You can help develop leaders in your community and club by getting involved in Rotary programs and activities. Empower young people through Interact and Rotaract. Encourage community involvement by sponsoring a Rotary Community Corps. Or share your expertise in a Rotarian Action Group.

• Get involoved with our Internact clubs. Interact clubs bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Service Above Self.
• There are also Rotaract clubs, whichbring together people ages 18-30 to exchange ideas with leaders in the community, develop leadership and professional skills, and have fun through service.
• Organize a Rotary Community Corps. This is a group of people who share our commitment to changing the world through service projects.  Rotary Community Corps members plan and carry out projects in their communities and support local Rotary club projects but are not members of a Rotary club.  There are more than 8,500 corps in over 90 countries. Rotary Community Corps are active everywhere Rotary is present: in urban and rural areas, and in both developed and developing countries.
• Form or join a Rotary Fellowships, which are independent, social groups that share a common passion. Being part of a fellowship is a fun way to make friends around the world.

Bob was born in a small village, Nandgaon (pop. 868), Northwest of Bombay in Maharashtra State in India. He grew up into a large family of a poor farmer. He has 3 brothers and 4 sisters, and while helping with the goats and livestock, studied in a one-room elementary school in Nandgaon and attended high school in Ahmednagar.

Throughout his high school he was a recipient of merit scholarships and continued to work on the farm. Bob received a B.S. in Agricultural Sciences and M.S. in Entomology from the University of Pune, India. He came to the United States in 1967. He received his PhD in Entomology from the University of Missouri (Columbia) and did post-doctoral training was at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, N.C.). He served on the faculty of the School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (1975- 1983) and conducted research in Pediatric Pharmacology.

Bob served as a toxicologist at the Food & Drug Administration, Rockville, MD (1983-1985). He worked at the U.S. EPA from 1985-2016 conducting and managing researching health-risk assessment of chemicals. Bob has authored/co-authored over 150 scientific papers, in toxicology and health risk assessment of environmental agents, He has been recipient of several awards from the U.S. EPA for his outstanding contributions.

Bob retired from EPA in January 2016. He and his wife Meena have two children and five grandchildren. He is very passionate about children’s education especially in poor countries and currently supports college education of girls in India.

Last Week’s Speaker, Xan Fry, got Samantha Crosby involved in sorting socks to test her planning and organizational abilities. Samantha did a great job and should be an inspiration to all of us who need to get organized (hint: think functionally!). Xan had lots of other ideas on storage, relocation, and  generally how to get rid of stuff.  One suggestion: start small, in a corner or shelf, clean it off, and congratulate yourself.  Then move on to larger projects