January is Vocational Service Month for Rotary International.During this period, clubs highlight the importance of the business and professional life of each Rotarian. Explore this topic with us at our meeting Wednesday at noon at MVR
If you haven’t yet read the December issue of Rotary please get out your copy and check out the work of a Nepal Rotarian doctor who is working to provide basic care, that of an Arizona doctor working on a global grant to bring telemedicine to remote areas, or the efforts of other Rotarians to improve health care here and abroad. And you might want to dig out past issues and read about the work of other Rotarians that have been featured such as Deepa Willingham or to learn about how Rotary has contributed to the fight against Covid-19 through partnerships formed through polio eradication efforts. Read all the stories here
This story, like all issues of Rotary, expand our knowledge of the places in which Rotarians are at work and of the variety of professions and work that others do that are essential to our well being. We encourage you to make time to read it.
YOUR FELLOW ROTARIAN
Mike Latessa
Compiled by Debora Flora
What makes Mike Latessa special? It’s how he connects the Rotary motto to his experience as a traveler in South Africa, for starters. It’s his longtime commitment to playing and coaching football and what he contributed to one of YSU Football’s championship seasons. He even has a connection to Kentucky Derby history!
A look at Rotary Club service projects with dramatic + lasting impact meant to inspire
Aquabox is a community project set up by theRotary Club of Wirksworth, Great Britainto provide safe drinking water, through the use of filtration units, and humanitarian aid to crisis zones around the world. Since its formation in 1992, Aquabox has distributed more than 110,000 boxes to over 50 countries in response to natural and man-made disasters, helping hundreds of thousands of people in the process.
Each Aquabox Gold Box, as seen here, is tailored to support a family group. It contains water purification filters as well as a wide variety of humanitarian aid items to help with shelter and shelter building, lighting, cooking and feeding, educational development, and hygiene.
If you would like to personally sponsor one or more Aquaboxes or create a fundraiser to support this effort, learn more here.
RI International Convention
Our potential to create lasting change is limitless. Explore that at the 2021 Rotary International Convention in Taipei, Taiwan June 12- 16. The convention is the perfect place to discover new opportunities for service and friendship. You’ll have the chance to collaborate, learn from one another, and explore new ways to make a lasting impact in communities around the world. The energy of a Rotary Convention is invigorating! Learn more here to plan your trip!
After nearly 5 years, the Rotary Club of Youngstown is still getting mail to its old address -- and from our members, too! Please update your databases and accounts payable departments that the correct mailing and payment address is for our Club is as follows: Rotary Club of Youngstown, 201 E. Commerce St, Suite 450, Youngstown, OH 44503.
Club Information
Welcome to Youngstown Rotary
Service Above Self
Wednesdays at 12:00 PM
Cassese's MVR Restuarant
410 N. Walnut St., Youngstown, OH 44505
Youngstown, OH 44503 United States of America