Fayetteville GA Rotary - About Rotary

Congratulations on your selection as President of the Rotary Club of Fayetteville. It is an honor to be chosen by your peers to lead this club. I look forward to working with you as your Rotary Foundation Chair.

Our club has been a strong supporter of both the Rotary Foundation and the Georgia Rotary Student Program. Our collection of $250 per year from each member has allowed every Rotarian to become a Paul Harris Fellow and a Will Watt Fellow over an eight year period. Last year we contributed $10,800 to the Rotary Foundation, and $1,700 to the GRSP Endowment.

The goal this year, set by the District Governor, is $125 per capita per member. Based on our current membership, and projected donations, I expect to exceed this goal.

Once again, I look forward to a great Rotary year.

Sincerely yours,

Hector L. Colon

Chair, Rotary Foundation

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 US$1.1 billion in humanitarian and educational grants, which are initiated and administered by local Rotary clubs and districts.

The Foundation was created in 1917 by Rotary International's sixth president, Arch C. Klumph, as an endowment fund for Rotary "to do good in the world." It has grown from an initial contribution of US$26.50 to more than US$73 million contributed in 2000-01. Its event-filled history is a story of Rotarians learning the value of service to humanity.

A child receives a polio vaccination through the

Rotary Foundation Polio Plus project.

A Rotary Foundation Matching Grant brought clean

drinking water to this small villiage.

The Foundation's Humanitarian Programs fund international Rotary club and district projects to improve the quality of life, providing health care, clean water, food, education, and other essential needs primarily in the developing world. One of the major Humanitarian Programs is PolioPlus, which seeks to eradicate the polio virus worldwide. Through its Educational Programs, the Foundation provides funding for some 1,200 students to study abroad each year. Grants are also awarded to university teachers to teach in developing countries and for exchanges of business and professional people. Former participants in the Foundation's programs have the opportunity to continue their affiliation with Rotary as Foundation Alumni.

A Matching Grant from the Rotary Foundation provided solar energy for three rural

schools near Santiago del Estero, Argentina.

You can find out more about the Rotary Foundation by visiting the Foundation section of the Rotary International web site.

Information on this page came from the following pages at the Rotary International web site:

About Rotary

The Rotary Foundation

Programs of the Rotary Foundation