Rotary projects and activities help to give children access to an education for the very first time. We build schools, we supply books and computers for classrooms and we train teachers.
Our club supports education at home and abroad with scholarships to low-income students attending junior college or vocational schools; with fundraising to build and furnish classrooms in Chamabondo, Zimbabwe, Africa for youngsters who previously sat in the dirt; with partnerships with NGO's to combat human trafficking of girls and boys in Vietnam.
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
Although Labor Day is a secular day, a number of organizations and houses of worship express good wishes for the day with prayers:
Prayer of Blessing the Work of Our Hands
Blessed be the works of your hands, O Holy One. Blessed be these hands that have touched life. Blessed be these hands that have nurtured creativity. Blessed be these hands that have held pain. Blessed be these hands that have embraced with passion. Blessed be these hands that have tended gardens. Blessed be these hands that have closed in anger. Blessed be these hands that have planted new seeds. Blessed be these hands that have harvested ripe fields. Blessed be these hands that have cleaned, washed, mopped, scrubbed. Blessed be these hands that have become knotty with age. Blessed be these hands that are wrinkled and scarred from doing justice. Blessed be these hands that have reached out and been received. Blessed be these hands that hold the promise of the future. Blessed be the works of your hands. O Holy One.
Members will soon be able to review district information from a dedicated landing page on My Rotary. In a few weeks, you’ll easily see which clubs and members are part of your district. This enhancement is part of the ongoing upgrades being made to the site. Throughout 2021, we’ll continue to improve your My Rotary experience by:
Making district officer and assistant governor information more easily accessible
Improving the process for district officers to report, remove, and replace district officers
Simplifying the assistant governor appointment process
Introducing a dashboard for governors that presents key district information in a visually meaningful way
Updating the process for managing district conferences and obtaining feedback
Recognizing members who have sponsored a certain number of new members
These new features will be released throughout the year.
