Foundation Alumni Newsletter - Reconnections
Global Polio Eradication
CBC Video Documentary on Polio
UN Millennium Development Goals
Idealist - An Interactive site to Exchange Resources and Ideas, Take Steps Toward Building a World
Collection of Vintage CBC Radio Broadcasts On Polio
How To Recruit Your Volunteer
Fund-Raising Team
Tips on Recruiting Rotary World
Peace Fellow Applicants
Charitable Giving in Canada and the US:
The 2007 Generosity Index
WEALTH by Andrew Carnegie. This article written in 1889 is still
worth reading
Perspectives on Canadian Philanthropy 2007 - Report by Offord Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bob Scott
TRF Trustee Chair Bob Scott
2008 International Assembly
San Diego - RI Photo

 

 

 

 


My friends, as we pull hard on our oars through the choppy waters, perhaps we think again. We
remember we are Rotarians belonging to an organization with a Foundation for peace, an
organization that can constantly offer hope through educational and charitable projects.

Bob Scott, Chair, The Rotary Foundation Trustees
International Assembly 2008 

The purpose of the Foundation is to assure us of Rotary in perpetuity, by providing for
contingencies and unforeseen emergencies, that we may continue to serve all humanity,
in the interests of permanent world peace, and all those fine contributions to art, health,
science, character, etc., and to such a degree as to make Rotary's contribution an
important factor in this present-day civilization.

Arch C. Klumph, RI President 1916-17

The Rotary Foundation Resource Page for Rotary Leaders

Through Foundation grants and programs, Rotarians and other contributors can help change the world. They can finance a well for a village that lacks clean water, improve the environment, or provide scholarships to educate the next generation. The grants and programs available to Rotarians allow them to realize Rotary’s humanitarian mission throughout the world, including its number-one goal of eradicating polio

new
Rotary Volunteers Handbook

The Rotary Volunteers Handbook (263-EN) has been revised, and the new edition is now available for free download in the Download Library on www.rotary.org. It can also be purchased for US$3.50, either online or through RI Publications Order Services (phone: 847-866-4600). The Rotary Volunteers Handbook provides information and guidelines for local and international volunteers, project sponsors, and committee chairs. It is published in English, French, and other languages.

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new
ProjectLINK

ProjectLINK is the new online, searchable database that lists Rotary club and district community service projects in need of funding, volunteers, donated goods, or partners for a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant. The database also includes completed projects that can be used as examples of best practices.

ProjectLINK combines three previous online databases: the WCS Projects Exchange, the Rotary Volunteers International Site Database, and the Community Projects Database. ProjectLINK can be accessed from the Service and Fellowship/Project Resources page on the RI Web site.
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Downloads & Video and Audio Resources

Rotary Wheel Rotary World Peace Scholar.
This short video highlights several Rotary World Peace Fellows and the impact they are having on our world.
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Rotary Wheel PolioPlus Rotary is humanity in motion.
Short video on polio eradication.
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Rotary Wheel Eradicating Global Poverty
Dr. Muhammad Yunus, recently awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, offers his insights into what it will take to completely eradicate global poverty. He envisions a new kind of capitalism, and demonstrates how his creations, Grameen Bank and the Grameen Family of Companies, offer viable solutions to previously intractable challenges.
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Rotary Wheel Keynote presentation by TRF Chair Bob Scott
The dreams of past Rotarians have become the present, just as the dreams of today's Rotarians will bring a better future, said Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Robert S. Scott at the International Assembly in San Diego, January 2008.
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Rotary Wheel Best of Intentions - Preparing for a NID
Rotarian Gail Martin, discussing how a new immunization volunteer adapts to the program. The struggle to eliminate polio includes efforts of many people from different cultures. Expanded perspective is the first personal growth element an immunization volunteer gains in on the ground experience with Rotary International and the efforts of Rotarians worldwide. Audio broadcast from www.rotarypoliopodcast.com.
Audio - listen to MP3 audio file

Rotary Wheel Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar
Says thank you to Rotary for her year studying in Turkey.
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Rotary Wheel Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement, keynote speaker at the 2005 RI Convention in Chicago and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004, tells a Japanese folk tale about a hummingbird. An important message to remind us that each Rotarian can and does make a difference.
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