of local Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis, and Optimist clubs to work together on collaborative service projects and showcase the value of service in our communities. Celebrate Community is the week of 11-17 September, 2023. 

To help us make this the BEST ROTARY DISTRICT IN THE UNIVERSE!!

One of the best things you can do to bolster the image of Rotary in your community is to celebrate what someone in your community is doing to make things better.

Fortune is an example of a women who is demonstrating what can happen when a Zambian woman takes advantage of grant funds to make a better life for her family. Click here for the story details.

 

Rotary International President R. Gordon R. McInally wants Rotary to exist everywhere in a style that suits everyone who has the desire to work with us to do good. During this year, he'll focus on three presidential initiatives that Create Hope in the World: prioritizing mental health, building peace through virtual exchanges, and empowering girls.

Rotary International sent semi-annual invoices to club officers July 21, 2023. If you have not already done so, please process and keep your club in good standing.

Details will be provided as the conference develops.

Rotary Fellowships are international groups that share a common passion or profession. Membership in a fellowship is open to any person who’s interested.

Planning for Rotary District 5650’s RYLA camp is well underway.  Here are five need-to-knows for clubs!

Our new Rotary year is in full swing, and the Awards Committee has been working on streamlining awards and how we can help each club achieve those awards!
 

Rotary and Rotaract clubs and districts are provided with general liability and directors & officers/employment practices liability insurance through the U.S. Rotary Club and District Liability Insurance Program. Emails are sent from Rotary International to Club Officers periodically. We recently received an email detailing important information about our assessments for 2023-24.

 

It is a new Rotary Year - and time to use the new theme logo. There are other versions available at Rotary.org brand center. And for those that have a ClubRunner subscription, they are in your image library.

See Club and District Information - right at your fingertips. Find the ClubRunner App in your app store. Use the same logon as with the ClubRunner websites (District and Club).

Do you have an upcoming event - maybe a fundraiser? Share your information so that it appears on the District Website and Calendar.

Does your Club have a subscription to ClubRunner for your Club Management? Access to additional aspects of the system do not automatically change when you define your Officers.

Rotary Theme for 2023-24 is Create Hope in the World. Click here to read about RI President 2023-24 R. Gordon R. McInally and the theme.

We periodically hear from Rotary Clubs outside of our District - around the world. We will share their invitations and ideas here. Stories without specific dates are listed at the end of the article.

www.rotarydistrict5650.org is our Rotary District 5650 website.

 

The home page is designed to provide information about Rotary that is good for, not only Rotarians, but also the public. The links will take you to My District Home which includes stories primarily written for Rotarians.