SNSR- Sun Never Sets in Rotary is a phenomenal project to CONNECT INSPIRE SERVE, worldwide every year. Can every Rotarian of 1.4 million attend annual Rotary convention to touch base, exchange greetings with Rotary family, annually, NO.
Can we look at many successful projects through which Rotary over 119 years made a small difference, in someone’s life, the joys that it added to your life, in all 7 Areas of Focus giving HOPE of living happily, peacefully, NO.
Can we make the dreams of many Rotarians, donors and Rotary beneficiaries magical, YES
How can we learn of the many Rotarians who can help us with stay, cultural immersion, maybe some urgent help with our travel, our kids ?
SNSR makes lasting friendships of all Rotarians speaking many languages, from many cultures, truly international. SNSR facilitates participation and learning in 24 hrs relay Rotary birthday celebrations, year after year drawing on Rotarians everywhere, always on 23rd Feb when 4 met at Chicago in 1905. Its always from 2 PM GMT 23.2.24 to 2 PM GMT 24.2.24, SNSR always has the same log in and PW for the year, so one can touch a button and wake up into the Rotary world somewhere in the universe. SNSR24 began in Turkey and concluded in RI president district. We are grateful to every District Governor from RI president Shekhar Mehta year SNSR22, RI President Jennifer Jones, year 23, Gordon McInally year 24. Fabulous support from DG has set the tradition of SNSR beginning somewhere in the Rotary world but always concluding in the RI president district.
SNSR began in RID3232 when virtual platforms, digital connect and mobile access became the vogue, with the pandemic forcing people to stay at home, when Holger Knack was President RI. SNSR21 began as a magical tool to align all of us to enjoy friendships, share ideologies and projects on a virtual platform. Each slot had a program and tech coordinator who put together projects, culture, beauties of their districts and their programs. They say it helped them discover many lovely aspects of their own geographies and cultures. Take a look into SNSR website and drink in the beauty of the many instances captured
SNSR21, many joined, all the 24 hrs went off seamlessly, just a gorgeous feel that can be recalled for everyone of us who saw the concept & birth of SNSR, a little trickle that today is a beautiful flowing river traversing many lands.
Everyone enjoyed our journey planning and the actual event. Several stayed on to grow and nurture SNSR. PRIVP Celia Giay, International Advisor says we must be Rotarians plus, so SNSR makes us take one step more. All the 4 years, RI president gave us a presidential message, carried in all 24 slots. RI President Gordon McInally gave us more HOPE with his promos as he shared SNSR event in in his presentations. First Lady Heather McInally rendered SNSR song in English. Lyric put together and set to music for SNSR23 by Celia and video by Sasi. SNSR song in Portuguese and Spanish for SNSR24. Hope to see the song, We are Rotary, we are One for SNSR25 in many more languages.
Rtn. Murat, Turkey has put together SNSR website https://sunneversetsinrotary.org/ Rtn. Gunes has uploaded links to all SNSR slots, look it up enjoy. Share it through the year leading to many relishing the SNSR25. Pat our Progarm coordinator works with every slot to help them give the best, regardless of her travel or time.
We CONNECT, INSPIRE SERVE. 50 countries participated. A year’s work, techies who kept awake 26 hrs, smiling, handing physical and virtual meetings , attendance at each slot planned for 1000 hoping that more than 1000 can watch on FB and You tube. We learnt that certain things do not happen. Maybe support from RI and Rotary Great Britain can help increase awareness of SNSR, so the efforts, the time become more meaningful for the Rotary world. SNSR is a great public image. SNSR can reach beneficiaries, donors and Rotary families across the world in the comfort of their living room with friends and family. Should we have DGE, DGN, DGND participating in the SNSR so we can leverage the strength of Rotary to replicate highly successful projects. District participation, our focus for SNSR24 will truly increase clubs coming in with their best projects. Good sustainable projects can be documented in SNSR, replicated, models created for access to global grants. Inviting participants and viewers to carry articles, maybe incoming DG can give 10 mins for SNSR recorded presentations in every District assembly, maybe in PETS and SETS of every district. Possibilities are many because SNSR is a Rotary program with about 20 in the core team and about 200 other Rotarians who own and carry the program forward. Dreams are many, inviting all of you to listen to our SNSR song, watch our Rotary podcast put together by Rtn Gwen Jones. With all of 1.4 million holding hands passionate about what we do, you can wake up to the world of Rotary where the SUN NEVER SETS, CONNECTS INSPIRES SERVES
Rtn. Vasanthi Ranganathan
Event Coordinator, SNSR Core team , 919841080073, vasanthiranganathan@hotmail.com
