Rotary Info Night
Want to find out what Rotary is all about? Are you looking for something different but meaningful to do? Come along to our Zoom meeting on Wednesday 30 September to find out. REGISTER HERE: http://bit.ly/rotaryportlandbay
We will be showcasing our core activities locally in the Portland Area, along with the bigger picture of what Rotary is all about both nationally and internationally. After this we will be breaking out into smaller rooms where you can ask Rotarians questions directly and hear about their Rotary Experience (it's different for everyone!).
The night is free. No commitment required. It really is just a bit of a show and tell, so you can see if it is something that you might want to have a go at. Rotary offers so much, that you can tailor your own experience to meet your own passions to make a bit of a difference in the world.
Our Rotary club jumped to provide assistance during the first lock down phase in March-April this year.
On Tuesday May 12th 2020 we sang “21 today, 21 today, we’ve got the key to the door (well we had a key but it didn’t fit the door!!!), never been 21 before….. That part was true!
Well!, What an amazing club meeting we just had tonight!. In celebrating Youth Month, we invited our past and current Rotary Youth Exchange Students to our Zoom meeting along with some of their parents. 
Our club President for the year 2019-2020, Bev McIlroy, has been a registered nurse for 55 years but she’s never worked through a pandemic like COVID-19. Here's a bit about her journey at our local health service.
For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen.
What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way.
Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."