Everyday Rotarians continue to "Do Good In the World!"  They look for ways to make a difference in their communities and in communities around the world.  They use their knowledge of local issues to identify areas of need, then apply their expertise and diverse perspectives to find solutions.  In Korea they established a mentoring project to prepare students with autism and intellectual and emotional disabilities for careers in horticulture.  In Brazil, Rotarians offered judo classes for youth to funnel their energy avoiding violence in the slums.  In Canada, a Rotary club is helping Syrian refugees start new lives, and in Australia clubs are helping to end domestic violence.

 

Your contribution to The Rotary Foundation enables this to happen.  Giving to the Foundation is much easier - just go to rotary.org/donate,  Thank you.

The July Board meeting for the Rotary Club of Ankeny will be:

When:  Thursday, July 11th

Time:  12:00 PM

Where:  Wig & Pen, 2005 South Ankeny Blvd.

 

On the evening of June 11th, members of the Evening Rotary Club of Ankeny completed a food drive to benefit Ankeny's Holy Trinity Lutheran Church's food pantry. In about one and a half hours the group collected 301 pounds of food and paper products.   Last year, 265 pounds were collected.

Sushil Gupta made the following announcement:

 

It is with a heavy heart that I announce my resignation as the president-nominee of Rotary International.  While it was my dream to serve as your president, my health prevents me from giving my absolute best to you and the office of the president at this time.  I believe Rotary deserves nothing less than that from those elected to represent this great organization of ours.  I have made this difficult decision after much soul searching and conferring with my family.  This is not only a disappointment for us, but I am also keenly aware that this will be a disappointment for many Rotarians in India who were so proud to see someone from our country again named as president.  I know that this is what is best for Rotary International.

 

I have been a Rotarian for more than 40 years and it has given me everything I could ask for.  I can think no higher honor than to have been selected by the nominating committee as president of Rotary for 2020-21 Rotary year.  I will continue to proudly serve as a Rotary member and pursue some major initiatives that I wanted to accomplish during my year as president, because I know that we are poised to achieve more great things in the future.  I wish nothing but the best to the candidate who is succeeds me as president and thank you all for the support and encouragement you have shown me in the past year.  - Sushil Gupta