Rachel first heard of Rotaract when she went on a international Rotary trip to the Dominican Republic in 2017. She was the Snohomish County Rotaract's founding President. 

 

Rotaract is for young adults 18-30 and focuses on service.  20% are young professionals and 70% are undergrad students.  Rotaract is also for professional development and fellowship.  There are 10 clubs in District 5050.  4 are American and 6 are Canadian.  District 5050 met the challenge issued by RI President Barry to double the number of Rotaract members. The District now has more than 76 Rotaractors.  Now they are looking for mentors to work with Rotaractors.

 

This year Rotaractors from our District are going to Guatemala in August to work with Hands for Peacemaking. 

 

In order to grow Rotaract members are working on growing dual membership, promoting transition from Interact Clubs members to Rotaract, and knowing where Rotaract clubs are located so referrals can be made. 

 

The Snohomish County Rotaract has partnered with the Monroe Rotary for National Night Out and handed out books to the community. They have also helped with projects of other Rotary Clubs in Snohomish County including participating in Area J's tree planting last year.

 

Rachal will be doing the world race from June to April.  She will be traveling to 11 countries and spending one month in each country.  She will be doing Christian and humanitarian works and also connecting with Rotary clubs while in each country.  She will be blogging on rachelannpreston.theworldrace.org.  You can connect with District 5050 Rotaract through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Linkedin.  For Facebook click HERE.

 

 

To join Snohomish County Rotaract, members only have to pay $30 per year.  Rotaract clubs can be established through a college or university or community based.  Community based seem to be more successful as people in a community stay longer than in a college or university. 

 

Editor's Note:  Rotary International's Council on Legislation just made a significant change to the status of Rotaract.  Instead of a Rotary Program, Rotaract Clubs will now be treated as full fledged Rotary Clubs with a different dues structure.  For more on the Council of Legistation actions, click HERE.