Rotary 360 – Stories of service from around the world

By Rachele Bouchand, Rotary Club of Bellevue, Washington, USA
When I was first introduced to Rotary as a young professional, I honestly had a very different idea of what Rotary was. I thought it was a club for mostly older people who greeted each other with a secret handshake. It felt like a world far removed from...

By Subbarao Ravuri, foundation chair and executive secretary of the Rotary Club of Vijayawada Midtown, Andhra Pradesh, India
When our Rotary Club of Vijayawada Midtown chartered in 1985, it started modestly – just 33 members with big dreams.
Over the years, the club grew, and in 2018, we reached an incredible milestone: becoming the largest Rotary club with 650 members. Today, with more than 750 members, we continue to hold that title with pride....

By Scott Learned, District 5400 learning facilitator and former president of the Rotary Club of Boise, Idaho, USA.
My parents, both Rotarians, brought me to my first Rotary meeting when I was 6 years old. I even assisted my dad with a presentation on how user-friendly and helpful computers could be. I was engaged even back then!...

By Jessica Bailey Weiss, president of the Rotary Club of Morro Bay, California, USA
My dad, John Weiss, was relentless about Rotary, even when he was forced to do his service work or attend club meetings virtually from his hospital bed.
Throughout various treatments for a rare type of cancer, he didn’t want to miss out on being there for our club and for other clubs that he helped as a past district governor....