New hospital in Teloloapan, Mexico, funded by Denver, Colorado, and Iguala and Guerrero, Mexico Rotaries.

Rotary clubs in Denver, Colorado, and Iguala and Guerrero, Mexico, joined forces to aid a Mexican an abandoned hospital in shambles.  The rotary clubs raised more than $1 million U.S. dollars worth of medical equipment for the Teloloapan hospital. U.S. and Mexican Rotarians used a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant to achieve their incredible donations.  They secured a $19,900 Match Grant and then collaborated with Project CURE (Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment), which is a “Denver-based organization that focuses on building sustainable health care infrastructures by collecting surplus...

Bangladesh women line up for fresh water on this year’s World Water Day (March 20, 2009). AP Photo/Pavel Rahman

Australian Rotarians journey 11,200 miles (18,000 kilometers) around Australia to raise awareness of Rotary, Australian Rotary Health and the need for mental illness research funds.  The seven-month ride is the longest organized bike ride in Australia’s history. The Great Australian Bike Ride is sponsored by Australian Rotary Health, which raises money and provides grants to medical and mental health research projects. Over 100 participants, who will ride one or more of the nine stages of the course, departed from Melbourne on March 21 and will ride counterclockwise, stopping in the capital...

Dolly Parton autographs a child’s book during a ceremony  in Atlanta announcing the partnership with Rotary International and the Dollywood Foundation’s Imagination Library. Photo courtesy of the Dollywood Foundation

Dolly Parton’s Dollywood Foundation is teaming up with Rotary International to promote early childhood reading.  The Dollywood Foundation’s Imagination Library program provides children with an age-appropriate book every month until the child is five.  Rotary clubs in the United States, Canada, and the U.K. are being encourage to support the program. “I am thrilled about our partnership with Rotary International,” says Parton, who developed a personal love of books growing up in rural Tennessee, where she saw firsthand the toll illiteracy can take on families. “Rotarians love...