Enjoying calm winds and peaceful Pacific waters, Seung Jin Kim dove off his 43-foot sailboat, the Arapani, to swim with some dolphins nearby. The serenity that day near the equator was a stark contrast to the 60 mph winds and 23-foot waves he had to fight around Cape Horn, the southern tip of South America. But Kim, a veteran sailor and member of the Rotary Club of Seokmun, in Chungcheongnam, Korea, expected such challenges when he set out in mid-October on a 25,600-mile journey around the world. In addition to fulfilling a lifelong dream, Kim is using the trip to raise awareness and funds...
After the first cases of Ebola reached Liberia's capital, Monrovia, last June, local Rotary members feared that the city's limited health care system wouldn't be able to contain the highly infectious, often-deadly disease.
Those fears were realized when infections quickly multiplied, underscoring the speed with which Ebola can spread in an urban center. It was the first time the hemorrhagic fever had threatened a major city since it erupted in West Africa last March.
Now, after months of crisis-level response, and with the number of new cases declining, club members are looking to the long...
Despite his longstanding interest in polio eradication, polio was not on Joe Pratt's mind as he prepared for a mid-April 2012 climb of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth. But that changed in late 2011, when the resident of Nottingham, New Hampshire, USA, participated in a polio immunization project in Pakistan with fellow Rotary member Steve Puderbaugh.
Moved by the efforts of the Pakistanis to battle the crippling disease, and by the vulnerability of the young victims, Pratt reset the focus of his climbing adventure. Pakistan is one of three countries where polio has never been...
Members of the Rotary Club of San Francisco Evening meet at a wine bar after work, share a social outing, and promote all their activities on social media like Meetup and Facebook.
As the first evening club in the city, it has attracted many young professionals from Silicon Valley tech firms whose work schedules keep them from joining a more traditional club that meets for breakfast or lunch. But more than that, the evening format has helped the club grow by 30 percent since it received its charter in mid-2013.
Danielle Lallement, who was its charter president, says the club has been...
Blighted schools in the mountain city of Peja in western Kosovo are a reminder of the ethnic strife and war that ravaged this area in the 1990s.
To restore ruined sanitation facilities in some of those schools, local Rotary members recently partnered with their counterparts from Colorado, USA. Though residents have been slowly rebuilding the city's infrastructure after years of neglect under earlier governments, most resources are going to improve roads, rebuild homes, and create new businesses. Little money remains to restore the schools.
As a result, students have fallen ill, stayed home...
Club Information
Ignite, Engage, Empower - Rotary is You!
Having Fun While Changing Lives
We meet Wednesdays at 12:00 PM
Corpus Christi Country Club
6300 Everhart Rd.
Corpus Christi,
TX 78413-2638 United States
Kick up your boots or flip flops with a Friday night Country Western Dance (live band),
barbecue dinner from Cotten’s BBQ and a Silent Art Auction to benefit a Rotary Project in India to provide solar lights to villages that do not have electricity. Childrens’ art class also provided.
A breakfast program to see pictures of D.G. Art’s Rotary trip to India plus the Taj Mahal, Delhi Spice Market and the Red Fort of Jaipur and related stories.
Photo displays of Club humanitarian projects and hear the Rotary stories that make the pictures come alive - you will be proud to be a Rotarian one more time!
Be a part of Rotary Warriors Leadership Engagement - an interactive workshop for Rotarians on how to recognize and utilize diverse membership interests in order to lead.
Attend the Saturday Cheeseburger in Paradise luncheon (used to be called All District Luncheon) - wear your boots and tropical shirts, listen to Jimmy Buffett music and have the opportunity to listen to the presentation of R.I. President Representative William McLaurin. (margaritas and Corona are optional)
Participate in a hands on Rotary Showcase - a new style interactive presentation of Youth programs, membership programs and local club projects.
Diverse separate activities for children and youth of all ages.
Find out about Shelter Box (actual full box/tent set up), the District’s new Public Relations Tool Kit, leadership opportunities at the District level and the latest on available grants and scholarships
Enjoy our Hospitality Suite.
Keep on your tropical shirts and take the bus ride to the Texas State Aquarium for the Big Kahuna’s Saturday night Cowboy and Surfer Party. An evening of wildlife shows, dinner seating in front of marine exhibits and special unique photo opportunities - the whole Aquarium is ours for the evening.
Get up Sunday morning and join your fellow Rotarians for a two mile Polio Awareness
Walk on the beautiful Corpus Christi Bayfront to maximize publicity and raise funds for our efforts.
Take the time to join PDG J.D. Simpson for a moving ceremony to remember friends who are now with us in spirit.
Go back home, refreshed, informed and reinvigorated that Rotary is a wonderful part of our lives.
You can do all of the above April 17-19, 2015 - at the Rotary District 5930 District Conference in Corpus Christi. Registration now available on the District 5930 Website (and if you need a hotel room - act fast!)
Also a big Rotary Thank You to our District Conference Sponsors:
Gold Level:
NavyArmy Community Credit Union
Johnstone Supply
Silver Level:
Bay Area Title Company
C.C. Distributors, Inc.
PDG Russell and Cherre Cain, 2008-09 - Port Lavaca
