Indian philanthropist commits another US$1 million for Rotary’s polio eradication efforts
Print E-mail page Rajashree Birla address the 2012 RI Convention R ajashree Birla, of the Aditya Birla Group, has committed an additional US$1 million to The Rotary Foundation for polio eradication efforts. Birla, of Mumbai, announced the donation on 8 May at the Arch C. Klumph Society dinner during the 2012 RI Convention in Bangkok, Thailand. Birla’s contributions to the Foundation’s campaign to eradicate polio, including this...Denver club goes to bat for kids’ charity
Print E-mail page Rotarian Jim Wilkins, who created the Branch Rickey Award, and his wfie, Scotty. Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino finished the 2011 baseball season error-free, with a perfect fielding percentage and a respectable .279 batting average. In November, the three-time Gold Glover marked yet another top baseball achievement when the Rotary Club of Denver gave him its 20th annual Branch Rickey Award....Receiving a new heart from Gift of Life
Print E-mail page Watch a trailer to the documentary The seven-year-old star of an award-winning Indian film earned his role not because of a screen test, but a medical test. Rishikanta, who had two holes in his heart, underwent open-heart surgery, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Imphal, in 2009. Last year, his story, titled Heart to Heart, won for Best Science and Technology Film in the National Film Awards, India’s equivalent to the...Watch videos of 2012 Convention speakers, including the RI president, trustee chair and general secretary
Print E-mail page Watch the full videos of 2012 Convention speakers RI President Kalyan Banerjee’s welcome address Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair William B. Boyd’s address General Secretary John Hewko’s address 2012-13 RI President Sakuji Tanaka’s address RI President Kalyan Banerjee’s closing address Download reports from the convention General...
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Indian philanthropist comm...
Print E-mail page Rajashree Birla address the 2012 RI Convention R ajashree Birla, of the Aditya Birla Group, has committed an additional US$1 million to The Rotary Foundation for polio eradication efforts. Birla, of Mumbai, announced the donation on 8 May at the Arch C. Klumph Society dinner during the 2012 RI Convention in Bangkok,...
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Denver club goes to bat fo...
Print E-mail page Rotarian Jim Wilkins, who created the Branch Rickey Award, and his wfie, Scotty. Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino finished the 2011 baseball season error-free, with a perfect fielding percentage and a respectable .279 batting average. In November, the three-time Gold Glover marked yet another...
Posted by brad on May 15, 2012 | 0 comments
Receiving a new heart from...
Print E-mail page Watch a trailer to the documentary The seven-year-old star of an award-winning Indian film earned his role not because of a screen test, but a medical test. Rishikanta, who had two holes in his heart, underwent open-heart surgery, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Imphal, in 2009. Last year, his story, titled Heart to Heart,...
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Watch videos of 2012 Conve...
Print E-mail page Watch the full videos of 2012 Convention speakers RI President Kalyan Banerjee’s welcome address Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair William B. Boyd’s address General Secretary John Hewko’s address 2012-13 RI President Sakuji Tanaka’s address RI President Kalyan...
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Watch videos of 2012 Conve...
Print E-mail page Watch the full videos of 2012 Convention speakers RI President Kalyan Banerjee’s welcome address Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair William B. Boyd’s address General Secretary John Hewko’s address 2012-13 RI President Sakuji Tanaka’s address RI President Kalyan...
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Rotarians leave Bangkok en...
Print E-mail page Top: RI President Kalyan Banerjee and RI President-elect Sakuji Tanaka during the closing plenary session. Bottom: Ron D. Burton, 2013-14 RI president, and his wife, Jetta, are introduced during the fourth plenary. Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska Rotarians and friends left the 2012 RI Convention in...
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Rotarians celebrate milest...
Print E-mail page Top: Bruce Aylward tells Rotarians India’s removal from the polio-endemic list is a magnificent Rotary achievement. Bottom: Former Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar John Skerrit accepts the Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson Rotarians Tuesday celebrated two...
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