This year's subs invoices will be sent out shortly and you will be pleased to hear that subs will remain at $350 +GST, as always there is the option to donate $100 to The Rotary Foundation and $50 to Polio Plus, which will be included on the initial invoice. Should you prefer not to pay these amounts please request an amended invoice from our club Treasurer, Segun, shegsrotimi@yahoo.co.uk
The amount will be debited to your AP account, we will send out account statements so that you can check if you need to make a top up payment to cover this.
To understand more about the Rotary Foundation and End Polio Now click on read more
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is Rotary’s charity and Rotarians Charity of choice
The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation, supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world. It is registered in the USA as an International Charitable Trust.
The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. Its motto is simply “Doing Good in the World”.
The Rotary Foundation, established as an endowment fund in 1917, enjoyed modest growth until 1947 when Rotarians made a significant number of contributions in memory of Paul Harris who died in January 1947. That same year The Foundation launched its first programme, Graduate Fellowships (today called Ambassadorial Scholarships) sending 18 students abroad to 7 countries. Today, more than 1200 Rotary Scholars are studying abroad every year.
Rotary club and Rotarians raise and contribute funds to The Rotary Foundation annually enabling humanitarian work to be done around the globe. Clubs regularly apply for use of these funds for local and international projects providing access to funding not otherwise achievable given their size.
Today the fund is almost US$1 billion. Its unique funding model provides for a perpetual capital resource which annually funds thousands of club projects all over the world through Rotary District and Global grants
End Polio - Support the eradication of polio from the world once-and-for-all. The finish line of Rotary's 30-year quest eradicate polio from the face of the earth is in sight with 99% of the world is polio-free but until polio is complete gone no child, in no county, is safe from this dreaded disease. Polio can, and will strike again. Your financial support is needed now more than ever.
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” - Winston Churchill