Rotary Global History Fellowship
www.rotaryhistoryfellowship.org
 WHY I AM A
ROTARIAN?
By:
Doris A. Lockey
August 2009
www.whyiam.org
The Story of a Rotarian Volunteer
I rolled out of bed at my usual workday time of 5:00 a.m. on the
morning of July 4th, 2006. I immediately asked
myself, “Self why did you volunteer?”
I had volunteered to help The Rotary Club of Lake Conroe (not my
club, but a close neighbor) with a rest stop for the “Burn Your
Buns” bike ride benefiting Bridgewood Farms, a local facility
for the mentally challenged.
I did gather myself together, drink some coffee and headed on
over to the home of Rotarians Michael and Kris McBride (an RGHF
member). Their ranch was the location of one of the rest
stops for the bike riders. My self talk on the way home
that day was totally different from the first thoughts of the
day as I reflected back on the morning.
“Service Above Self” is not just our motto. Rotarians live and
breathe the motto in everything we do. Bridgewood Farms
benefited with the dollars raised from the fundraiser, but the
Rotarians, friends and family on hand to work the rest stop were
the real winners. The fellowship shared was priceless.
I would possibly have never met Kris McBride, who many think is
my sister, had it not been for Rotary and another “volunteer
day”. When Kris agreed to write the weekly Rotary column
in The Courier (our local daily newspaper) she asked for a
volunteer from each of the Montgomery County Rotary Clubs to
gather news of their club for her. I was the Rotarian to
represent The Rotary Club of Conroe. The rest is history
and she is truly the sister I never had.
THIS is why I am a Rotarian.
Doris A. Lockey
Past President
2006/2007, The Rotary Club of
Conroe,
Texas, USA,
District 5910
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