(L-R: Nicole Wheeldon - Club Membership Chair, Adam, and Chris)
Welcome to our newest Rotary Club members, Adam and Chris! Adam is a lawyer specializing in nonprofit organizations, and Chris is a dedicated REALTOR®. We’re thrilled to have them join our mission of service and look forward to the positive impact they’ll make in our community.
Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Mesa came together to prepare a warm, home-cooked meal for the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Mesa.
With care and compassion, we worked side by side in the kitchen, ensuring that families with sick children had a comforting meal to share. It was a meaningful evening filled with service, connection, and the reminder that even the smallest acts of kindness can make a big difference.
Rotary and the United Nations have a shared history of working toward peace and addressing humanitarian issues around the world.
During World War II, Rotary informed and educated members about the formation of the United Nations and the importance of planning for peace. Materials such as the booklet “From Here On!” and articles in The Rotarian helped members understand the UN before it was formally established and follow its work after its charter.
Many countries were fighting the war when the term “United Nations” was first used officially in the 1942 “Declaration by United Nations.” The 26 nations that signed it pledged to uphold the ideals expressed by the United States and the United Kingdom the previous year of the common principles “on which they based their hopes for a better future for the world.”
Every hero has an origin story. “I was 10 years old when the entire journey started,” explains Binish Desai. It began with a cartoon called Captain Planet, an animated TV series from the 1990s about an environmentalist with superpowers. Desai can still recite the show’s refrain: Captain Planet, he’s our hero / Gonna take pollution down to zero! “That tagline stuck in my mind,” he says. “I wanted to do something to help Captain Planet.”