The Rotary Foundation is a non-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions.

The foundation was established in 1917 by Rotary International's sixth president, Arch C. Klumph, as an endowment fund for Rotary "to do good in the world." It has grown from an initial contribution of US $26.50 to more than US $1 billion. It has one of the largest and most prestigious international fellowship programs in the world.

Erik McGuire is the new District 6040 Foundation Chair.  He will describe how our District works with Rotary International through The Rotary Foundation to support projects locallly and internationaly. 

Delivering the Healthcare Needs of People in Poverty, Disasters and Violence

Project C.U.R.E delivers life-saving medical equipment, supplies and services to meet the needs of people in poverty, disasters and violence. At least 400 million people have no basic healthcare. Every two seconds, someone aged 30 to 70 loses their lives to noncommunicable disease such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, diabetes or cancer. Many in the developing world have little to no access to identification, detection or treatment.

For Lisa Essig, McDonald’s has become a multigenerational family business. Her dad bought a McDonald’s in Liberty when she was 13, and her first job there was working the drive-thru.  Through high school and college, Essig continued working there and considered turning it into a career. But she wasn’t certain until her junior year of college. Essig said she never felt pressured to join the family business. Working with her dad offered a behind-the-scenes look and a solid understanding of what to expect when she ventured out on her own. After earning a business management degree, Essig became a McDonald’s restaurant manager and then oversaw the family’s restaurants for about seven years.  At 30, she bought her father’s Liberty restaurant and later acquired his other three McDonald’s locations. Now with 38 restaurants, Essig Family McDonald’s is the largest woman-owned McDonald’s operator in the U.S.

Andrew is with the DIrector of Special Programs at Liberty Public School District - his topics will include