Seward Alaska Rotary Club

10/09/2025

Wold Polio Day honors the strides made and renew our promise: no child should ever suffer from polio. Rotary’s work has helped cut polio by 99.9 % globally.

But until the last case is gone—especially in Afghanistan & Pakistan—we keep moving forward. Join us.

10/09/2025

Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever.

As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.

Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort.

Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year. Learn more.

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a paralyzing and potentially deadly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. The virus spreads from person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can then attack the nervous system.

10/07/2025

🎉 Win a Royal Caribbean Cruise for Two! 🌴⚓
Ready to set sail on a dream vacation — and support a great cause while you’re at it? Yes! 👉 Get your ticket here: https://sewardrotaryclub.ticketspice.com/seward-rotary-club-fall-cruise-raffle-2025

The Seward Rotary Club is raffling off a 6–8 night Caribbean Cruise for two in an oceanview stateroom aboard Royal Caribbean!
💙 Only 100 tickets available — $50 each!
Every ticket helps fund local Seward Rotary projects like Coats for Kids, He Will Provide Food Bank, Seward Senior Center, and Youth Scholarships. Every dollar stays in Alaska!
🗓 Buy online until October 30 (midnight AKDT)
🎟 Tickets: $50 | Only 100 sold — don’t wait!
🏆 Winner drawn live via reverse raffle (last ticket wins!)
📍 October 31 at 9 PM | Breeze Inn, Seward
Need not be present to win!
📞 Outside Alaska? Call Kristi Larson at 907-491-1208 to purchase by phone (State of Alaska gaming laws).
✨ Cruise valid through October 2026 — your ticket could take you somewhere tropical, warm, and unforgettable.

10/01/2025

Wonder what the Seward Rotary Club does? Are you interested in meeting new people, getting more involved in your community, and doing projects that help others locally, regionally, and worldwide?
Find out more about us by coming to one of our weekly lunch meetings on Tuesdays at 12pm, listening to a speaker if we have one, and hearing about what is happening in our club. Tuesday 09-30-25, we will be hearing from Claire Horton of the Loreto Magio Rotary Club on the Children's Water Safety Program. Join us.

10/01/2025

Thank you to Mayor Peter Micciche for your talk on the Kenai Peninsula Borough.

10/01/2025

District Governor Marty Metiva and Cheryl Metiva enjoying Rotary Park and getting to know the whale!

09/30/2025

Rotary has a variety of focus areas. One is providing clean water and sanitation for all. By enabling clean water and sanitation access, Rotary creates healthier communities and transforms lives globally. Through our areas of focus, members unite to take action that leads to lasting change.

09/28/2025

Wonder what the Seward Rotary Club does? Are you interested in meeting new people, getting more involved in your community, and doing projects that help others locally, regionally, and worldwide?
Find out more about us by coming to one of our weekly lunch meetings on Tuesdays at 12pm, listening to a speaker if we have one, and hearing about what is happening in our club. Tuesday 09-30-25, we will be hearing from Mayor Peter Micciche about .Kenai Peninsula Borough updates. Join us.

09/24/2025

Thank you Marty Metiva for a great visit and sharing your vision for D5010 with us.

09/24/2025

Five locals braved the rain and came together to celebrate the International Day of Peace around the Peace Pole in Rotary Park. They read quotes and sang Let there be peace on earth.

Some of the quotes shared:
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix

Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are and something you give away. John Lennon

For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. Eleanor Roosevelt

“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set (or cell phone), then there’d be peace.” — John Lennon, England, 1940–1980

“Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.” — The 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet, born 1935

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” — Nelson Mandela, South Africa, 1918–2013

Let there be peace on earth
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me;
let there be peace on earth, the peace that was meant to be.
With God our creator, children all are we.
Let us walk with each other in perfect harmony.
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Let peace begin with me, let this be the moment now.
With every step I take, may this be my solemn vow:
To take each moment and live each moment
in peace eternally.
Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.

Note the peace pole, gifted to our club by the Kino Rotary Club of Arizona, celebrates the word peace in various languages of the original inhabitants and settlers of Seward.

09/19/2025

Thanks Amanda Sweeting for your great talk on the Seward Chamber of Commerce.