Serving to change lives

ALFREDTON Rotary Club has sworn in their president for the 2021-2022 year.

A charter member of the seven-and-a-half-year-old Club, , Denise Lyons said she’s ready to lead the Club in helping others in the community, with some broader inspiration from Rotary International.

The organisation’s 2021-2022 global theme is at the front of her mind; serve to change lives.

“The incoming Rotary International president is Shekhar Mehta. He urges Rotary members to become more involved in service, saying that caring for, and serving others, is the best way to live,” Mrs Lyons said.

“It changes not only other people’s lives, but our own.”

As she settles into the role, Mrs Lyons is posing five simple but valuable questions to her fellow Alfredton Rotarians and the wider community for their consideration, to remind them why making a commitment to service matters.

“I would like them to think about, what is the Rotary Club of Alfredton’s purpose? What do we stand for, and what are the ideals of Rotary? Who are we here for, and what do we want to achieve this year?

“We have the opportunity, as a Club, to make a difference in our community, both locally and globally,” she said.

“Let us look for those opportunities to serve… each one of us. We need your ideas, involvement, enthusiasm, and willingness to give some time to make a difference.”

Mrs Lyons is also energised by a famous Henry Ford quote, “coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

Outgoing president David Sanders led the Club over the 2020-2021 year, helping to steer projects including the development of Rotary Centennial Park at Lucas, and the inaugural environmental ideas challenge.