ABOUT

The main objective of Rotary is service in the community, in the workplace and throughout the world.

Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today's most critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, literacy and violence. They also support programs for youth, educational opportunities and international exchanges for students, teachers and other professionals, as well as vocational and career development.

Although Rotary Clubs develop autonomous service programs, all Rotarians worldwide are united in a campaign for the global eradication of polio.

In the 1980s, Rotarians raised $240 million to immunize the children of the world.  By 2005, Rotary's centenary year and the target date for the certification of a polio-free world, the PolioPlus program contributed $600 million to this cause. In addition, Rotary has provided an army of volunteers to promote and assist at national immunization days in polio-endemic countries around the world.

The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is a not-for-profit corporation that promotes world understanding through international humanitarian service programs and educational and cultural exchanges.

It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and others who share its vision of a better world. Since 1947, the Foundation has awarded more than $1.1 billion in humanitarian and educational grants, which are initiated and administered by local Rotary Clubs and districts.