Welcome to the Rotary International District 6980 website, serving more than 2,100 Rotarians in 48 Clubs throughout Central Florida.
Rotary International is the association of clubs throughout the world. Rotary is an organization of business, professional, and community leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
If you are a visitor to this website, you can learn more about Rotary International, how it functions in Central Florida and why it is the premier service organization in the world…without peer. Visitors can learn more about our district’s structure and can use this site to discover where and when our 46 clubs meet and how to contact them.
Rotarians who belong to clubs in District 6980 can use the member access section to log in and enter the District’s database, which will give them access to password protected information.
The District Governor’s monthly newsletters are posted on the website the first of each month which contain important announcements relevant to each month. Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith’s monthly message is also posted on this site.
It is an honor and privilege to serve the Rotarians and Clubs of District 6980 as Governor.
Charles M. Rand
District Governor 2010-11
Rotary International District 6980
Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith, like imediate RI Past President John Kenny, has asked us to make Rotary's Youth programs a club priority in this Rotary Year.
This is the month when we need to educate all of our fellow members about the remarkable Youth Programs of Rotary International and how our clubs can promote these programs to serve our local youth.
Most of the clubs in District 6980 have their own outstanding programs tailored
for the youth of their communities and many also participate in Rotary's Youth
Programs, but not all do. I am challenging each club in District 6980 to make a
commitment to support at least one (if not more) of Rotary's Youth Programs.
Interact: Currently, about only half of the clubs in our District sponsor Interact
Clubs through their local high schools. Last January RI lowered the age to 12 for
Interactors so now clubs can sponsor an Interact Club in the middle schools. Thus, the
opportunity to start an Interact Club has never been easier!
Rotaract: Rotaract Clubs are ideal service club opportunities for young adults between the ages of 21-30 who can't make the full commitment to Rotary at this point in their lives. This past Rotary year, we established the Rotaract Club of Metro Orlando and plans are underway to re-establish Rotaract Clubs at Rollins College and UCF.
RYLA (February 24-27) forms are available for download (
Click Here). Please begin planning for RYLA now!!
Eight foreign Rotary Youth Exchange students have arrived in Central Florida to begin their academic year with us. We will welcome these students during our Interact Leadership Training Assembly & New Generations Lunch on Saturday, September 25, at the West Orlando Rotary Clubhouse.
This year's
District New Generations Seminar will be held on Saturday April 30, 2011as part of our District Convention at the Lake Buena Vista Resort Hotel. Your club's representation at this seminar will enhance your club's understanding of the various Rotary Youth Programs and enable its members to get more involved in these great programs.
Rotary's youth programs help us Build Communities-Bridge Continents.
