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#RCNYRotaryWalks (around the world!)

Start: October 14th, 2017

Central Park, NY and around the world!

All Rotary Clubs, Rotaract Clubs, Interact Clubs are welcome – it’s a big world! Invite your friends, bring your family, activate your neighbors, reach out – Let’s do a global walk to create better visibility of our Rotarian values and goals, increase visibility, see what other clubs are doing, and enjoy great fellowship!

# Rotary Walks – around the World, will be the common bond, goal, and outlet for Rotary members combined philanthropic energy waiting to be unleashed, creating global visibility to the Rotarian foundational core values. Each club picks their own time, route, distance and project they want to feature. THEN: Post your walk pictures, project and how far your Club walked so we can tally the miles – around the globe to this link: PeopleMovers, the Community Network

Slide Presentation!

-RCNY #RotaryWalks PeopleMovers

by Dr. Jasmin B. Cowin, President Rotary Club of New York, 2017-2018

Presidential Motto for 2017 – 2018
Cooperation + Collaboration = Transformation

INTERNSHIP: Executive Asst. to RCNY President Rustam Alikulov, Kazakhstan

Welcome to Rustam Alikulov, Kazakhstan, who has accepted the unpaid RCNY Internship as Executive Assistant to the President. The internship runs from September 9th through October 7th, 2017.

Rustam Alikulov

Rustam will be an excellent resource to us in leading the newly chartered Interact Club Tarrytown, working with it’s founder and President Kai Cowin, in creating with her a social media campaign for RCNY, and to assist in the implementation of RCNY business and service projects.

Currently, Rustam serves as the Head of Events & Projects Department, Tourist Information Center Visit Almaty – 2017 (Tourism and Foreign Affairs Department of Almaty City, Kazakhstan). He was also the leader of the Kazakhstani Youth Organization, New York City where he organized events for students and Kazakhstani youth who live in the Eastern and Northern part of the USA (currently numbering 4,000 members.) and during which he assisted in the maintenance of a Facebook page and a social media campaign/outreach. In addition, from Sep 2013 to Dec 2014 he worked as Assistant to the Consul General at the Consulate of the Republic of Kazakhstan, New York City.

The Rotary Club of New York Fellowship at the Monarch Rooftop

It was my pleasure as President of the New York Rotary Club to have such a well-attended, first event. Rotary Fellowship is a unifying principle of our Rotarian values. In short #RotariansRock!

Rotary Club of New York Presidential Assistant Internship for ROTARCT Member

Unpaid Internship in New York, New York

Unpaid Internship Application Call for Active 21 year + old ROTARACTORS (duration approximately 10 weeks)

For the position of

Executive Assistant

to the President of the Rotary Club of New York

Host Club #6

Internship Opportunity 1: September 9th – October 7th, 2017
Internship Opportunity 2: October 14th – December 14th, 2017
Internship Opportunity 3: January 13th – March 10th, 2018
Internship Opportunity 4: March 31st – June 2nd, 2018

What you can do:
You speak and write English at C+ level (Common European Framework)
You are a people person who likes to make connections and follows up on conversations
You thrive with Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram
You enjoy taking photos and can use a photo editing instrument to post Rotary Club of New York event photos
You use Excel, Word, PP, Google docs, and collaborative tools
You are a self-starter, motivated and embody the Spirit of Rotary

Your Responsibilities:
Setting up of an Interact Club at a Private School and guiding the Interact student group through the applications process and service projects as their lead advisor
Function as the Executive Assistant to the President
Database creation and management
Be the liaison between the Chair of Service above Self and hands-on New York Service Projects
Assist in the President’s Initiative ‘Rotary means Business” by working with the Chair of the Business Initiative
Update RCNY’s PeopleMovers presence daily
Assist in Service Projects
Attend all lunch meetings and the International Breakfast meeting at the United Nations which is streamed live on Facebook with more than 5000 viewers

What the Rotary Club of New York offers:
Free monthly train and Metro ticket
Training and access to New York Executives, Diplomats, and UN personnel
A lot of work!
Private room at a Rotarian’s home (weekly charge is $120, includes breakfast, internet access, laundry and family style support as much or as little as you want). The home is 35 minutes by train from Grand Central. You can walk to Tarrytown and the train station. Please note that there are a 15-year-old boy and a small dog in the home.
All events such as luncheons and International Breakfasts are paid by the RCNY

You must follow the link and complete this exercise: Can you find the Rotary Club of New York on PeopleMovers?

RCNY cannot cover your flight, travel/health insurance, and personal expenses.

Send your resume and interest statement to dr.jcowinrotaryny@gmail.com

Please indicate in the subject line: RCNY Internship and dates you are interested in.