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Message from President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, Rotary International, 2007-2008

Rotary’s participation in the Pasadena Tournament f Roses Parade is a wonderful way to reach out to millions of people. Television coverage amplifies our efforts by delivering a message of what Rotary stands for and what Rotarians do for mankind.  Our float for the year 2008 is entitled “Sharing World Literacy Day.” It highlights Rotary’s commitment to literacy. The Pasadena Tournament of Roses estimates that the parade is seen by 40 million people in the USA and 300 million people internationally in more than 150 countries. What a wonderful audience to tell about the efforts of 1.2 million Rotarians to improve the quality of life by educational and humanitarian help to people around the world.

The ability of Rotary to be represented in the Rose Parade for the twenty-eighth consecutive year depends entirely upon contributions of Rotary clubs in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean to the multi-district Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee.  On January 1st 2008, as your club members watch the Tournament of Roses Parade on television, I know they will take pride in having helped to make the Rotary float possible.

Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, President
Rotary International, 2007-08

 

The Rotary Rose Float is not an official Rotary International program.