Newberg Rotary Foundation

About The Rotary Foundation

The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.

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 poliovirus 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.

Programs and Funding

The Rotary Foundation has two main streams of activity: programs and fundraising. Fundraising directly feeds program activities. The programs of The Rotary Foundation fall into three main categories: Educational Programs, which fund Ambassadorial Scholarships and cultural exchanges; Humanitarian Programs, which fund a wide variety of grant programs to assist people in developing countries; and PolioPlus, Rotary's worldwide effort to eradicate the poliomyelitis virus.

For more information on the Newberg Rotary Foundation,

visit Rotary International web site for more details

http://www.rotary.org/foundation