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Rotary International President

Rtn. Shekhar Mehta’s Initiatives

Each One, Bring One we need to ensure equity, meaning that we will need to be
fair, we will respect equality and sameness, and that we will
Each time you attend a Rotary event or meeting, value diversity and inclusion.
bring a family member or someone interested
in Rotary. This initiative is aimed at increasing Recognition
awareness of Rotary and growing membership.
Recognizing efforts of Rotarians in an effective way keeps
Empowering Girls them motivated. We do a great job in recognizing donations
to The Rotary Foundation. With this in mind, we have
Girls and women have the right to be safe, introduced The Membership Society for New Member
educated, and healthy. Learn how you can Sponsors for recognizing the efforts of Rotarians to excel
support and empower girls with a toolkit that was in membership growth. This virtual platform will showcase
launched 1 July.
to audiences worldwide the names of Rotarians who have
Presidential conferences brought in more than 25 members into Rotary.
You can attend a presidential conference. The
2021-22 presidential conference series will
highlight the humanitarian work that clubs and
districts pioneer locally and support globally.

Rotary Days of Service
In our part of the world where the number
of Rotary service projects are highest in the
world. The needs are many and Rotarians find
opportunities to fulfill these needs. When these
are showcased to the public, more often than not
people are attracted by our service enquire about
how to join Rotary because they too want to be
People of Action and find solution to the needs of
the community.
Membership’s a gift

To be invited to join Rotary is a fabulous Gift and
is usually the most valuable life-changing gift.
Membership to Rotary offers myriad opportunities
- to make friends, opportunities of leadership,
opportunities of service, and opportunities of
giving. It inculcates the habit of Service to the
society and the needy.
Diversity, equity, & inclusion

Diversity is one of the core values of Rotary. In
fact, if we look at the kaleidoscope of membership
in Rotary, we find people of different color, belief,
religion, sexual orientation, etc. As Rotarians we Received RI President Sekar Mehta at Coimbatore on his way to
have embraced this diversity. To attract members, Erode.

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