Rotary's 2013-14 Annual Report is now available online. See how Rotary members across the globe tackled some of the world's toughest challenges last year. Learn about our generous donors and dedicated partners, who strengthen our impact. And explore our financial reports to see why Rotary is an organization you can support with confidence.
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To eradicate polio in India, Rotary members displayed impressive coordination and commitment. So it should come as no surprise that Rotary members in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, were able to mobilize more than 40,000 people to create the world's largest human national flag. The tribute to the polio eradication effort qualified as a Guinness World Records-breaking achievement.
"What impressed me most was that all of Rotary was represented: Rotaractors, Interactors, and Rotarians," says RI President Gary C.K. Huang, who participated in the event along with his wife, Corinna, and other Rotary senior...
To ensure our Foundation's long-term financial sustainability, the Trustees have approved a funding model, effective 1 July 2015.
The Foundation needs a more predictable level of financial support of revenue to pay its annual operating expenses and provide an operating reserve.
Questions or comments? Please contact fundingmodel@rotary.org
RI General Secretary John Hewko met with NTV Kenya for a wide-ranging interview about what makes Rotary unique and why it's one of the world's most respected service organizations.
"Rotary in many ways is a great example of how countries could operate," Hewko said. "We are overtly nonpolitical, nonreligious. There's a culture within Rotary of everybody being equal. And when you join Rotary, you buy into the philosophy of peace and understanding."
Watch the video above (English only).
For decades, the small, pastoral communities in northern Kenya have been caught in a cycle of violence. Tribes have shed blood over distrust, scarce resources, and the theft of livestock.
Rotary Scholar Monica Kinyua founded the Children Peace Initiative (CPI) Kenya with her twin sister, Jane Wanjiru, to end the fighting by building friendships between children from different tribes.
Earlier this year, the sisters used a global grant sponsored by Rotary members in San Diego, California, and the Rotary Club of Nairobi to conduct a peace camp for children in Baragoi, Samburu County, one of the...
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Duty Roster
Setup & Greeter
Jan 6
Sutley, Ken
Jan 6
Mouris, Bill
Jan 20
Annicchiarico, Augie
Jan 20
Baird, Art
Jan 27
Harcourt, Rick
Jan 27
DeNooy, Peter
Feb 3
Wall, Larry
Feb 3
Dobbin, Ron
Feb 10
Chow, Campbell
Feb 10
Freeman, Dennis
Feb 17
Stefanyk, Don
Feb 17
Papanicolas, Dimitri
Feb 24
Rayner, David
Feb 24
Gierach, Len
Mar 3
Quilliam, Hal
Mar 3
Germain, Eric
Mar 10
Lehmann, Hugo
Mar 10
Milne, Doug
Mar 17
Wright, Sean
Mar 17
Henry, Don
Mar 24
Merhej, Ray
Mar 24
Onieu, Mike
Mar 31
Mouris, Bill
Door Duty
Jan 6
Morley, Rob
Jan 6
Basaraba, Rose Marie
Jan 20
Jansen van Vuuren, Carin
Jan 20
Solash, Eric
Jan 27
Basaraba, Rose Marie
Jan 27
Morley, Rob
Feb 3
Granholm, Hans
Feb 3
Pilz, Hans
Feb 10
Jansen van Vuuren, Carin
Feb 10
Solash, Eric
Feb 17
Morley, Rob
Feb 17
Basaraba, Rose Marie
Feb 24
Granholm, Hans
Feb 24
Pilz, Hans
Mar 3
Jansen van Vuuren, Carin
Mar 3
Solash, Eric
Mar 10
Basaraba, Rose Marie
Mar 10
Morley, Rob
Mar 17
Pilz, Hans
Mar 17
Granholm, Hans
Mar 24
Jansen van Vuuren, Carin
Mar 24
Solash, Eric
Mar 31
Morley, Rob
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The annual CanAm Charity Golf Tournament hosted by the Superstition Mountain Rotary Club will be held on Saturday, January 10, 2015. With 2 Canadian players competing with 2 American players in a Ryder Cup Format at the Gold Canyon Golf Resort, it promises to be a terrific day!
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The surface of Mars.
Tough Times 1930
Copper Wire
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, French scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the French, in the weeks that followed, American archaeologists dug to a depth of 20 feet before finding traces of copper wire. Shortly afterwards, they published an article in the New York Times saying : "American archaeologists, having found traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the French."
A few weeks later, The British Archaeological Society of Northern England’ reported the following: "After digging down to a depth of 33 feet in the Skipton area of North Yorkshire in 2011, Charlie Hardcastle, a self-taught local amateur archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely bugger all. Charlie has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Britain had already gone wireless."
Our club KIVA team has recently passed a milestone or two. Patrick Gibson advised us that we have now been active with 100 (!) small loans to small businesses amounting to $8,800. in this, our first year of involvement. 100% of the 100 loans have either been paid back in full or are in the process of being paid back.
55% of loans have helped women, often with university tuition. Men and small agriculture based loans seem popular choices also.
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