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Why I Am A Rotarian
FEBRUARY 28, 2006
"We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn from the past."

“…Rotarians are ordinary people who are taking the opportunities that Rotary has given them to serve without conceit or pride or any sense of being special. This is unselfish service performed in an envi­ronment of warm fellowship.

I joined Rotary with high expectations. My expectations have been exceeded, and my wife, Lorna, and I have found that Rotary has become an integral part of our lives.

I am a Rotarian because Rotary changes lives. I know this because Rotary has changed mine.”

William B. Boyd
RI President-elect 2006-07
Director Rotary International, 1998-2000
Member of the Rotary Club of Pakuranga, New Zealand

Quotation excerpted from ROTARY WISDOM,

Also visit the 2006-2007 theme and its echo from the writing of Paul Harris

Why are you a Rotarian? 200 short essays on “Why I am a Rotarian”?

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