796 days ago From Access North Georgia   View Archived Article

GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA - Fowler said Rotary International is sending 'shelter boxes' to help relieve suffering people who have lost their homes and who are exposed to the late winter cold. "We have a program called the shelter box which allows up to ten people i ...

801 days ago From Rotary International   View Archived Article

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - Bottom: Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar thanks Perlman and DePreist for their help in fighting polio. At right are Stenhammar's wife, Monica, and Foundation Trustee Vice Chair John F. Germ, chair of Rotary's US$200 Mil ...

803 days ago From The Survivors Club   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - By TSC Staff More than 60 years after he survived polio, Eugene, Oregon resident Ed McDunn spoke about his experiences for the first time at a fundraiser for a charity that fights to eradicate the disease, reports the Republic. ...

805 days ago From Wicked Local Wenham   View Archived Article

DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS - Marblehead Harbor Rotarian Tom Burke is dashing out ahead of Hamilton Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Jennifer Scuteri, taking an icy dive into the Atlantic to benefit Rotary International's Stop Polio Now campaign, Feb. 12. ...

806 days ago From Red Bluff Daily News   View Archived Article

RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA - It's a wonderful project that supports Rotary International's Literacy Initiative, Champion said. It celebrates the achievement of our goal that all third-graders are great readers by the end of third grade. It also means that every student i ...

807 days ago From Scoop.co.nz (press release)   View Archived Article

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - William B Boyd, past president of Rotary International and a resident of Auckland, says the Christchurch earthquake is a national disaster. =93Yet with the help and support of Rotary members throughout the world, I know we will help rebuild the spiri ...

808 days ago From Rotary International   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - By Ryan Hyland Top: Rotarian Florence Marc-Charles (right) and a volunteer doctor treat a 12-year-old patient with facial wounds during the medical mission. Bottom: Rotarian Christopher Castor (middle) and Haitian volunteers install solar panels to r ...

811 days ago From News Shopper   View Archived Article

LONDON, U K - There will be a wide selection of Kent beers on offer, including Nelson and Shepherd Neame, and the Missouri Guts Jazz Group will be performing live from 2pm. A club spokesman said: =93What could be nicer than drinking a real Kentish ale and listenin ...

816 days ago From The Tennessean   View Archived Article

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - Submitted photo In its fifth-annual Battle of the Bands, the Beech High School Interact club donated $1800 to End Polio Now =96 an organization linked to Rotary International and The United Nations to eradicate polio worldwide. ...

817 days ago From Seacoastonline.com   View Archived Article

HAMPTON, VIRGINIA - A highlight of the week is the visit of Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith who flipped the switch to illuminate the Portland Museum of Art on Monday, Feb. 21 and is the keynote speaker at the World Peace and Understanding Dinner event on ...

821 days ago From Patch.com   View Archived Article

EVANSTON, ILLINOIS - Galbraith opened a lemonade stand and vowed to give 100 percent of the proceeds to a charity that was aiding tsunami victims. He made $50, and for a brief moment, thought twice about giving it away. But the temptation passed. =93I have never experien ...

822 days ago From PR Newswire (press release)   View Archived Article

EVANSTON, ILLINOIS - "These global illuminations carry Rotary's pledge to end polio=97saying to the world that we will fight this crippling disease to the end," says Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar, chair of The Rotary Foundation, which oversees Rotary's polio ...

825 days ago From News Shopper   View Archived Article

PETTS WOOD, U K - They put bets on eight pre-recorded horse races which were shown on a big screen, with the money raised going to charities supported by the rotary club, ...

826 days ago From Toledo Blade   View Archived Article

TOLEDO, OHIO - The Rotary Club of Perrysburg's 27th annual charity auction, Over the Top, ... An auction to raise money for Deborah House in Romania, a home for abused ...

828 days ago From Crestline Courier-News   View Archived Article

CRESTLINE, CALIFORNIA - By Mary-Justine Lanyon They jumped into the 44.6-degree water in three waves, raising money for the Rotary Foundation and a number of other charities. ...

833 days ago From Cookeville Herald Citizen   View Archived Article

COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE - COOKEVILLE -- More than 250 people came together for the second Rotary International Night at the Clarion Inn of Cookeville recently to raise money for the ...

837 days ago From Rochester Democrat and Chronicle   View Archived Article

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK - Rotary International has spent $900 million in the quest to rid the world of the disease, and like Microsoft co-founder Gates, Rotary members hope the ...

839 days ago From Detroit Free Press   View Archived Article

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - In addition to soliciting donations from more than 50 clubs across southeast Michigan, Wilson has sought a major grant from Rotary International, ...

839 days ago From Rotary International   View Archived Article

EVANSTON, ILLINOIS - At the launch ceremony, Zardari thanked Rotary International and the other global partners for their support of the emergency action plan. ...

839 days ago From Bradford Telegraph and Argus   View Archived Article

BRADFORD, U K - A charity volunteer has returned from a vital aid mission to poverty-stricken areas of India where he handed out life-saving medicines designed to eradicate ...