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Why I Am a Rotarian

January 31, 2006

 

                 “…When I was offered membership in a Rotary club, I remembered my father, who was a Rotarian, always speaking well of Rotary—never in detail, but always in the positive.  Presented with the opportunity to help others in society less fortunate than I, it was not very difficult to accept such membership. I am fully aware that, like many others, my contribution will only be a drop in the ocean. However, as Mother Teresa said, ‘Without that drop, the ocean will never be full.’

                               That is why I am a Rotarian.”

 

Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar

RI President 2005-06

Director, Rotary International, 1996-98.

Member of the Rotary Club of Goteborg, Sweden.

 

Quotation excerpted from ROTARY WISDOM,

Reflections on Service, Volume 2

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