Many Global Travelers are planning to attend the RI Convention in Calgary June 21-25. This helpful article provides logistics information, our Global Travelers luncheon plans, and options if you’re struggling to find hotel accommodations.

In mid-January, 2025, a “daring dozen” Rotary Global Travelers set out to travel throughout Ethiopia for two-plus weeks. Several of us had visited Africa before, but none of us had been to Ethiopia. It was a destination outside the comfort zone for all of us. We learned a lot, had amazing experiences, and built better friendships with inspiring Rotarians.

Every year, Rotary awards 50 fully-paid fellowships for master’s degrees and up to 80 for certificate studies at top universities worldwide. Do you know someone who could benefit?

For our several dozen members heading to KC in April, our host Lenet Compton has prepared a short tutorial on her beloved city. It will make you feel like a weekend is not enough time!

Global Travelers who recently visited Ethiopia and Kenya had the opportunity to meet with Rotarians in Nairobi. We learned about a project to equip a primary school with desks, funded in part by our members Steve and Nancy Labile.

Chesa Keane, an Associate member of Global Travelers, is a long-time consultant in many aspects of IT. As members of a virtual Rotary club, we are all, by definition, on-line to various degrees. And, like many things in life, being on-line comes with risk. Chesa has generously agreed to create a web series for our members with tips for helping us avoid becoming the victim of online scams. This is her sixth installment, focused on “buyer beware.”

Club President Melanie DeLuca asks GT Member Bob Erickson about the benefits of supporting Rotary using Qualified Minimum Distributions from an IRA

As a virtual club with geographically dispersed members, many traditional fundraising methods don’t work for us. We need to be creative and explore other options. One of them is travel as a fundraiser.