This month, we’re watching triathlon training, keeping up with new club members, and learning how mangroves save lives in Malaysia.
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What kind of person would contemplate swimming, biking, and running nearly 500 miles in three days? Ask Jeff Glidden, who not only dreamed up the challenge but did it. “I wanted to find a way to raise $100,000 for The Rotary Foundation without any overhead costs, so that 100 percent of donations could go directly to helping people,” says Glidden, of the Rotary Club of the Spokane Valley (Opportunity), Washington, USA.
Watch his journey.
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What’s it like to be a Rotarian? New member Paul Gorman, of the
Rotary Club of Rancho Bernardo Sunrise, San Diego, California, USA, decided to chronicle his Rotary experience.
Check out his blog to find out why he keeps getting up early for his breakfast meeting, and no, it’s not just for the scrambled eggs.
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A Group Study Exchange (GSE) team from District 9450 in Western Australia tapped into technology to stay in touch while abroad. From planning to reporting each day’s activities,
read the team's blog to get a first-hand look at the GSE program.
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After the 2004 South Asian tsunami, the Rotary Club of Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, embarked on a mangrove replanting project in areas where trees had been removed to minimize the damage of future disasters.
Learn more about the project on YouTube.