RI President 2022-23 Jennifer
Jones
Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland
Ontario, Canada
Dear Fellow Rotarians, Rotaractors, and friends
June 2023
Speaking to you through the pages of Rotary magazine this
past year has brought me so much joy. I have especially enjoyed
sharing the incredible stories of the wonderful people Nick and
I have met on the Imagine Impact Tour.
From Patzún in the mountainous western highlands of Guatemala
to a small village outside of Lusaka, Zambia, we have been greeted
by countless people who imagine and work toward a better world.
We were inspired by teachers who imagine a better education for
girls and boys facing gender-based violence, by Rotaractors in a
refugee settlement who created a flour mill to provide for their
families in a critical food shortage, and by brave polio workers
who push tirelessly to reach every last child.
All of us have imagined Rotary this year. This means looking past
what we are today and reaching for what we could be tomorrow. We
imagine a Rotary that will continue to tell our stories in impactful
ways, work to reduce our carbon footprint, and focus on diversity,
equity, and inclusion efforts that lift every voice in our organization
and beyond.
Nick and I want to thank all of you for the moments we’ve
shared and for your efforts to Imagine Rotary. And now, we
look forward to continuing these efforts as we Create Hope
in the World. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve with
each of you.
.
Jennifer Jones
President 2022-23
Trustee Chair's Message - June
2023
Ian H.S.
Riseley
Trustee Chair 2022-23
Sandringham, Victoria, Australia,
Trustee chair's
message
June 2023
June marks the end of one chapter and the beginning
of another in Rotary, a bittersweet time to reflect
as we look ahead.
Looking back on this year, The Rotary Foundation accomplished
a great deal. We renewed our determination to fight
polio to the end. Rotary and its partners in the Global
Polio Eradication Initiative are implementing a strategy
to stop the transmission of all wild poliovirus in
the endemic countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan
and the circulation of vaccine-derived poliovirus
in outbreak countries. Last October, Rotary, the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, and the global community
collectively pledged $2.6 billion toward this plan.
We know what it takes to eradicate polio, and we have
the strategies to do it. I urge all clubs to continue
to take action in this historic effort by raising
awareness and funds, especially around World Polio
Day in October. Also, consider joining or starting
a PolioPlus Society in your club or district to collectively
give a set amount each year until polio is eradicated.
Our Foundation also responded to the devastating earthquake
that hit Syria and Turkey through disaster response
grants that helped clubs and districts provide aid.
The Foundation continued to grow. Rotaract clubs began
volunteering on and applying for Foundation grants
on their own. And our next Rotary Peace Center, made
possible by a gift from the Otto and Fran Walter Foundation,
will be located at Bahçesehir?University in
Istanbul.
To all who supported The Rotary Foundation by volunteering
on grant projects or through giving, I thank you.
If you haven’t yet made your gift to the Foundation,
please do so online by 30 June so we can end this
remarkable year on a high note and reach our goal
of raising $430 million.
We can be proud of what we have done this year, but
let us never rest on our laurels; rather, let us remain
persistent.
One of those who best personified persistence was
Nelson Mandela. Speaking to a crowd of global dignitaries
before his 90th birthday in 2008, he said, “It
is in your hands to make of our world a better one
for all, especially the poor, vulnerable, and marginalized.”
Changing the world is indeed in no one else’s
hands but our own, and helping those in need is what
defines and will continue to define Rotary and its
Foundation in the years ahead.
I wish incoming Trustee Chair Barry Rassin, the Trustees,
and our staff continued success in making a difference
through The Rotary Foundation.
http://www.endpolio.org/donate.
Ian H.S. Riseley
Trustee Chair 2022-23
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