As the 2025-26 Rotary international service year draws to a close, the Rotaract Club of Antigua is publicly acknowledging the critical role that its wide network of sponsors, partners, presenters, individual supporters and friends have played in advancing its work across the island. In an official end-of-year statement, the youth-led service organization emphasized that every form of support it received over the past 12 months — from financial sponsorships and in-kind donations to collaborative partnerships, venue access, shared professional expertise, active participation and simple words of encouragement — laid the groundwork for a full slate of successful initiatives.
Operating under the 2025-26 Rotary theme “Service Beyond Borders: Unite. Inspire. Lead.”, the Antigua club structured its programming around eight core priority areas: expanding grassroots community service, creating professional development pathways for young people, fostering member fellowship, growing its membership base, raising public awareness around critical health topics, increasing youth engagement in civic action, and running strategic fundraising campaigns to sustain future projects. The collective backing from external stakeholders allowed the organization to scale these efforts far beyond what it could have achieved independently, turning planned small-scale projects into impactful programs that reached more community members.
Club President Martina Lewis delivered the formal message of gratitude on behalf of the 2025-26 Board of Directors and the club’s entire membership, noting that external partnerships were not just helpful but foundational to advancing the organization’s core mission of service and youth empowerment. Looking ahead to the upcoming Rotary year, the Rotaract Club of Antigua says it is eager to deepen its connections with existing supporters, build new collaborative relationships with cross-sector stakeholders, and continue delivering work that creates long-lasting positive change for communities across Antigua.