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Prosthetic hands change lives

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The recipient of a prosthetic hand during one of the Rotary club’s medical camps.

By Mohan Kumar K V, member of the Rotary Club of Bangalore Prime, India

Guided by Rotary’s Action Plan, we embarked on a journey of service and empowerment, reaching the unreached by providing free below-the-elbow prosthetic hands to those who had lost limbs.

Our Give Hope Give Hand project restores mobility and dignity to individuals with limb differences, enabling them to live more fulfilling lives. Many of our recipients lost their hands as a result of being electrocuted, having road or industrial accidents, or mishandling fireworks.

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How does Rotary thrive if our leaders change every year?

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By Tom Gump, aide to 2024-25 Rotary International President Stephanie Urchick

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It starts with our Vision Statement:

TOGETHER WE see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change across the globe in our communities and in ourselves.

It is not an accident that our Vision Statement begins with “Together we . . .” Together we are making, have made, and will continue to make a difference in the world. How?

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Service companion club grows membership

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Rotary members Fred Bemenderfer and James Thomas help volunteer and school secretary Sandra Pugh deliver boxes of meals to families in need at a local elementary school.

By Alex Johnson, Rotary Club of Plano West, Texas, USA, and Rotary Coordinator Zone 25B & 29

As I stepped into my role as president of the Plano West Rotary Club on a scorching summer day in 2020, I was faced with a daunting challenge. The club had been steadily losing members for a decade and had only 21 left. What’s more, the COVID-19 pandemic had forced us into lockdown, rendering most plans and strategies useless. But I wasn’t one to back down, I had a vision for turning things around.

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Partnering with parks department yields Miracle Field

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Look at the field from behind home plate
The Miracle Field has a rubberized, barrier-free turf that allows children with disabilities to play baseball safely.

Editor’s Note: In 2010, the Fargo-Moorhead Rotary Foundation, which is supported by five Rotary clubs in the Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, USA, area, raised 100 percent of the funds needed to build a Miracle Field in Moorhead. Keith Brokke shares how they were able to make an impact with their project.

By Keith Brokke, past governor of District 5580 (Minnesota, North Dakota, USA) and a member of the Rotary Club of Fargo-Moorhead AM

In the spring of 2010, a Rotary member came to us with the idea to build a Miracle Field, a special field with a rubberized, barrier-free turf that allows children with disabilities to play baseball safely. We had previously built a universal playground five years before in Fargo to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of Rotary. We felt a Miracle Field was a good fit for our Fargo-Moorhead Rotary Foundation.

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Building professional skills across borders

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By Mona Mousa, past president of Rotaract Stockholm and its international representative

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I don’t have a professional background in social media management, but I have managed several social media accounts such as Rotaract Stockholm and Rotaract Oceania. In advance of the Global Citizen Live event in Paris in September, the rest of my team decided I should handle the Rotary Instagram page, as they have followed me for a long time.

It was an exciting and a scary opportunity because there are thousands of followers, but I went in with an open mind.

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