West Jordan Rotary Celebrates 30 Years of Community Service

The West Jordan Rotary Club celebrated 30 years of service to our community on June 28, 2018, at Gardner Village in West Jordan. Dignitaries that attended the event included West Jordan Mayor, Jim Riding; Scott Leckman, Rotary Governor for Utah District 5420; and...

Provo Rotary Club turns 100 & elects first woman president

Provo Rotary Club will celebrate two milestones this coming year. First, it will mark 100 years since the club was organized in August, 1919, with W.F. Bulkley, an Episcopal archdeacon, as president. The second milestone is its first woman president, Ruth Riley. She...

Utah Rotary has a Peace Fellow!

A young woman from District 5420 (Utah) has been awarded one of 50 worldwide Rotary International Peace Fellow sponsorships for a master’s degree in Peace and Conflict resolution at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. The award, including tuition, room...

The race against polio: clearing the hurdles, crossing the finish line

Scott Leckman, a highly skilled general surgeon, has been our District Chair for the Polio Plus campaign for many years. No stranger to daunting challenges in the operating room or to giving orders to overcome them, he was a natural choice to lead this effort and to...

How to get club news into your local paper

Especially for Rotary clubs in small towns where there are community newspapers, it is in your club’s public relations interest to write press releases about your fundraisers and service projects. If these press releases are well written, small papers – and sometimes...

Ideas for Vocational Service Month

Vocational Service may be the least likely area of Rotary service to be addressed by clubs throughout the world, but should be one of the most important, especially in today’s current economy! Vocational Service in Rotary is all about: Adherence to and promotion of...