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As president of Rotarians are working to improve the lives
Rotary, it's my job to of people with disabilities. In Lima, Peru, I
encourage and inspire talked to a former Group Study Exchange
Rotarians wherever team member who waited nearly 20 years
I meet them. It's also to be invited to join a Rotary club, and
my job to listen to heard about how returning to Rotary has
what they have to transformed her life.
say. Whether it's a
successful project or I've heard stories that have made me
a challenge to overcome, a great Rotary laugh, and stories that have moved me to
Day or a new idea, I want to hear what tears. I've heard stories of how our service
Rotarians are thinking, doing, and planning. changes the lives of others, and how it
So whenever I travel, I ask my hosts to talk changes us as Rotarians. When I hear these
to me about their clubs. What's going well, stories, I can't help but wonder: How many
where do they see a need to improve, and other lives could we change for the better
what can we at RI headquarters do to help? by bringing more people into Rotary? And
how many more people could we bring into
The answers are always interesting Rotary simply by sharing our own Rotary
and often surprising. Sometimes I have stories?
a sugges-tion or an idea to contribute;
sometimes I am able to make a connection In this Rotary year, I ask all of you to
that will move a project forward. Often, I go do just that: Share your Rotary stories. Tell
back to Evanston with ideas and insights them to your friends, on social media, and
that help guide us in our decisions. But what through Rotary.org. Our Rotary stories are
I value most about these conversations are what inspire us, and what encourage others
the stories I hear – the stories that, taken to join us; they help light up our service, as
together, tell the story of Rotary. we work to Light Up Rotary.
In Atlanta, I attended a Rotary event Gary C.K. Huang
honoring teachers and heard story after President, Rotary International
story about the gift of literacy and how it
transforms lives. In Istanbul, I attended a
wheelchair race and learned how Turkish
