In the latest episode of the series Corey Lopardi of the New Club Task Force interviews District 5000 Governor Randy Hart, Past District Governor Winton Schoneman and Charter President Pili Valderrama of the Kaka’ako Eco Rotary Club to learn how their district has used environmental cause based clubs to grow Rotary.

Season 2 of the video/podcast series “Expanding Our Reach - The Stories of New Clubs” continues to delve into how new clubs can attract new members to Rotary.

In the 11th episode of the series Corey Lopardi of the New Club Task Force interviews Anabella Bonfa - Rotary D5320 Membership Chair, Joe Alvarez - Rotary D5320 Membership Team/Irvine Rotary Member, Mukesh Bastola & Gudari Castillo - Co-Presidents of Soka Rotaract, and Rahul Sreedasyam - Vice President of UCI Rotaract.

Regardless of what some Rotarians might think, starting new Rotary clubs is not a new concept. If we didn’t start new Rotary clubs, then we’d all be members of the Rotary Club of Chicago.

So why don’t most Districts start new clubs every year?

Maybe it’s because they don’t have a plan for starting new Rotary clubs.

Corey Lopardi of the Rotary Big West New Club Task Force interviews D5030 Past District Governor Catherine Gibson and D5030 District Governor Elect Kae Peterson to find out their secrets for forming four new Rotary clubs in their District over the last two years.