District Governor visits Rhinebeck Rotary

Posted by Katherine A. Dewkett

Tansukh Dorawala spoke recently at a luncheon meeting of the Rhinebeck Rotary Club at the Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck. As District Governor, he oversees more than 60 clubs in the Hudson Valley. Here Rhinebeck Rotary President Gary McDonald (at right) presents Tansukh with a banner from the Rhinebeck Club, thanking him for the support District 7210 has given to the Rhinebeck Rotary Club’s international program.

Joining with high school Interact students, club members in the past two years—with grant support from District 7210 that supplemented local fund-raising efforts--have built a classroom and a cafeteria in a rural area of Nicaragua and plan on sending a delegation of Interact students and Rotary advisors there again in 2012.

Rotary is a worldwide organization of more than 1.2 million business, professional, and community leaders. Members of Rotary clubs, known as Rotarians, provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. There are 33,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds. As signified by the motto Service Above Self, Rotary’s main objective is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world.