Celebrate the freedoms we have by choosing to serve others and to act as a model.
Rotarians in the world help others through the services we provide in preserving life, helping those in need, encouraging educational activities, preserving our environment, and so much more. We, as Rotarians, choose to go forward to lead and elevate those less fortunate to enable them to be a positive contributor. In June of each year, we look back on our accomplishments and usher in a new team of leaders elected in the democratic process. We are grateful for those who have served the Rotary Club and look forward to new beginnings with newly elected leaders moving forward with service plans for the next twelve months.
Ongoing programs include the Rotary House sponsored by the Rotary Club of The Woodlands which provides housing support for those out-of-town patients and their families coming to the six major hospitals and cancer treatment facilities for world-class treatment. Shelter boxes sponsored by the Rotary Club of Conroe provides packaged housing for immediate shipment to house those impacted by wars and natural disasters in Gaza, Ukraine, Nepal, and other areas. Rotary Clubs provide tens of thousands of dollars in student scholarships. In addition, Rotary Clubs provide Interact Club sponsorships which is Rotary on a high school basis, helping to guide youth into leaders.
Each January, Rotary Clubs sponsor youth to attend Leadership Camps over a weekend. These life-changing events for Juniors are called Rotary Youth Leadership Awards aka RYLA. “I Like Me” Books are distributed to first graders by the Rotary Club of Conroe to encourage these six-year-olds to read. The Rotary Club of Magnolia has established a pollinator garden as a model for others to assist the bee population to re-bound. The Rotary Club of Lake Conroe works with the City of Montgomery and the Library System to establish and maintain and grow Memory Park serving those in the Montgomery area. The Rotary Club of Conroe planted a small forest of trees along the north side of Runyan Elementary School eight years ago with trees now over 20-feet tall and growing.
Rotarians are working on a world-wide basis to completely eradicate Polio and are entering into their first year of no cases of Polio. It will take three years with no cases of Polio for this disease to be classified as eradicated.
Rotarians are investing in “third-world” countries to build small businesses, especially women-owned businesses. We work with a variety of groups in drilling water wells to assist communities to have suitable drinking sources.
Rotarians promote peace in our communities by focusing on commonalities and building on what is good. We promote gratitude and a sense of doing what is right by instilling our Four-Way Test, being
• Is it the truth?
• Is it fair to all concerned?
• Will it build good will and better friendships?
• Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Many Rotarians also add a fifth question being Is it fun? In Rotary, we have fun in all aspects of our service to our community, our country, and the world. We are grateful to be able to serve and to have the freedoms we have to make the world a better place. I wish all a safe Fourth of July as we celebrate our forefathers and the freedoms our Country has.
For further information on Rotary, please email Ron Saikowski at rsaikowski@comcast.net
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