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my dear changemakers, PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
I wish each of you and your families a great Rotary must ensure that we help them shape their future.

New Year! Together, let us make it the best year
These are challenging times, and I compliment each
of our lives, by making it a year to grow more and
of your eff orts in grappling with COVID-19. No chal-
do more. Let this be a year of changemakers, and
the more passionate
let us begin with our membership. lenge is too big for Rotarians. The bigger the challenge,
That is precisely why the Each One, Bring One ini- the Rotarian. Look at
tiative is so important. During this year, I urge you to what we can do when
dream of new ways in which Rotary can expand its we take on a colos- The biggest gift we are given
reach into your community and therefore the world. sal challenge such Is the power to touch a life,
If each member introduces one person to Rotary, our as eradicating polio.
membership can increase to 1.3 million by July 2022. Look at the millions To change, to make a difference
In the circle of life.
So, let’s just do it! of lives we improve by
Imagine the change we, as Rotary members, can strengthening access If we can reach out
make when there are so many more of us! More peo- to water, sanitation, With our hand, heart, and soul,
ple to care for others, more people to Serve to Change and hygiene. Look at The magic will start to happen
Lives. Think of the impact we can have through grow what we do every year As the wheel begins to roll.
more, do more. More members will enable us to embark to promote peace in
on bigger and bolder service projects. And each of us places where it seems Let’s turn the wheel together
So all humanity thrives,
can also continue to serve in our own personal ways, unimaginable. Our
responding to needs in our communities. basic education and We have the power and the magic
The beauty of Rotary is that service means diff er- literacy programs have To Serve to Change Lives.
ent things to diff erent people around the world. One nation-building impact.
element, however, that we can incorporate into all of This year, let us
our service initiatives is empowering girls. Unfortunately, challenge ourselves
even in this day and age, girls and young women face to do more such projects and programs that have
disproportionate challenges all over the world. We have national reach and impact. This year, let us Serve to
Change Lives.
the power to lead the charge for gender equality. Em-
Sephi Bergerson powering girls and young women to have greater access President, Rotary International
to education, better health care, more employment, and
equality in all walks of life should be embedded in every
Rotary project we launch. Girls are future leaders, so we

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