Clubs make plans for Rotarians At Work Day

By Arnold R. Grahl
Rotary International News -- 25 April 2011

Tim Aspell, 2010-11 president of the Rotary Club of Vista, California, USA, supports William Harmatz, a former Preakness-winning jockey, during a Rotarians At Work Day project in 2010. Photo courtesy of District 5340

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The Rotary clubs of Truckee and Truckee Sunrise, California, USA, will be teaming up to build an exercise course for elementary school students on Rotarians At Work Day, 30 April.

Dozens of volunteers are expected to help create a looping path through the woods behind Truckee Elementary School. Steps and ramps will help students navigate between the course’s two levels.

Started in 2006 by the late Bob Watson, past governor of District 5340 (California), Rotarians At Work Day happens the last Saturday in April each year and challenges clubs around the world to carry out hands-on service efforts in their community.

Watson hoped that by 2014, every club and Rotarian would participate.

"We're really starting to see the impact of Rotarians At Work Day as more Rotary clubs around the world perform community service projects on the same day," says Pamela Russell, chair of the District 5340 Rotary Foundation Committee. "It provides a great opportunity to revitalize your club, attract new members, and generate publicity for Rotary."

Other projects planned for Rotarians At Work Day include:

The Rotary Club of Pôrto Alegre-Bom Fim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, plans to collect fresh fruits and vegetables at a street market to give to patients with mental disabilities.
More than 65 members of the Rotary Club of Carson City, Nevada, USA, are expected to help tidy up the landscaping around the Brewery Arts Center, a community theater, media, and entertainment facility. Afterward, the club will celebrate with a barbecue.
Members of the Rotary Club of Hooghly, West Bengal, India, will visit the ophthalmology department of a hospital where the club is supporting an ongoing project to provide intraocular lens implants for people with cataracts.
The Rotary Club of Napanee, Ontario, Canada, will pick up garbage and recyclables from a 1-mile stretch of highway in the community.
Rotarians in District 9200 (Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda), in conjunction with Rotarians for Fighting AIDS: A Rotarian Action Group, will be helping with HIV testing and counseling throughout the district.

Check out what other clubs are doing, and learn how your club or district can participate in this year's Rotarians At Work Day.

Share photos of your club's Rotarians At Work Day activity on the Family of Rotary Flickr group.

14 Comments:

At 10:44AM on 1 June 2011, Jim Hughes wrote: Please see the Rotarians At Work website www.rotariansatwork.org. List your Club projects and let the Rotary World see your community service.

At 12:12PM on 16 May 2011, Barbara Duke wrote: Rotary is all about team work. The rotary wheel symbol shows how we must all make the wheel turn together.

At 9:11AM on 6 May 2011, Rotaractor Adewale Olugbenga wrote: The Rotaract club of mushin donates food stuffs to the disabled from the Rotaract district 9110,Nigeria/also vocational training on photography one of the elements in Mass communication

At 10:10AM on 3 May 2011, Anna Nyanga wrote: Lushoto Rotary club which is one year old! Its our first time to be involved in rotarians at work day! . Rotarians can change the world!

At 10:09AM on 3 May 2011, Resty Musonge wrote: KAMPALA CITY- MAKERERE RC in partnership with SUNRISE RC and AIDS INFORMATION CENTER conducted a free HIV counseling and Testing at Makerere University Guest House as our activity to commemorate Rotary at Work day. By 3.00 pm 100 people had been tested and we had to send for more kits. It was agood experience seeing rotarians involved in mobilising especially young people to know their HIV status. There is still more need and the response is good

At 10:10AM on 2 May 2011, Jacob Ssendawula wrote: Thanks for the good work. God bless. Viva rotary.

At 10:14AM on 2 May 2011, Janey Ball wrote: great idea ..... plan on it migrating to Southern Africa, in the not too distant future.

At 10:15AM on 2 May 2011, Rtn Suryanarayana SV - President Rotary E-Club Of District 3150, India wrote: "Get & Gift Garments" is being launched by our Club to commemorate and to join "Rotarians At Work Day " being observed by Rotarians world over on the last Saturday in April each year. This year it is on 30th April. Our Rotary E-Club is the first Rotary Club in Rotary District 3150 [comprising 91 Rotary Clubs] in India to enroll and enlist as a project on http://www.rotariansatwork.org with project number #1511 to implement on 30th April, 2011. View more details on our Club website at http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/SitePages/SitePage.aspx?cid=7442&pid=60608

At 10:10AM on 2 May 2011, Linda Peterson wrote: Our club will clean up our project, Storybook Island in Rapid City, SD, USA, during city-wide cleanup day. Then we will "cleanup" and join the Northern Hills Rotary club at their fundraiser: Beer Brats Bingo and Polka Night! A long and fun Rotary day. Pictures to come...

At 10:09AM on 2 May 2011, dinesh sharma wrote: The Rotary clubs of Truckee and Truckee Sunrise, California, USA deserves great appreciation, we will follow. dinesh raj sharma, rc kathmandu, RID 3292

At 9:56AM on 2 May 2011, Trish Boyle wrote: Sounds great. As District Governor of RI District 9980 we held a District Community Day on February 26 where the 30 clubs in my Diastrict were involved in a community based project. This was very successful with Rotary receiveing a very high profile. We intend to repeat it next year.

At 9:28AM on 28 April 2011, Dean Dickinson wrote: District 6250 initiated Rotarians at Work Day last year. Over half of the clubs, and over 800 Rotarians turned out. The opportunity for wonderful community service is obvious. The high levels of media attention and the public relations value was not anticipated. RAW is a great way to put a face on Rotary.

At 4:03PM on 27 April 2011, Oyesigye Robert Stuart wrote: Impressed with what Rotarians are planning to do on Rotariians at work day. My Club has already planned to participate in HIV counselling & counselling. Rotary club of Ntungamo, Uganda District 9200

At 11:56AM on 27 April 2011, Binod Khaitan wrote: This is very inspirational ... continue the good work .... ! Wish more & more Rotarians join and give their stories.

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