Rotaract

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Rotaract

• A compilation of Rotaract Projects from Russia
  and beyond.

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Rotaract

• Rotaract Clubs work under the guidance of their
  local Rotary Club, and take their name from a
  combination of the words Rotary and action. The
  first officially chartered Rotaract Club was in
  North Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1968, but
  clubs of young people associated in service with
  local Rotary Clubs had existed for several years
  in India and Europe.
• Today, there are some 165,000 members in more
  than 7,000 Rotaract Clubs in 151 countries. Clubs
  draw members from the community or are organized
  as an extracurricular activity for college
  students.
• Rotaract Clubs conduct formal meetings, usually
  every two weeks, which feature speakers, tours of
  local businesses, cultural activities,
  discussions, and visits to other clubs.
  Rotaractors utilize weekends for service project
  work, social events, and professional and
  leadership development workshops.
• Every Rotaract Club is part of a district
  Rotaract organization, run by elected
  representatives with support from sponsoring
  Rotarians. The district organization plans
  regional conferences, develops regional projects,
  holds club leadership training programs, and
  sponsors special events to strengthen the bond
  among clubs.

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Yuzhno Sakhalinsk Rotaract Club

• The Yuzhno Sakhalinsk Rotaract Club recently
  participated in a project where they cleaned up
  trash for a community organization.

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Yuzhno Sakhalinsk Rotaract Club
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Rotaract Club of Irkutsk-Baikal

• We have recently taken part in an exposition that
  took place in Irkutsk, for social organizations.
  Almost all of the citys and regional
  organizations gathered in the grand expositional
  hall of the SibExpoCenter. This was the first
  time that our club participated in an exposition
  and we were very successful. We made four signs,
  which had information on our activities, Rotary
  and the Rotaract movement. We showed off the
  handicrafts made by the children from an
  orphanage and even managed to sell some. In
  addition, we made a presentation of our club
  right after the opening ceremony, and as a result
  many people had an opportunity to get acquainted
  with us and find out about our club. Our
  president, Anna Gordeeva, was able to participate
  in a discussion with representatives of
  legislature about teen issues.
• Also, we participated in a big game for children.
  According to this game, children had to go to
  different stands and answer questions about
  Irkutsks history and the amount of points they
  received depend on how many questions they
  answered correctly the person with the most
  points won. A member of our club, Marina
  Proshuta, was the person who asked the questions
  about the history of our town.

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Rotaract Club of Irkutsk-Baikal
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Rotaract Club of Irkutsk-Baikal
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Rotaract Club of Irkutsk-Baikal
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Rotaract Club of Irkutsk-Baikal
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Rotaract Club of Vladivostok

• It is well known to all Vladivostok citizens that
  every year in October our city is visited by
  cruise ships of British and American companies
  (Princess Cruise (Regal Princess), Norwagian
  Wind, etc). These amazingly beautiful 12 storied
  vessels with several thousands foreigners onboard
  attract attention of hundreds of people coming to
  Marine Passenger Terminal to stare at the sight
  of the giants and to communicate with foreign
  guests. We came up with wonderful idea of doing a
  fundraiser that consisted in selling the souvenir
  merchandise to tourists.
• In a short space of time (5 days) we agreed with
  exhibition centers director upon getting a booth
  at the trade-fair Russian Souvenir free of
  charge. The trade-fair was timed to the ships
  arrival and took place in Marine Passengers
  Terminal building, just opposite the ships
  ladder. Afterwards we purchased souvenirs
  wholesale at the well-known store Nostalgie,
  drew a poster by common efforts, translated the
  information about the fundraiser into English,
  French, Portuguese, Korean and Japanese and added
  our indispensable red sign of Rotaract.
• The fundraiser has been successful. We plan to
  run similar projects in future, now knowing how
  everything should be going, and begin
  preparations long in advance (approximately a
  month before). Proceeds will go for the needs of
  Regional Children Oncology Center.

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Rotaract Club of Vladivostok
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Avachinsky Rotaract Club

• On October, 6 2001 the charity action "The Health
  Fair" was held. The Initiators of realization
  were Avachinsky Rotary and State Department of
  public health service of administration of the
  city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski with the
  financial support of Rotary clubs of Anchorage,
  Kodiak, Soldotna, Homer/USA/. More than 1000
  person could receive at the fair the
  consultations of skilled experts, to see and to
  buy various food additives and medicines, they
  could read from the stands the information on the
  widespread serious diseases, to see video rollers
  about new technologies and methods of treatment.
• There everyone could receive the information on
  endoscopic operations, functional diagnostics,
  medical genetics, the atrophy of children of the
  first year of life, medical insurance of
  citizens, and other very important questions.
  Also, all interested persons could take advantage
  of services of doctors and measure intraocular
  and arterial pressure, to hand over blood for
  research on AIDS, to pass ultrasonic of internal
  bodies, to pick up glasses correctly.
• Visitors of the Health fair have remained very
  pleased and have expressed a wish to carry out
  more often such holidays of health ".

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Avachinsky Rotaract club
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Avachinsky Rotaract club
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Avachinsky Rotaract Club
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Nakhodka Rotaract Club

• The Nakhodka Rotaract Club members were dressed
  in the costumes of Santa Clause and Snow Maiden
  to visit and bring presents to disabled children
  who live in Nakhodka. This project was a jointly
  organized by Nakhodka Rotary and Rotaract club
  members. And its purpose was to please the
  children to make them rejoice over coming New
  Year. Decorated with festive attires of the New
  Year heroes Rotaractors visited 22 families where
  disabled children live. It happened during the
  period of 28th 31st of January. The children
  were astonished and happy with such attention but
  their reaction to it was quite different.
  Considering that there were children who have
  various physical defects Rotaractors tried to
  provide the attention to all the disabled and to
  attract everybody for the conversation. Some
  children merrily read poems out loud for Santa
  sang songs another ones being afraid but curious
  simply took the presents from Santa.
• Having seen that most of the families they had
  visited were the low-income ones next day the
  members of the club collected second-hand clothes
  from ordinary people and brought it to the
  several families as a small material help. Having
  got many impressions both Rotaractors and the
  children told they were hoping for annual
  continuation of this action.

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Nakhodka Rotaract Club
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Rotaract Club of Noposibirsk

• The Rotaract Club of Noposibirsk was granted a
  New Opportunities Grant from the Rotary
  Foundation to host a Leadership Training Forum.
• Out of the 19 Rotaract clubs in District 5010, 16
  were represented at the conference by
  approximately 100 Rotaractors.
• The conference lasted 5 days and took place at a
  resort just outside of Noposibirsk in Western
  Siberia. All of the sessions were held outside so
  the participants could enjoy the natural beauty
  of the area.

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Rotaract Clubs of District 5010
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Rotaract Clubs of District 5010
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Rotaract Clubs of District 5010
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Rotaract Clubs of District 5010
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Rotaract Clubs of District 5010
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Rotaract Clubs of District 5010
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Rotaract Clubs of District 5010
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Vladivistok - ECO (Vlad-Eco)

• The Rotaract Club of Vladivistok-Eco (Vlad-Eco)
  was chartered in 2001. The following photo is
  from their Charter party.

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Vladivistok - ECO (Vlad-Eco)
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Rotaract Club of Gorno-Altaisk

• The Rotaract Club of Gorno-Altaisk hosted an
  event with Rotaractors and Interactors in their
  region.

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Rotaract Club of Gorno-Altaisk
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Rotaract Club of Barnaul

• The following is a photo of the Rotaract Club of
  Barnaul.

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Rotaract Club of Barnaul
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Rotaract Club of Washington, DCUSA

• The Rotaract Club of Washington, DC was chartered
  in October 1998. They have taken part in a number
  of service projects, some of which are detailed
  in the upcoming slides.
• In 2000, our club hosted a fundraiser. All of the
  money was donated towards curing River blindness
  in Tanzania
• Also in 2000, the club partnered with a the
  Pietersburg Rotaract Club in South Africa to
  organize an online child's art exhibit.
• This past fall the club hosted a membership drive
  at a local bar. The club offered a fun
  environment where potential members could come
  and learn about the club and Rotary
  International.
• In February 2002, members of the club volunteered
  at a high school on Martin Luther King, Jr.s
  birthday. Members prepared the schools hallways
  to be repainted the following day.
• The Rotaract Club of Washington, DC was awarded
  first place in the Best of Rotary Web for
  Rotaract websites. Visit our site at
  www.rotaractdc.org.

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Rotaract Club of Washington, DCUSA
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Rotaract Club of Washington, DCUSA
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Rotaract Club of Washington, DCUSA
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Rotaract Club of Washington, DCUSA
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Rotaract Clubs of the USCC Region

• In July 2000, the Rotaract Club of Washington, DC
  hosted the United States, Canada and Carribean
  Rotaract Conference. Approximately 200
  Rotaractors from throughout the region attended
  the 4 day conference.
• The conference was hosted at George Washington
  University in downtown Washington, DC. Attendees
  stayed on campus in the dorms and the workshop
  sessions took place in various auditoriums.
• RI President, Richard King, spoke at the opening
  ceremonies of the conference and it was a great
  pleasure to hear him speak. A group photo was
  taken outside the restaurant where the opening
  ceremonies were held.
• During the conference, the Rotaractors
  participated in a service project which involved
  clearing out trash from the banks of the
  Anacostia River. A homeless man had lived near
  the river banks and left behind a significant
  amount of trash. Rotaractors hauled the trash up
  steep paths out to a main road so the items could
  be disposed of.
• We also had a international event which was
  titled, Global Fest. You will see a number of
  Rotaractors dressed in traditional Senegalese
  clothing in an upcoming photo.

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Rotaract Clubs of the USCC Region
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Rotaract Clubs of the USCC Region
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Rotaract Clubs of the USCC Region
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Rotaract Clubs of the USCC Region
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Rotaract Clubs of the USCC Region