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My grandson Emmett is eleven. He doesn’t really know what Rotary actually is. I've been a member for twenty-five years, and my father was a member when I was just a kid. I realized most of my answers would bore him to sleep. Committees. Districts. Grants. Membership. Process. blah, blah, blah. So I re-thought how to explain it. Here's what I’d say. Buddy, a long time ago — 1905 — a man named Paul Harris lived in Chicago. The city was enormous and getting bigger every day. Nob

RotaryStories just passed 100,000 impressions and 60,000 views on YouTube. That number isn't the point. You are. Every view means someone stopped scrolling long enough to watch a Rotarian show up for their community. Every share means you trusted these stories enough to pass them on. That trust is the whole reason this project exists. Rotary has been telling its own story for over a century. Our job is just to make sure people are still listening. Thank you for making that po

Rotary Moments is a series about the moment a person discovers meaning. Every Rotary member carries a story they can’t explain away. The one that turned a normal Rotary meeting into something they’d defend with their name. This is a series of brief, heartfelt moments built entirely from those stories — just voices describing the exact second when a service project stopped being a line on a resume and became something that wouldn’t let go. Something with true meaning. The Mome

SJC Rotarians are using a Rotary International Global Grant to supplement local funds. The Kenya Water Global Grant is in the planning stages. We've got most of the funds raised from San Juan Capistrano Rotary sponsors and member plus additional funds from Fullerton, Los Alamitos/Seal Beach/Cypress, and Coeur d' Alene, ID Rotary clubs. This $58k project will feature a borehole well with a solar powered pump filling water tanks. Water will be disbursed via a kiosk system and t