On Tuesday, April 2, Club 1907 introduced three remarkable Southwest Legacy High School Rotary Interact Club students.
These young leaders aren’t just scholars; they’re Rotary Club scholarship candidates, poised to make a difference. Let's meet them.
Rotary Club of San Antonio West welcomed former Afghan diplomat Naqibullah Ehsas as our speaker on Tuesday, February 6th.
 District Governor Monica Gutierrez is challenging all Clubs to donate online to the Annual Fund on Nov. 28, 2023, Giving Tuesday. The Club that gives the most money will receive $1000 in points/dollars from the District.   |
Every hero has an origin story. “I was 10 years old when the entire journey started,” explains Binish Desai. It began with a cartoon called Captain Planet, an animated TV series from the 1990s about an environmentalist with superpowers. Desai can still recite the show’s refrain: Captain Planet, he’s our hero / Gonna take pollution down to zero! “That tagline stuck in my mind,” he says. “I wanted to do something to help Captain Planet.”
An estimated 500 million people worldwide became infected. Many cities closed theaters and cinemas, and placed restrictions on public gatherings. Rotary clubs adjusted their activities while also helping the sick.
This is how Rotary responded to the influenza pandemic that began in 1918 and came in three waves, lasting more than a year.
The Rotary Club of Berkeley, California, USA, meets in John Hinkel Park during the 1918 flu pandemic.
Photo by Edwin J. McCullagh, 1931-32 club president. Courtesy of the Rotary Club of Berkeley.
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