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Foundation

The Rotary Foundation is Rotary's own charity which the club supports each year through different programmes

Crocus planting

The Rotary Foundation is celebrating its centennial anniversary in 2016/17. Former Rotary International President Arch Klumph’s idea for an endowment fund dedicated to ‘Doing Good In The World’ planted the seed for The Rotary Foundation in 1917. That one idea and an initial contribution of $26.50 set in motion a powerful force for good that has transformed millions of lives around the globe over the decades. Over the last 100 years, the Foundation has spent over $3 billion on humanitarian programmes across the world. This includes spearheading the movement to eradicate polio globally, as well as facilitating projects which address Rotary’s Six Areas of Focus, namely:

PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
WATER AND SANITATION
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

 

Polio Plus

One of the programmes we support is the Global initiative to rid the world of polio, known as Polio Plus which this year has included planting 5000 crocus corms at Green Oak School in Godalming.   Read about it here.

Foundation sub-pages:

End Polio Now - Crocus Planting at Rodborough School

more In late October 2019 a group of Woolsack Rotarians and volunteers from Rodborough School planted crocuses in support of Rotary's Global End Polio Now Campaign

End Polio Now - October 2018 Update

more At the Rotary District 1145 meeting on 27 October, it was announced that 23 clubs in the district had donated more than $1,500 in the last year to the End Polio Now campaign

Purple for Polio: Crocus Planting with Moss Lane School

more In November 2017, Godalming Woolsack and Moss Lane School planted crocuses in the Burys, and were rewarded with a purple carpet in the Spring

Purple 4 Polio

more Crocus planting at Green Oak School

All time classic

Rotary Fellowships

more One of the 65 established Rotary Fellowships is the Rotary Retro Automobile Fellowship for classic car enthusiasts