Thanks to you and donors like you, The Rotary Foundation raised more than $477 million in the 2025-2026 Rotary year. Your donations supported sustainable projects that improve people’s health, expand access to education, protect the environment, alleviate poverty,...
This photo was taken by John Butterfield, a member of The Rotary Club of Dublin-Worthington, OH (D6690) since 1997, and was among the winners announced this Summer in Rotary's 2026 photo awards. A woman makes her way through a courtyard of the 16th-century Gazi...
As our students head back to school, September is an ideal time for your club to share the impact of Youth Exchange with local media. With Rotary Youth Exchange recently receiving the American Society of Association Executives’ Power of Associations Gold Award,...
Our districts have long histories of our clubs engaging in literacy projects. Some are entirely self-funded while others rely upon Global or District Grant funding. If your club hasn’t already hosted a literacy project for September, it isn’t too late to showcase how...
Rotary's Learning Center remains a severely under-utilized resource. Each year, our districts offer Presidents-Elect Seminars, Training Assemblies, Vibrant Club Workshops, and Team Learning Seminars. And many districts recycle old training materials or worse, start...
Poliovirus cases and positive environmental isolates reported this week: Afghanistan: Two WPV1 cases and no WPV1-positive environmental samples. There have been twenty-five WPV1 cases this year and there were 21 in 2025. The most recent case was on August 6, 2026....
Established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly, on September 21st of each year the world observes International Day of Peace, as a period of 24 hours of non-violence and ceasefire. The day goes beyond the simple absence of war. It calls for building...
Rotary has made incredible progress toward eradicating polio, cheering as regions of the world were certified polio-free. We've contained wild poliovirus to just two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but polio anywhere will always be a threat to children...
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What is getting in your way as you’re trying to create a new club? What challenges are you facing in building a Companion or Satellite Club? What’s preventing that next club from happening? Where is the process getting stuck? What question do you need answered? Get...
Proclaimed by UNESCO in 1966 during its 14th General Conference and first celebrated in 1967, Literacy Day is celebrated globally every year on September 8th to highlight the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human right. This coincides with...
Some of Rotary's 500,000+ Rotary alumni are in your District. They may have participated in any one (or more) of these: Interact or Rotaract clubs Rotary Youth Exchange Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Rotary Peace Fellowships Rotary Scholarships (including...
