The HUB

• Minneapolis to host 2028 Rotary International Convention
  Following the planned International Conventions in: Calgary, Canada; Taipei, Taiwan; and Honolulu, Hawaii, Rotary has announced that Minneapolis, Minnesota will host our convention in 2028. Rotary and Rotaract clubs in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are excited to showcase their beautiful metropolitan area and the incredible community service projects they have underway.
• Time for a Goal Check
  Successful clubs set goals to give the club direction. Maybe yours wants to welcome more members, participate in more service projects, or improve the club experience Setting goals is a first step to motivating members working for a common purpose. But success takes more than goal setting. Periodic monitoring of progress toward those goals is […]
• Learn about the Learning Center
  While you may already know about, and use, Rotary’s Learning Center, many of your District’s Rotarians don’t. They may not know the breadth of material there or that it is customized for their membership status and role. New members needing to explore Rotary, leaders completing their training, and even participants in our programs can all […]
• Our Districts Recognized for Excellence in Grant Reporting
  For the 2023-24 year, The Rotary Foundation has recognized 59 Districts in the world which achieved at least 90% compliance with grant reporting requirements in each quarter. Of these, seven (12%) were in our two Zones! Each received a certificate of appreciation signed by our own PRIP Mark Daniel Maloney, the current trustee chair. Roughly […]
• Programs of Scale Grant Competition
  Time to remind your clubs and districts to prepare their concept notes for the 2026 Programs of Scale grant.  These awards make one $2 million grant each year, distributed over three to five years. Proposed programs must demonstrate success and  readiness to expand. Download the Programs of Scale Handbook and concept note  template on the Programs […]
• November 27th Polio Update
  New wild poliovirus isolates reported this week: AFP cases: 6 Environment: 24 Others: 0 New cVDPV isolates reported this week: AFP cases: 0 Environment: 2 Others: 0 Summary of new poliovirus cases and positive environmental samples: Algeria: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample Nigeria: one positive environmental sample Pakistan: six WPV1 cases and 24 WPV1 positive environmental samples Afghanistan: No WPV1 cases and no WPV1 positive environmental samples were reported this past […]
• November 13th Polio Update
  Over 550,000 children were vaccinated with a second dose of nOPV2 in the second round of the polio campaign in Gaza. New wild poliovirus isolates reported this week: AFP cases: 3 Environment: 19 Others: 2 New cVDPV isolates reported this week: AFP cases: 9 Environment: 2 Others: 2 Summary of new poliovirus cases and positive environmental samples: Afghanistan: No WPV1 […]
• Donate DDF to the Ride to End Polio
  RI’s General Secretary, John Hewko, will be raising funds for polio eradication by participating with 9,000 other riders in the Ride to End Polio on November 23rd. Since 2009, the group of cyclists, working with the Gates Foundation, has raised over $67 million. Their goal is to raise another $1 million this year with our […]
• October 27th Polio Update
  Gaza Update: The second round of the Gaza outbreak response was implemented in key areas, but due to the escalating violence, intense bombardment, mass displacement orders, and lack of assured humanitarian pauses across most of northern Gaza, the Polio Technical Committee for Gaza has been compelled to postpone the third phase of the polio vaccination […]
• October 12th Polio Update
  World Polio Day is October 24th, help use our collective voice to advocate, raise awareness, and fundraise. Here’s a story about the importance of vaccinating our children to share on media: https://polioeradication.org/news/personal-tragedy-turns-a-polio-vaccine-refusal-into-a-vaccine-advocate. Variant poliovirus type-2 isolates were detected in environmental samples in Gaza, and a 10-month-old child contracted polio there. Rotary has committed $500,000 to […]