News for IFSR Members

BSA Health & Safety ALERT: Shift Happens - Be Prepared To Move Quickly - Now 4.5 Million and Counting!

IFSR Annual Meeting Notes

To view the
IFSR Annual Meeting at the BSA National Meeting
May, 2008,
click here

To view the
IFSR Annual Meeting at the Rotary International Convenion
June, 2008,
click here 

John Kenny World President 2009-2010 

 

On 1 December 2007, President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson declared John Kenny to be the official nominee for president of Rotary International in 2009-10. Rotarian Kenny's formal election will take place at the 2008 Los Angeles Convention.

He is active in scouting and earned the Medal of Merit for helping form new scout groups in Eastern Europe.

IFSR's next great worldwide opportunity will be when Past IFSR Chair and Life Member John is Rotary's World President. We must BE PREPARED and make IFSR ACTIVE AND VIBRANT. Start now and recruit a NEW MEMBER 

Immediate Past President Wilf Wilkinson, King Scout 

I have a deep belief in volunteering, which I learned at an early age. Many people know this, but what they might not know is how I got involved with volunteering. Nowadays, community service is mandatory in some schools, but that wasn't so back when I was in school in Canada. I first got involved with volunteering through the Canadian Boy Scouts, beginning at age eleven and a half. I was a Boy Scout for eight years. I worked my way up to a King Scout, which is the equivalent to an Eagle Scout in the United States.

The Boy Scouts played an important part in laying the groundwork for me to get involved in community activities and later to accept an invitation to join Rotary. Rotary now offers programs like Interact, Rotaract, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, and Rotary Youth Exchange, which allow young people to develop an interest in their community and hopefully become Rotarians.

Community service is one of the best ways I know of to do our part to make the world a better place for our children and grandchildren. We share our love through community service - because service to the community is at the heart of Rotary. Don't pass up the chance to use the opportunity Rotary provides to make a difference.

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