ROTARY AT A GLANCE
Rotary brings together a global network of volunteers who dedicate their time and talent to tackle the world's most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members from more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work impacts lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world.
MEMBERSHIP SNAPSHOT
Who? Rotary brings together the kind of people who step forward to take on important issues for local communities worldwide. Rotary members hail from a range of professional backgrounds; doctors, artists, small business owners and executives all call themselves Rotarians. Rotary connects these unique perspectives, and helps leverage its members' expertise to improve lives everywhere.
Where? From Haiti and Greenland to Nigeria and Singapore, Rotary unites a truly diverse set of leaders from across the world. Currently, the largest number of clubs comes from the United States, India, Japan and Brazil. The fastest growing Rotary regions include Southeast Asia and Africa.
What? Rotarians contribute their time, energy and passion to sustainable, long-term projects in local communities across the globe. Six areas of projects focus include: peace and conflict resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy and economic and community development.
POLIO ERADICATION
Rotary is close to eliminating the second human disease in history after smallpox, with a 99.9 percent reduction in polio cases worldwide since 1985, when Rotary launched its PolioPlus program. In 1988, Rotary spearheaded the creation of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Polio eradication remains Rotary's top priority. To date, Rotary has contributed moree than US$1.5 billion and countless volunteer hours to help immunize more than two billion children against polio in 122 countries.
ROTARY DISTRICT 6220
The Rotary Club of Waupaca is one of 42 local clubs in District 6220. Rotary International established the present boundaries of District 6220 in 1968, which include the northeastern quarter of Wisconsin and most of the Michigan Upper Peninsula. Individual club sizes vary between ten and 240, with a total membership in the district of about 2,100 men and women working to give Service Above Self to their communities and to the world. The District has been a leader in Rotary Youth Exchange, a strong supporter of the Rotary Foundation programs of Group Study Exchange, Ambassadorial Scholarships, and Matching Grants, and an increasing supporter of Rotary Volunteers and World Community Service Projects. Learn more by visiting the District Website… Here.