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CNBC ranks Rotary Foundation in top 10 charities worldwide
On Giving Tuesday, CNBC, one of the leading consumer and business news media outlets in the U.S., named its top 10 charities in the world, ranking The Rotary Foundation No. 5. Charities were chosen for changing the world while maintaining excellent financial standards. The article highlighted Rotary’s tremendous work in eradicating polio.
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AIDS training brings life to Liberian communities
The impact of an HIV/AIDS vocational training project in Liberia can be assessed by the ultimate measure: life itself.
“There are children of HIV mothers living today who would not have seen their first birthdays [without the training],” says Elizabeth Mulbah, a member of the Rotary Club of Sinkor, Montserrado County, Monrovia, who delivered a lecture for health care providers about HIV/AIDS during the vocational training team’s five-day workshop in 2012.
The goal of the team — comprised of individuals from the Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project in California, USA; the Rotary Club of Sinkor; St….
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Spin doctors
From the December 2015 issue of The Rotarian
In Cuernavaca, Mexico, cobblestone streets and sidewalks can wreak havoc on wheels and bearings. For people who get around using a wheelchair, a mechanical breakdown only exacerbates the social isolation they often face. But an enterprising group is training people with disabilities to fix wheelchairs – and even bringing the concept of roadside assistance to wheelchair users in other cities.
Erik Friend, a member of the Rotary Club of Cuernavaca-Juárez, Mexico, had been volunteering with a group called Autonomy, Liberation Through Movement (ALEM)…
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Member spotlight: Doreen Hock-DiPolito builds confidence
From the December 2015 issue of The Rotarian
Before she took over a family construction firm in 2001, Doreen Hock-DiPolito was a manager at Honeywell Aerospace, working on navigation systems for fighter jets. Commanding a construction company, she assumed, couldn’t be as difficult as rocket science, but she didn’t consider the rigors of clashing with the old-boys’ network of contractors. (Only 7 percent of American construction firms are owned by women.) Under her leadership, D-Mar General Contracting and Development has overseen the construction of a $7 million school, a 34,000-square-foot…
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Family: Wedded blitz
From the December 2015 issue of The Rotarian
Let us begin with the argument concerning the gourmet yogurt. The scene is a small suburban kitchen. My wife, Erin, has just returned from the supermarket. We’ve been married less than a year, and Erin is pregnant. While “helping” her unpack the groceries, I happen upon a space-age container with a small pod of fruit that you mix into a larger pod of yogurt. These combined pods cost nearly $2 – for a single serving.
“What’s this?” I say, holding up the offending item. “Do we really need to spend this kind of money on one yogurt?”
My wife’s posture…
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Culture: Off the cuff
From the December 2015 issue of The Rotarian
When I was in high school, public speaking was not considered glamorous. It was a required course relished only by people who also approached debate as a sport or who were thrilled by the prospect of student government.
The rest of us dutifully stood at the front of the class, reading rushed words off index cards, trying to picture our classmates in their underwear, but feeling naked instead. When it was over, we were glad we would never have to do that again.
Life, however, has a funny way of making you regret much of what you did – and didn’t do…
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New Rotary flag and banner materials available in Brand Center
Give your Rotary flag or banner a new and professional look with our updated materials, available in the Brand Center. With eight options of colors and backgrounds to choose from, you can find the design that will best strengthen your club or district brand.
The Brand Center also offers everything you need to create communications with the Rotary look and tone. You can download Rotary’s logo — or create your own club or district logo. And you’ll find editable templates for brochures, newsletters, PowerPoint presentations, fliers, and more. (Sign-in required.)
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Cyclists raise nearly $3 million in Miles to End Polio ride
The fight to eradicate polio got a major financial boost from the annual Miles to End Polio bike ride that took place 21 November in Arizona, USA. Rotary General Secretary John Hewko and a team of eight RI staff members helped raise $2.9 million. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will match the funds 2-to-1, bringing the total contribution to PolioPlus to nearly $9 million.
This is the fourth year in a row that Hewko has biked in the 104-mile (167 km) El Tour de Tucson ride, one of the country’s top cycling events. More than 100 Rotary members from Arizona and around the world hit the…
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Foundation moves up on expert list of top nonprofits
The Rotary Foundation has continued its steady growth, moving up one spot to 93rd in The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual ranking of the top 400 nonprofit organizations in the United States. The ranking is based on monetary contributions from private sources and reflects the increasing generosity of those who support Rotary’s mission.
According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the Foundation received $259,594,884 in 2014, an 8.3 percent increase from the previous year.
The Foundation recently earned a 4-start rating from Charity Navigator, the largest and most prestigious independent…