District Governor Visit

Aaron extended greetings on behalf of his home club, Lockport NY, as well as the District leadership team. He expressed his appreciation for Lincoln Rotarians serving among those on the District’s leadership team now and in past years.

Expanding on Rotary’s theme "Unite for Good", he explained that it is grounded in the VISION, "Together we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change across the globe, in our communities and in ourselves."

As Rotarians, our collective focus has been on membership and securing Rotary's future. Rotary’s greatest asset is our members. Aaron shared his membership story that began when he moved from Texas to Lockport, NY & his new boss encouraged him to join Rotary to get to know his new community. He explained that his club has become like family over the past 8 years. In 'fireside chat' style, several club members shared their stories.

Rotary International has designed a Rotary Action Plan for membership and the District is supporting this initiative. It's important that we have an intergenerational approach in our club membership. We have to be able to bring in younger people. Aaron is inviting clubs to think about how we can embrace new ideas, but also keep and honour the legacies that have made the club so successful.

Pictured in photo: President John (left) introduced Aaron (right) and presented him with a Bike the Benchlands 2025 cycling jersey in appreciation for his visit to our club. It was fortuitous that Aaron was on hand as Lincoln Rotary welcomed our RYE student Joaquin Guglieminentti (centre) who had just arrived from Argentina