Tribute to Paul Harris and Rotary International

Tribute to Paul Harris and Rotary International On the Occasion of its 106th Anniversary:

Tribute to Paul Harris and Rotary International On the Occasion of its 106 th Anniversary

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Expression of appreciation for $1000 contribution to The Rotary Foundation;

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Expression of appreciation for $1000 contribution to The Rotary Foundation; Magnificent way to raise money for The Foundation;

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Expression of appreciation for $1000 contribution to The Rotary Foundation; Magnificent way to raise money for The Foundation; Before Paul Harris Fellows only raised $500,000 annually, now over $200,000,000;

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Expression of appreciation for $1000 contribution to The Rotary Foundation; Magnificent way to raise money for The Foundation; Before Paul Harris Fellows only raised $500,000 annually, now over $200,000,000; 80 % of those funds come from individuals being named Paul Harris Fellows, or are naming other persons Paul Harris Fellows;

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Expression of appreciation for $1000 contribution to The Rotary Foundation; Magnificent way to raise money for The Foundation; Before Paul Harris Fellows only raised $500,000 annually, now over $200,000,000; 80 % of those funds come from individuals being named Paul Harris Fellows, or are naming other persons Paul Harris Fellows; Today we are going to add six new PHF to the nearly 1,250,000 Paul Harris Fellows;

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Expression of appreciation for $1000 contribution to The Rotary Foundation; Magnificent way to raise money for The Foundation; Before Paul Harris Fellows only raised $500,000 annually, now over $200,000,000; 80 % of those funds come from individuals being named Paul Harris Fellows, or are naming other persons Paul Harris Fellows; Today we are going to add six new PHF to the nearly 1,250,000 Paul Harris Fellows; Here is what over 90 PHF from the Rotary Club of Dryden have achieved when they joined with other Rotarian’s across the World.

Humanity in Motion: Children:

Humanity in Motion: Children Misioneros del Camino, an orphanage in Sumpango , Guatemala, is a project of the Rotary Club of Guatemala Sur with help for TRF & the Rotary Club of Northbrook, Illinois, USA

Humanity in Motion: Children:

Humanity in Motion: Children A 10-month-old boy is treated for severe burns at Clinica del Nino Sano: Borrando Huellas ("Erasing Scars") in Guatemala City, Guatemala, a pediatric burn clinic. It is supported by the Rotary Club of Guatemala Metropoli and The Rotary Foundation.

Humanity in Motion: Children:

Humanity in Motion: Children Joseph Matovu conducts a routine checkup with Douglas, the youngest of a family of orphans supported by Matovu's club, the Rotary Club of Kalisizo , Uganda. The project is now a joint effort with the Rotary Club of Rome who found them through ProjectLINK .

Humanity in Motion: Economic Development:

Humanity in Motion: Economic Development Boys fill up their jerrycans at a borehole donated by the Rotary Club of Muyenga , Uganda, as part of the Humanitarian Project Against Malaria, Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy. The project is supported by the Rotary Club of Genk- Noord , Belgium and a grant from The Rotary Foundation.

Humanity in Motion: Economic Development:

Humanity in Motion: Economic Development A local volunteer lays treated mosquito nets out to dry. Providing mosquito nets is one element of the Humanitarian Project Against Malaria, Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy in Kasamu-Kyali Parish in Uganda.

Humanity in Motion: Health:

Humanity in Motion: Health Bruce Aylward , director of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at the World Health Organization, speaks on the “Joining Forces to Eradicate Polio” panel at UNICEF headquarters in New York City on 2 December 2009.

Humanity in Motion: Health:

Humanity in Motion: Health Rotarian and member of The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisers Michael Barrington of the RC club of – Concord, Calif., USA, visits Panama to review a portion of a complex four-country Rotary Foundation Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grant.

Humanity in Motion: Health:

Humanity in Motion: Health A woman takes her prescription to the supply room at La Ermita school in Moca , Dominican Republic. She receives eyeglasses through the program, sponsored by Power Trips, founded by Judy Warrington, past president of the Rotary Club of Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

Humanity in Motion: Literacy:

Humanity in Motion: Literacy Donald Miller, Medical Director for Reach Out and Read, discusses the importance of early childhood literacy development during a spouses panel. International Assembly, 20 January 2011, San Diego.

Humanity in Motion: Literacy:

Humanity in Motion: Literacy Gloria Pichan reads from the chalkboard at the Bitone Center for Disadvantaged Children. The Bitone Center is located in Lugoba Village, Kampala and supported by Rotary clubs of Kampala-East, Uganda, and Traverse Bay Sunrise, Michigan plus three Rotary Foundation grants

Humanity in Motion: Literacy:

Humanity in Motion: Literacy Trainee Luciana Fonseca attends a training seminar in Sete Lagaos , Brazil, for the CLE method, a literacy technique introduced to Brazil schools with the help of a Rotary Foundation 3-H grant.

Humanity in Motion: Polio:

Humanity in Motion: Polio Historic Bonsecours Market in Old Montréal is illuminated with "En finir avel la polio" (End Polio Now). RI Convention, 21 June 2010, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Humanity in Motion: Polio:

Humanity in Motion: Polio Rotarian Ramesh Ferris, a polio survivor who biked across Canada used braces and crutches to mount the podium to speak but removed them and left the room this way during a Rotaract Plenary Session 4. RI Convention, 19 June 2010, Montréal.

Humanity in Motion: Polio:

Humanity in Motion: Polio An accredited social health activist administers drops of the oral polio vaccine to a child in a Muslim household during an April 2008 door-to-door immunization effort in India.

Humanity in Motion: Water:

Humanity in Motion: Water Rotarians from District 6440 (Illinois, USA) hiked through the rain forest carrying water filters, which they delivered and assembled in remote river communities. Tatin , Guatemala.

Humanity in Motion: Water:

Humanity in Motion: Water A clean water source is being used by residents in the village of Napabally in Calcutta, India. Rotarians organized an integration initiative to help the village.

Humanity in Motion: Water:

Humanity in Motion: Water A desolate classroom reflects the state of what used to be Randombe Kanishta Vidyalaya in Sri Lanka. The school was devastated beyond repair by a tsunami. A new school is being built through the Schools Reawaken project.

Humanity in Motion: Education:

Humanity in Motion: Education Participants in the PACT LifeSkills urban reforestation program load mulch into a wheelbarrow in Toronto's E.T. Seton Park. They place mulch around young saplings for the winter. PACT is funded with help from over 15 Canadian Rotary clubs.

Humanity in Motion: Education:

Humanity in Motion: Education Keynote speaker Jane Goodall , PhD, DBE Founder, Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education, and Conservation, and United Nations Messenger of Peace discusses the " Gombe and Beyond“ at RI Convention 2009.

Humanity in Motion: Education:

Humanity in Motion: Education At the Bujo Primary School in Kasamu-Kyali , Uganda, children wait patiently for their porridge lunch, sponsored by the Humanitarian Project from The Rotary Foundation. It is carried out by the Rotary clubs of Muyenga , Uganda, and Genk- Noord , Belgium.

Humanity in Motion: Hunger:

Humanity in Motion: Hunger Volunteers distribute food and household goods in a church parking lot. Four Rotary clubs in Springfield, Missouri, raised funds to buy a truck to serve as an Ozarks Food Harvest mobile pantry. Ozarks Food Harvest is part of the Feeding America network.

Humanity in Motion: Hunger:

Humanity in Motion: Hunger A young patient at the central children's hospital in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, is served fresh milk donated by farmers participating in the Farmers Feed the Children project supported by a 3-H grant from The Rotary Foundation.

Humanity in Motion: Hunger:

Humanity in Motion: Hunger A little boy sits in a dusty courtyard at the Saga feeding center in Niamey, Niger.

Humanity in Motion: Microcredit:

Humanity in Motion: Microcredit Rotarian Krishna Dhandhania gives a microcredit instalment to a villager so a husband and wife can run a small grocery stand in Joypul , Calcutta, India

Humanity in Motion: Microcredit:

Humanity in Motion: Microcredit Microcredit recipients make pottery in Saradapally , Calcutta, India thanks to the Rotary Club of Calcutta Metropolitan (District 3290), and Rotary Club of Medicine Hat Canada (District 5360) . This project has helped over 10,000 families .

Humanity in Motion: Microcredit:

Humanity in Motion: Microcredit Mariana Ponce & children wave goodbye to Rotarian Julio Vilalta . Devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, she rebuilds her life selling soy products thanks to a microcredit from a community bank of Uniendo Americ . Insert, Microcredit checks.

Humanity in Motion: Environment:

Humanity in Motion: Environment Robert Roca, a teacher chats with Lycée Rignac Interact members during a lakeshore cleanup project in Baraqueville , France. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Rodez , the Interactors traveled from their school in Rignac , to clean trash and overgrown vegetation along the lake.

Humanity in Motion: Environment:

Humanity in Motion: Environment More than 10,000 trees were planted by Rotarians for better ecology, beautification, and eventual income for villagers in Guatemala.

Humanity in Motion: Students & Youth:

Humanity in Motion: Students & Youth Five year old Celeb Smith with Rotaractors Kellsie Mitchell and Jennifer Middleton having fun during RI Convention on 20 June 2010, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Humanity in Motion: Students & Youth:

Humanity in Motion: Students & Youth RYLA participants during preparations for the RYLA Festival Night. RI Convention, 19 June 2010, Montréal,

Humanity in Motion: Students & Youth:

Humanity in Motion: Students & Youth Letting Youth have the final say! All pictures the property of Rotary International-Copyright