Stephanie A. Urchick

President 2024-25

(Presidential message retrieved from: https://my.rotary.org/en/news-media/office-president/presidential-message)

March 2025

March is here, and for Rotary International, that means celebrating Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Month — a time to shine a spotlight on one of the most transformative areas of our work.

This month is an opportunity to reflect on The Magic of Rotary and the profound impact we create when we come together with determination and purpose.

March 8th was International Women's Day.

This March, in honor of International Women's Day, we’re calling on ALL CLUBS in our District to join the Celebrate Rotary Women in Action campaign! Let’s shine a spotlight on the incredible women of Rotary and their impact all month long.

Single use plastics, cans, and other one time use containers are used in our communities every single day. Last semester at UMD, I did a challenge for my sustainability class where we eliminated single serve beverages for a whole week. The Eco Challenge for this month is based on that idea. I challenge you to spend a day, a few days, or even a week eliminating single serve beverages and to see how many single serve beverages you consume over that period of time usually. By having this knowledge of how many containers we each use, we can see a better view of our climate impact.

What I found when doing this challenge is a new perspective on how many single serve containers/beverages we use in our daily lives. When we zoom out, these single serve containers are affecting our world and our climate by how they are produced and disposed of.