Cycle to Walk founder hopes to raise close to US$1 million.

Former Virginia Tech dean known for tireless community service.

The Foundation awarded US$5.9 million to WHO and UNICEF for operational support in Pakistan.

Argentine Rotaractor and wushu athlete takes trip of a lifetime.

More than 200 clubs combine to raise money for PolioPlus and benefit food bank

RI offers many resources to help clubs attract and retain members.

The Planned and Major Gifts Division of Rotary International advises members on how to maximize the impact of their gifts.

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Two clubs use social activities to reach new and younger members.

Rotarians give a teenager battling cancer the New York City vacation of her dreams.

Rotary Foundation explores opportunities for further relationship.

Rotary International offers many resources to help club officers understand their roles and responsibilities.

Matching Grant helps Mongolian children receive heart surgery in Korea. See the video.

Three-year pilot certificate program integrated with longer master's degree option.

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.

Rotarians band together to help firefighters battling the blaze.

As smoke from wildfires continue to pose a health concern, clubs in Northern California, USA, become 'smokefighters.'

Rotary clubs pool forces to help impoverished community off coast of Haiti.

Rotarian Carole Kralicek gave up an inheritance so her late husband’s trust would donate more to charity

Relay-style walk draws new members.

RI President Dong Kurn Lee has developed a new membership recognition program.

Caribbean area Rotarians raise more than US$30,000 for emergency food supplies.

Lee starts term with speech at first Rotary club.

Diversity and community involvement highlights first club in China.

In the past three years, India has moved from ninth to fourth in per country total giving.

Foundation Trustee Carolyn Jones accepts Open World award on behalf of Rotary.

Rotary couple has passion for service.

There are simple ways to reduce infant and child mortality and improve maternal health.

Kenny will be the first Rotarian from Scotland to be president of Rotary International.

Watch how ShelterBox makes a difference

Exactly 242,624 books were collected

Convention photo gallery, 19 June 2008

The drive to eradicate polio will have the full operational power of the World Health Organization behind it.

The first Rotarian from Afghanistan attends an RI Convention.

Convention photo gallery, 17 June 2008

Rotarians experienced a blast from the past at the second plenary session of the RI Convention as speakers highlighted Rotary’s rich history.

Read what Rotarians have to say about the 2008 RI Convention.

Every day 5,000 people die because they lack access to safe water. Those deaths are absolutely avoidable.

Rotary International President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson speaks about the theme of his presidential year.

See what's happening at the 2008 RI Convention.

Innovative and successful Rotaract projects honored at the RI Convention.

Clubs have raised more than $30,000 for aid and rebuilding projects.

When Rotarians arrive in Los Angeles for the RI Convention, they’ll be stepping into a vibrant downtown.

Photo gallery of Rotary fellowships

Scholar's Pakistan-based company manufactures vitally needed vaccine carriers.

District 6360 (Michigan, USA) fitness program aims to help participants develop lifelong exercise habits.

Beijing club members contributed more than US$1,000 to relief efforts.

Rotary's US$100 Million Challenge receives $50,000 boost from Elgin Rotarians.

Don't forget to bring a book or several books to the 2008 RI Convention in Los Angeles, USA.

On his 70th birthday, Bruno Steinhoff demonstrates his dedication to children in South Africa.

Rajashree Birla continues the family legacy of giving back to society.

Watch a short video to the survival documentary, "People Like You."

The 2007-08 Rotary peace train makes its last stop in the border city of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

If organizers reach their goal, more than US$50,000 will go toward polio eradication.

The Rotary Club of JFK International Airport raises thousands of dollars through a 5-kilometer race on the tarmac.

Joseph Hongo envisions “a new world order."

Australian Rotarians donate funds for early-childhood educational programs.

Michigan Rotarians help bridge gap between U.S. soldiers and Iraqi children.

The project provides residents of Cairo, Egypt, with vocational training and other educational opportunities.

April is Magazine Month, a time to celebrate the global network of Rotary’s official magazines.

Rotary clubs in three countries increase their support for projects that help orphaned children.

The Rancho Bernardo neighborhood in San Diego was hit hard by the disaster, with 261 homes burned to the ground.

While the United Nations designates 22 March as World Water Day, Rotarians worldwide are focused on the issue throughout the year.

Rotaract Life Skills Event

Nairobi club honors three for promoting peace and helping others during postelection violence.

During World Rotaract Week, 10-16 March, Rotaractors and their Rotarian sponsors can conduct joint activities.

California club helps beautify the 57-mile long San Dieguito River Park.

John Corcoran works to end illiteracy in North America, a learning disability he suffered from most of his life.

Rotarian Myung-bak Lee won a landslide victory to become the country’s 17th president.

Since RI’s beginning, Rotarians everywhere have celebrated Rotary’s anniversary on 23 February, also known as World Understanding and Peace Day.

New York Rotarians, dubbed the “Polar Bears,” plunged into the frigid waters to raise $25,000 in support of Rotary’s challenge.

The new facility is the only ICU for children with cancer in southern Vietnam.

Rotary International has received a US$3.5 million challenge grant from the Google Foundation

A new feature on the redesigned RI Web site allows Rotarians to search and access thousands of photographs that bring Rotary’s stories to life.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received an award from Rotary leaders during a visit to Chicago.

Photo essay: Vocational Service Electrical Training in Betim, Brazil.

Rotarian Al Jubitz pledges US$300,000 to fund five Rotary World Peace Fellowships.

Harshad Mehta pledges to donate the money over the next three years.

See what district governors-elect and other attendees were doing at the assembly.

More than 650 people were killed, and more than 250,000 are displaced.

Read the International Assembly wrap-up.

To physician and polio survivor Urs Herzog, polio is personal.

As the International Assembly, we asked incoming district governors to share their thoughts on the challenges given to them.

View a gallery of photos from January 17, 2008.

International Assembly photo gallery from January 16, 2008.

Strong clubs are needed for Rotary's future.

We asked district governors-elect, “What does the 2008-09 RI theme, Make Dreams Real, mean to you and your district?”

Guided by Lee's emphases, Rotarians can help prevent needless deaths of children.

International Assembly photo gallery from January 15, 2008.

Need gadgets or gizmos? Check out the 58th annual benefit auction sponsored by a Kentucky Rotary club.

The Rotary Club of Røa donated funds to construct a maternity ward at the Diani Dispensary in Ukunda.

Kingsley Holgate teams up with U.S. and South African Rotary clubs on a humanitarian mission.

Marie-Irène Richmond-Ahoua receives a high honor for her work in helping protect children against polio.

In the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr’s destruction in Bangladesh, Rotarians in District 3280 are seeking aid for victims.

Majla Custo: A Rotary Youth Exchange story

After 75 years, the Rotary Club of Garrettsville-Hiram faced a declining membership and dwindling enthusiasm.

Past RI Director Archimedes Theodoro, of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, died 5 December.

When Zaheer "Zak" Ahmed returned to Pakistan after being diagnosed with polio, one of the first things he did was sign up for a National Immunization Day.

What would you do if you won US$30,000? For Marc Jacobson, the answer was easy: Give it back.

Rotarian musicians find a way to keep big-band tunes alive – and make money for The Rotary Foundation.

The news that Rotary accepted a US$100 million challenge grant from the Gates Foundation continues to receive media attention.

Rotarians are encouraged to share the news of the grant with their local media.

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.

Send in your best shot from 2007-08 that illustrates Service Above Self.

Three couples were inducted into the Arch C. Klumph Society, which honors people who give at least US$250,000 to The Rotary Foundation.

RI has announced a partnership with the Gates Foundation that will inject US$200 million into the effort to eradicate polio.

Dr. Julie Gerberding recently thanked Rotarians for their tireless work to eradicate polio.

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.

The Rotary Foundation has selected its fourth group of professionals to study peace-building and conflict resolution.

Held annually, Rotary-UN day celebrated the organizations’ 62-year partnership.

Thousands of people in Uganda were left homeless after weeks of summer rain caused widespread flooding.

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.

More than 700 biotech college students attend career seminar hosted by local Rotary club.

Wildfires in California have displaced thousands of families, including Rotarians.