The Rotary Foundation, provision for which is made in the RI Constitution (Article XII) and By-Laws (Article XVIII) was started by then RI President Arch Klumph at the RI Atlanta Convention in 1917. It was then known as the “Rotary Endownment Fund” and the first contribution was in 1918 when the Rotary Club of Kansas …
Author: Nagesh Mahajan Published: Tue, 17-May-2005 Version: 0.14 Article ID: 49 Read: 1225 times Article Size: 10.38 KB RYLA Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is Rotary’s leadership training program for young people. RYLA participants can be in the age group of 14-30, but most clubs and districts choose to focus on a narrower age …
Rotary International District 3300 had in fact undergone a series of changes since its inception two years ago after the formation and establishment of the first Rotary Club – the Rotary Club of Seremban in 1929. Rotary International designated the area comprising Siam (now Thailand) and the Straits Settlements (then Penang, Malacca and Singapore) as “Provincial …
The Rotary Club of Miri has embarked on a planting project to protect mangroves in Sarawak, as part of their Centennial project. The Recent tsunami disaster has taught us some very important lessons on coastal zone management. Nature lashes out at mankind when the environment is provoked. The Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, has now …
Sweating Rotary club members? It is a rare sight, but it has happened and many hope will happen more often, especially when charitable works are concerned. Perspiring Rotarians were very much in evidence when the Rotary Club of Ampang recently staged a 100km cycling felloship in Putrajaya to raise money for education as part of …
Sending a hundred pairs of wheels spinning for 100 kilometers (62.14 miles) was how members of the Malasyian Rotary Club of Kuching decided to set the celebration of Rotary’s Centennial anniversary in their community. In pursuit of that aim, the club launched a symbolic cycling fellowship in Kuching on 29th February 2004, hoping to attract 100 …