Rotary International
News about Rotary, a global network of business and professional leaders who volunteer their time and talents to serve their communities and the world.
07/23/2010 12:12 PM
Resources for Rotarians
Rotary International offers resources that give useful ways to help build and improve your club.
07/20/2010 12:08 PM
Resources for club officers
Rotary International offers many resources to help club officers understand their roles and responsibilities.
06/24/2010 05:50 PM
Photos from the 2010 RI Convention
View photos of speakers, plenary sessions, workshops, and more as Rotarians from around the world gather in Montréal, Canada, to celebrate another successful Rotary year.
06/01/2010 03:02 PM
What’s your EREY story?
Rotarian contributions to Annual Programs Fund make humanitarian projects possible.
05/19/2010 12:17 PM
A matter of conviction
Roxana Saberi talks about her imprisonment, human rights, and a new book.
05/18/2010 01:11 PM
Daily Council highlights
Board given authority to change districts that fall below 33 clubs or 1,200 members.
04/30/2010 11:21 AM
Kick Polio Out of Africa
Soccer ball receives rousing welcome in Nigeria, Benin on its 22-country journey through Africa.
04/28/2010 07:12 PM
Daily Council highlights
Council endorses resource for rapid dispatch of short-term relief after disasters.
03/25/2010 10:18 AM
Bigger, better, bolder
Rotary coordinators prepare to help clubs meet the objectives of the RI Strategic Plan.
11/11/2009 09:00 AM
Hooked on Rotary
RI Director Frederick Hahn addresses a world of needs as he travels the globe
10/23/2009 12:10 PM
Surviving polio
A list of famous people who survived polio
10/22/2009 05:55 PM
World Polio Day
Watch a video on Rotary's efforts to eradicate polio
10/06/2009 01:27 PM
GSE breaks new ground
First wheelchair-only Group Study Exchange team rolls over stereotypes
10/06/2009 01:23 PM
An eye for compassion
Finalist in The Rotarian’s photo contest captures caring hands at work in India
09/09/2009 02:48 PM
Leading by example
District 6900 wastes no time in giving to the Annual Programs Fund
08/28/2009 12:33 PM
Reach One, Keep One
New membership slogan stresses recruitment, retention, and responsibility
08/20/2009 10:00 AM
Who is your Tommy?
Past district governor's story encourages Rotarians to make recruitment a priority
08/11/2009 12:32 PM
Taking the pennant
Rotary club banners have a colorful, checkered past
04/28/2009 10:07 AM
Look who's on the cover
See a gallery of covers from the regional magazines of the Rotary World Magazine Press featuring Bill Gates, cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
04/09/2009 01:30 AM
Walking to beat polio
Canadian Rotarian completes pilgrimage in Spain to raise funds for PolioPlus
04/06/2009 09:00 AM
Up Front up close
Celebrate Magazine Month with this gallery of photos from The Rotarian.
01/23/2009 04:04 PM
Watch a video of the theme speech
“Everything begins and ends with our clubs,” says RI President-elect John Kenny. See his 19 January International Assembly speech and watch as he unveils the 2009-10 RI theme. Learn why The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.
12/22/2008 03:46 PM
Peace is not a spectator sport
Peace has always mattered to Rotary. It's a part of our mission. Working for peace, though, can be challenging. It takes courage to go where there is unrest.
12/10/2008 02:00 PM
The heart of Texas
Rotarians help give San Antonio's homeless more than just a place to live.
10/15/2008 11:33 AM
A long walk home
Bob Solis raises US$280,000 by walking 700 miles across South Africa.
09/30/2008 05:53 PM
Gift of education
Former Ambassadorial Scholar starts youth service program in Philippines
08/12/2008 05:01 PM
How Rotary can save you money
The Planned and Major Gifts Division of Rotary International advises members on how to maximize the impact of their gifts.
07/25/2008 03:55 PM
Road to Recovery
The Rotary Club of Greenbelt, Maryland, USA, donates a semitrailer full of relief supplies, as volunteers from the seven Metro Cedar Rapids Rotary clubs roll up their sleeves to unload and distribute donations to victims of the June flood.
07/02/2008 11:43 AM
Recycling to raise funds
Rotary club in Canada raised more than US$7,000 during a scrap metal drive in April.
06/19/2008 01:45 PM
Rotary looks to the future
Literacy, health, and the future of Rotary were the highlights of the fourth plenary session of the RI Convention.
05/29/2008 06:50 PM
Making fitness a daily habit
District 6360 (Michigan, USA) fitness program aims to help participants develop lifelong exercise habits.
05/08/2008 11:09 AM
Peace is possible
The 2007-08 Rotary peace train makes its last stop in the border city of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
04/16/2008 01:57 PM
From crawling to walking: A survivor's story
In the north of India, large numbers of polio survivors require surgery and rehabilitation. Follow the journey of Asif, a 12-year-old boy who contracted polio as an infant.
04/04/2008 03:29 PM
Helping a shantytown help itself
The project provides residents of Cairo, Egypt, with vocational training and other educational opportunities.
03/20/2008 12:27 PM
This month in Rotary: 103rd anniversary
During the first Rotary club meeting Paul Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Hiram Shorey, and Silvester Schiele met to talk about their personal experiences. Harris then unfolded his general plan for their club meetings.
03/10/2008 04:01 PM
For Rotaract, life begins at 40
During World Rotaract Week, 10-16 March, Rotaractors and their Rotarian sponsors can conduct joint activities.
03/10/2008 10:41 AM
Heavy lifting for new homes
Australian Rotaractors will travel to India and Mongolia in July to help needy people build new homes.
03/04/2008 04:14 PM
When words fail
John Corcoran works to end illiteracy in North America, a learning disability he suffered from most of his life.
02/26/2008 11:30 AM
Rotarians worldwide celebrate
Since RI’s beginning, Rotarians everywhere have celebrated Rotary’s anniversary on 23 February, also known as World Understanding and Peace Day.
02/15/2008 10:25 AM
Wired for success
Photo essay: Vocational Service Electrical Training in Betim, Brazil.
01/18/2008 12:28 PM
Rotarian on the street
As the International Assembly, we asked incoming district governors to share their thoughts on the challenges given to them.
01/15/2008 12:19 PM
Rotarian on the street
We asked district governors-elect, “What does the 2008-09 RI theme, Make Dreams Real, mean to you and your district?”
12/19/2007 10:58 AM
Polio in pictures
Two billion children under the age of five have received the oral polio vaccine, sparing an estimated 5 million from a lifetime of paralysis and preventing 500,000 new cases each year.
12/18/2007 02:21 PM
Persevering against polio
Embark on a virtual tour of “Whatever Happened to Polio?” an exhibit of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History that chronicles the history of the disease and efforts to eradicate it.
12/14/2007 03:56 PM
A positive note
Three schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are using instruments purchased with a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant sponsored by the Rotary clubs of Rio de Janeiro-Guanabara and Lohr Marktheidenfeld, Germany.
12/07/2007 11:40 AM
RYLA participant fights polio in Nigeria
To graduate from South Tahoe High School, students are required to master a new skill. So, Brittney Cummings talked her way onto a polio immunization trip.
12/05/2007 12:19 PM
Watch the fight to eradicate polio
RI has announced a partnership with the Gates Foundation that will inject US$200 million into the effort to eradicate polio.
12/04/2007 10:58 AM
Musical fundraising
Rotarian musicians find a way to keep big-band tunes alive – and make money for The Rotary Foundation.
11/27/2007 12:28 PM
A historic day for Rotary
Read a message from Rotary leaders about RI's partnership with the Gates Foundation.
11/13/2007 11:32 AM
Grant money in motion
The Rotary Club of Des Plaines, Illinois, USA, puts its Rotary Foundation matching grant into motion teaching schoolchildren math and science in an unconventional way.
10/31/2007 04:52 PM
PR grants help tell many Rotary stories
More than 1,700 Public Relations Grants were awarded in 2006-07 to help clubs and districts promote their projects to the media and the general public.
