President Manuel Assis of the Rotary Club of Luanda, Angola, shared this pic in the House of Friendship at the Ri Convention in Calgary. More than 15 000 Rotary members from 120 countries were welcomed to Canada’s third most diverse city, for the second time since time since Calgary hosted the event in 1996.🍁

The official opening was on Sunday 22 June, but thousands gathered for the grand opening of its House of Friendship — a gathering place for attendees throughout the conference — on Saturday morning.

“Seeing people from all corners of the globe — different languages, different cultures — getting together and just enjoying each other and making connections and figuring out how to work together, that’s the best part of a convention for me,” said Rotary International president Stephanie Urchick. 🍁 Below, pics from DGE Pam Rawbone – RI Conventions are fun – a rare opportunity to meet Rotarians from all over the world – in this case from 120 countries!