Photo essay: Rotary past and present

Rotary members have been providing medical support for those in need for years. At left, Rotary member Dr. Uthai Jenpanich examines patients at a “movable clinic” sponsored by the Rotary Club of Ubon, Thailand, in 1977. Thirty-four years later, Florence Marc-Charles (right), of the Rotary Club of Freeport-Merrick in New York, USA, triages patients at a clinic in Haiti funded by a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant. Photo Credit: Rotary Images

Through the years, Rotary members have discovered countless ways to mobilize support for children. At left, Bryant Washburn delivers books to students in Fiji in 1986, as part of an international service project of the Rotary Club of Davis, California, USA. Nearly 30 years later, members remain involved in the community in this South Pacific island country. At right, students learn to use a digital tablet at Bucalevu Secondary School, Taveuni Island. Tablets preloaded with educational programs were donated to two secondary schools by the Digital Learning Room, a Rotary project aimed at improving outcomes of students in the South Pacific. Photo Credit: Rotary Images

This Membership Month, in celebration of over 100 years of service, we dug into the archives and found any number of parallels between today's Rotary and yesterday's. Though our world is constantly changing, these pictures reminds us how Rotary's core values have remained intact through the decades.

By Adam Ross and Miriam Doan - Rotary News