Courtesy of The Grand Island Independent By Robert Pore robert.pore@theindependent.com As chief executive officer of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Jeff Raikes has traveled worldwide in the organization's effort to eliminate polio. But, wherever his travels...
Past District Governor Deb McCaslin joins Joe and Kelly Kirk on their weekly radio program focused on Rotary service! PDG Deb shares her passion for a project, “Girl’s Empowerment in Zimbabwe”, that you can help with. Listen to the podcast by clicking on the image above. You can find the podcast library under the name Searching for Service.
Interact Members Join International Polio Trip
By Delane Wycoff Polio Plus Chair delanew@charter.net 308-532-4797 Ogallala Interact Club Plans Polio Trip to India Attending the Grand Island event with Jeff Raikes were representatives of the Ogallala Interact club. This club is raising funds to send four of their...
December is for Family
December is for Family I want to take this opportunity to extend heartfelt holiday greetings to each and everyone in our District 5630 Family of Rotary. I sincerely hope that you experience many blessings and joys during this month dedicated to “Family.” This is a...
November Brings Thanksgiving and Rotary Foundation Giving
Greetings to All District 5630 Rotarians! It is appropriate that during the month of November, when we celebrate Thanksgiving, we also focus on The Rotary Foundation (TRF). This wonderful Foundation began in 1917 when the RI President Arch Klumph announced the...
Polio Plus performance by Jeff Wahl
The Curtis Rotary Club is sponsoring a concert for PolioPlus on Thursday, November 8 at 7:00pm at the United Methodist Church in Curtis, NE. Jeff Wahl is a solo acoustic guitarist from Colorado. He writes much of his own music but will be playing a variety of music...
Vocational Service Brings New Four-Way Test Contest, Ideas for Club Activities
Greetings to All District 5630 Rotarians! Vocational Service is the Rotary Theme for the month of October. As Rotarians, we are encouraged to refocus on this important avenue of service through on emphasis on the Rotary Code of Conduct and the tenets of our...
District 5630 Wins Membership Challenge
District 5360 and PDG Ron Bazata’s name are the first entries on a new Membership Challenge banner for Rotary International Zones 21b and 27. The award was presented at Zone Institute in Kansas City, September 8th. District 5630 had the largest per capita membership...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at event on Polio Eradication
United Nations, New York, NY - "This extraordinary gathering shows our collective will to eradicate polio. We have in this room the leaders of the remaining polio endemic countries and the partners who are going to help end this disease once and for all. I am...
“New Generations” is Focus of September Calendar
Greetings to All District 5630 Rotarians! September is the month that Rotary International features New Generations, the youngest generation in the family of Rotary. Many are participants in Rotary’s youth and young adult programs: Interact, Rotaract, Rotary Youth...
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