Native American Initiative (NAI) program

Native American Initiative (NAI) program Throughout most of 2020, the adverse effects of the coronavirus have been felt around the world and it has disproportionately infected under-resourced and often neglected population subgroups. There is no more striking example...

UTAH ROTARY PLANTS TREES TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT

Rotarians from as far away as Puerto Peñasco, Mexico - in Utah on a Rotary friendship exchange – gathered on a beautiful fall Saturday morning to plant dozens of trees. Murray Rotary Club, along with partners TreeUtah, and the Joe and Kathleen Sorenson Legacy...

RYLA Super Heros

Super heroes Natalie Argyle and Michael Anglin were honored for 8 and 6 years respectively of exceptional service as chair and co-chair – while raising the bar year after year - of Rotary Youth Leadership Awards in District 5420. At the recent All-Clubs Gala for World...

Governor Cox Requests Audience with Salt Lake Valley Rotarians

At the beginning of August, the governor's office contacted Steve Schoonover, president of the South Valley Rotary club, to organize a forum in which Governor Cox could speak directly to Rotarians and other community leaders. Regarding this event, held on August 25,...

Imagine Rotary

“Imagine Rotary” is RI President Jennifer Jones’ 2022-23 presidential theme, designed by Riki Salam, an Australian artist and graphic designer specializing in contemporary Indigenous art, design, and communications. Meaning of the design elements. The circle in...

News You Can Use

News you can use from District Governor Jose Velasco: The following is a series of events, fundraisers, activities, or service projects we hope you will want to participate in to increase fellowship-friendships within our district and beyond! We hope you will take the...

A Logo is Worth 1,000 Words

A Logo is Worth 1,000 Words  By Pearl Wright, Zone Expert Hub and District Branding Specialist  For more than 100 years, Rotary has united leaders committed to applying their expertise to better their communities. Yet, despite over a century of impact in communities...

St. George Rotarian Scouters Recognized

ST. GEORGE ROTARIAN SCOUTERS RECOGNIZED Greg Zemp of Santa Clara; Chris Parker of Little Valley and Rulon Olsen of Bloomington Hills, a trio of members in the 60+ St. George Rotary Club, were recently recognized with the prestigious Cliff Dochterman Award for...

Passing Along the RI President’s Pin

THE WHY OF PASSING ALONG THE RI PRESIDENT’S PIN Traditions – the passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation – must occasionally be explained to those who may not have the necessary institutional memory.  Such, it appears, is the case with the...

District 5420’s Peace Scholar Departs for Japan

DISTRICT 5420’s NEXT PEACE SCHOLAR DEPARTS FOR JAPAN Luz Maria Carreno of Salt Lake will soon be departing for Japan where she will study for a master’s degree as a Rotary Peace Scholar at the International Christian University in Tokyo.  “Founded in the wake of WWII,...

Many Utah Rotarians recognized for their service at District Conference

Brent Parkin is 2022 Rotarian of the Year This year’s recipient is well known in Utah Rotary. Brent Parkin is currently our District Youth Chair and a trustee of our Youth Foundation.  He worked very hard this year to resurrect our District Interact committee. Brent...

New Opportunities for Rotaract Clubs

New opportunities for Rotaract clubs will help them to more effectively engage their members and serve their communities. Beginning in July, Rotaract clubs that have participated in Rotary Foundation grant projects can apply for global grants to support projects in...

Apply for the Programs of Scale Grant Starting in June

Every year, The Rotary Foundation’s Programs of Scale grant awards $2 million to a well-developed, evidence-based program led by Rotary members in collaboration with experienced partner organizations. The 2022-23 Programs of Scale application will be available online...

Strengthen Your Club with Courses Focused on Diversity

Strengthen your club with courses focused on diversity A club is only as strong as its culture. These diversity and inclusion courses in the Learning Center offer useful tips on how to cultivate a positive culture in your club. You can learn about ways to assess and...

Brent Thorne Wins Rotary International Award in FIVE Categories

Brent Thorne Wins Rotary International Award in FIVE Categories Brent Thorne, a member of the Richfield Rotary Club for more than 30 years, was recognized May 2 with Rotary International’s Areas of Service Award. He is perhaps the only recipient of this award in Utah...

A Proven Outreach to the Community: Banners

A proven outreach to the community: We have twenty banners hanging along Main Street for several weeks, twice a year. These banner reach 36,000 drivers per day! Logan’s Main Street is a very busy place – several groups use Logan City’s permanent banner poles to...

Who was the First Woman in Utah Rotary

There has long been a question in District 5420 as to who was the first woman to join Utah Rotary?  The answer is correctly the first two women to join Utah Rotary were Maria VanDerHeyden and Joyce Anderson, both still active members of Murray Rotary Club. Maria, who...

South Jordan Rotary: How Family Rotary Club Was Born

Picture three generations of the Thornbrue family working together on a fleece blanket that will be donated to a local shelter for families escaping domestic violence.  This was the sight at the latest Family Community Service Night, hosted by the South Jordan Rotary...

Rotary Youth Exchange: “We Have Kids All Over the World”

Two years ago this month Utah’s Rotary Youth Exchange Committee was forced to send six amazing “worldwide ambassadors” home because of COVID-19.  It broke their hearts. Today we’re proud to be - once again - preparing for in-person exchanges. Behind the scenes our...

How Cedar City Increased Membership by 20%

Cedar City Rotary began the year with 83 members.  Our 2021-22 goal of growing our membership by 10% (to 91 members) was shared with the club in July. We now have 100 members, a net increase of 20%.   Although we have inducted 24 members, we lost 7 (job changes,...

High Country Presidents-elect Training Seminar (HCPETS)

High Country Presidents-elect Training Seminar (HCPETS) Presidents-elect, Presidents-elect Nominees and Assistant Governors can register now for High Country PETS March 4-6, 2022. Hotel is not included in the registration and we are asked to stay in the conference...

2024-25 Utah Rotary District Governor Announced

Todd Boyer, husband, father, longtime scouter, funeral director, community leader, and 23-year member of the Rotary Club of Cedar City has been selected to serve as Utah Rotary District Governor for RY2024-25. The co-owner of Southern Utah Mortuary in Cedar City...

The Passing of a Southern Utah Legend

The passing of a southern Utah legend Rotarian Steven Howard Peterson was the1983 President of the St.George Rotary Club.  He passed away on January 21, 2022, at the age of 78, after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his wife Sylvia, 8 children, 29 grandchildren,...

Club of the Year criteria

Is your club the Utah Club of the Year? Each year, this prestigious award is given at District Conference. This year, District Conference is May 12-14, 2022 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. Club presidents, if your club wishes to be considered, this email...

Afghan Immigrants Resettlement in Utah Project

On December 9th I volunteered to contact all the Utah Rotary clubs and try to get 25K in contributions to match the Salt Lake City’s 25K contribution so that we can maximize the 50K challenge that the Utah Community Foundation came with. On December 10th I sent my...

Tornado Relief for Communities in Kentucky: Call for Donations

Tornado Relief for Communities in Kentucky: Call for Donations Rotarians are People of Action. Throughout the world in disaster recovery situations, our compassion and commitment to service are a significant part of relief efforts. Right here, right now, your help is...

RI Position Statement on Covid-19 Vaccination

Dear District Governors and Club Presidents, We see the decision to vaccinate as a civic and humanitarian imperative. Rotary is not a political or religious organization, it is a service organization and this is the lens through which we are advising you of our...

Lehi Rotary Club Loses Stellar Member to Covid-19

Steven Walter Roll was born in San Bernardino, CA to Benjamin Roll (an Oklahoma boy) and Garnet Brooks (a San Bernadino native). The 7th of 8 children, while his father served in the Korean conflict, as dad called it. He was later named dad’s “Iddy biddy buddy”. He...

Collaboration will Continue with Regional Assemblies

Both written and verbal reviews contend: Club Cluster Assemblies successfully brought Utah Rotarians together to share ideas, energize members, and deepen clubs’ leadership bench by providing interactive Rotary learning. DGE Jose Velasco & DGN John Redd have...

ROTARY CLUB OF WASHINGTON CITY IS CHARTERED

It’s been 20 years in the making but on Wednesday, November 17, representatives of all southwestern Utah’s Rotary clubs gathered to celebrate the formal chartering of the Rotary Club of Washington City.  Amidst the celebratory joyful noise at Sand Hollow Resort,...

HALCHITA … A HUGE SUCCESS!

“Many groups reach out to us every year, wanting to help in some way, but only Rotary has actually shown up!” “You did all of this for us?” “I’ve lived in southeastern Utah for almost 90 years … and I’ve never seen anything like this outpouring of service.” “This week...

Dixie Sunrise & Veterans Clubs ask for your help for Toys for Tots

On March 6th the Dixie Sunrise Rotary Club celebrated the launch of their satellite club, the Veterans Club of Southern Utah.  The intent of this newly formed Rotary Club was to support Veterans.  The club jumped right into the many requests from the community from...

Rotary Polio Eradication Superstar visits Utah

Nigerian Past District Governor Pearl Okoro is one of five women recognized by Rotary International (RI) for her work to eradicate polio worldwide, so her visit to Utah for our District’s World Polio Day Dinner on October 27, 2021 created a lot of enthusiasm – and...

Halchita Community Center District Project

Every once in a while, maybe once in a lifetime, you have an experience that changes your life.  The Halchita Community Center Project could be one of those.  We had a crew of about 75 people from about every walk of life converge on this little, somewhat Isolated...

The Washington City ‘Why’

The Washington City ‘Why’ This message from Utah Rotary’s newest club may resonate with clubs all over the state: Our Rotary members have jobs and careers, some more than one. They have families, school functions, phones constantly ringing, and a daily laundry list of...

District 5420 Receives First Global Grant for Scholarship

District 5420 Receives First Global Grant for Scholarship District 5420 has received a Global Grant to fund a scholarship for a local scholar who is studying at Oxford University this fall. The Salt Lake Club is the international host for the grant, and the Holladay,...

West Jordan Rotary escapes squirrel cage with extraordinary service

Sometimes we get caught up in the squirrel cage of life and wonder if we are making a difference in the world. Here is the answer to that question if you are a member of the West Jordan Rotary Club or the Utah E-Club.  Since July of this year, this is what we have...

RI on Events in Afghanistan

Do we have Rotary clubs and members in Afghanistan? Three Rotary clubs and two Interact clubs have been active in Afghanistan.  We are working to contact those club members to convey Rotary’s support and hopes for their continued health and safety. Our thoughts are...

 Native American Scholarships at Snow College

 Native American Scholarships at Snow College Among the many projects of the Utah Rotary District’s Native American Initiative is a scholarship endowment for Native American students to attend Snow College Richfield. Through the generous contributions of many...

The Four Way Test

Scott Rosenbush comments to Rotary Club 24 Officer Transition meeting 6/15/21   Ladies & Gentlemen - We don’t have to go very far to hear pundits say that our country is more divided today than ever. But is it really? Rotary is the exact opposite of what...

SERVICE IMPACT REPORT:  ARE YOU UNDERREPORTING IN-KIND DONATIONS?

SERVICE IMPACT REPORT:  ARE YOU UNDERREPORTING IN-KIND DONATIONS? The impact of Rotary service is an important indicator of both your club’s vibrancy and Rotary’s value to your community, the district or the world.  Some clubs, however, appear to be underreporting...

ROTARACT CLUB OF THE YEAR … UVU ROTARACT

ROTARACT CLUB OF THE YEAR … UVU ROTARACT District 5420 is pleased to honor UVU Rotaract as Rotaract Club of the Year for RY2020-21. In conjunction with the UVU Office of Global Engagement, UVU Rotaract’s first event of the 2020-21school year, was a virtual...