Membership growth is important and retention is dependent on the quality of Rotary clubs. Clubs with good leadership are more likely to involve their members in exciting service activities and programs helping maintain them and attract new ones.

 

The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) courses are fun, topical and interactive for busy business, professional and community leaders who want to be more effective leaders in their vocation and their Rotary club. It’s also a chance to learn more about Rotary so all members are encouraged to participate. Register for Parts 1 and 2 of the three-part RLI series of fast-paced, interactive, one-day courses on Saturday, April 13th, at the Accent Inn in Burnaby. -- photos by Chris Offer

 

 

Feast on a full dinner, meet new Rotaractors, and connect with Rotarians. 

It's also awards night! Both the "Rotaract Club of the Year" and the "Rotaractor of the Year" awards will be presented by the Rotary District Govenor team. Incoming Rotaract presidents will be inducted as will the 2019/20 co-

District Rotaract Representives (DDR's) and new District Committee. You'll also get a glimpse at past, present and future club projects.

 

 

You won't want to miss this evening of dinner, dancing and fun! 

Need a ride to or from a nearby Skytrain station? Let us know as pick up locations can be arranged.

 

Register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/rotaract-district-5040-celebration-dinner-tickets-56650162160 

Needy communities in northern Chile will be receiving medical and dental equipment and supplies in the next month or so thanks to Rotary World Help in British Columbia.

 

Rotary clubs in Iquique, Chile, a city of 191,468 near the northern border with Peru and Bolivia, will be receiving a shipping container filled with the equipment and supplies for remote towns and villages in that part of the country. -- photos by Emmanuel at westwood computers and Peter Roaf

Club leaders and members attending Our Year Ahead 2019-20 will be so much better prepared to serve in their assigned roles for the coming year as leaders of the club or service projects.

Participants from the same region share their experience and learn from themselves as well as District leaders about club administration, leadership and the bigger picture of Rotary.

Planning is well underway for the Rotary Positive Peace Workshops in Colombia in 2019. District 5040 is a co-sponsor of the workshops with Districts 5420 Utah and District 4281 Colombia.

Rotary members have played a key role in bringing the world to the brink of polio eradication. Our members have not only helped end polio in 122 countries but also created a system for addressing many other health priorities, like Ebola. Rotary clubs lead efforts to fight diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes. Clubs also focus on disease prevention by providing health education and bringing routine hearing, vision, and dental care to those in need. In December, Rotary’s Disease Prevention and Treatment Month, take action to fight disease in your community. Here are six ways to do that. 

 

A 25-year Rotary member with Prince George Rotary, he has served on many boards and committees for numerous other Prince George organizations, including Initiatives Prince George, the Prince George Film Commission, and the Prince George Hospice Society. In 1999-2000 he served as President of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce (1999/2000) and then on the board of the BC Chamber of Commerce. The District nominating committee has selected Lorne and his name will be reported to Rotary International on December 2, following the 14-day challenge period. November 18 - December 1, 2018. 

Having hosted the Rotary Presidential Peacebuilding Conference 2018 on Environmental Sustainability and Peace last February, and since, having taken up 2017-18 President Ian Riseley’s “Tree Planting Challenge 2017-18” to Rotarians around the world to plant 1.2 million trees – one for each member -- Rotary District 5040 is now recognized for taking the tree planting challenge to heart. Our District, one of 171, is commended for placing service above self by serving the environment and its significant share in planting 1,600 trees, out of a total 4,739,607, as of July 31, 2018.