Peggy Asseo Images

Rotary International

I worked for The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International for almost fifteen years. I traveled throughout the world on Rotary business, often including the annual Rotary Convention. It was hard work; at some Conventions I rarely got an opportunity to explore the city. However, I often found ways to add some time on and had the pleasure of traveling with Rotary friends as well as occasionally my spouse.

Rotarians love taking and being in photos. I have included just a few of the hundreds that I have accumulated. They make me smile to see the Rotarians who have become my friends – and occasionally I mourn the loss of someone who is no longer with us.

Since I have remained a Rotarian, I am happy to say that this gallery will continue to feature new friends and new Rotary adventures.

Rwanda market during a visit to Kigali with RI President Ravi Ravindran
Sir Emeka and Adaora Offor at the Houston Convention
The House of Friendship at the Bangkok Convention was the most beautiful of them all, filled with orchids and with special cultural experiences in every corner.
In Nigeria with Trustee Chair DK Lee, hosted by Sir Emeka Offor. I participated in a polio immunization day, holding infants in my arms to deliver the drops.
When I retired in 2023, I suggested that my team and I go out for a quiet drink. Instead my boss, Eric Schmelling, opened his house for a Ri-wide dinner celebrating David Bender’s and my retirement.
The Kigali genocide memorial. There are no words.
Stunning dresses worn by Rotarians at the Seoul Convention in 2016
Rotary Peace Centers donors toured the Chulalongkorn University RPC during the Bangkok Convention.
The Turkish Rotarians at the January 2019 Rotary International Assembly insisted that I pose with them
Ravi’s Welcome to Rwanda party
How very lucky to be able to trek to see the mountain gorillas as part of the RI President’s visit to Rwanda
At the McAuliffe-Shepard Space Museum in Concord NH for a Rotary Peace Centers event coordinated by (now) Trustee Marty Helman. Here with her late husband Frank Helman, then-RI President Ian Riseley, and Rotary Peace Fellow Marius Antoniou.
The ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Makerere Rotary Peace Center in Kampala
Focus On Peace 2014, Brisbane