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Are you ready to make a difference in your community—and in communities around the world? Rotary members are on the front lines of service: digging wells, building schools, immunizing children, and organizing food drives. We build peace, empower youth, and support mothers and children. For more than a century, our impact has been unmistakable.

When we commit to a cause, like ending polio, we stay with it until the job is done. Since 1979, Rotary has raised millions of dollars, immunized billions of children, and helped put polio eradication on the global agenda. Today, as part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we are this close to achieving a polio‑free world. Only three countries remain polio‑endemic—and we will not stop until the disease is gone.

We bring that same determination to challenges in our own neighborhoods. From equipping young people with tools for peaceful conflict resolution to organizing health clinics for underserved women and children, Rotary members are improving lives right here at home.