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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...
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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....
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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...
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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
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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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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
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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 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 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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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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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...