Rotary was the world's first service club founded in Chicago in 1905. In 2010 there were almost 34,000 clubs with more than 1.2 million members in 154 countries.
The Rotary Foundation each year provides some $60 million for international scholarships, cultural exchanges, and humanitarian projects that improve the quality of life for millions of people.
PolioPlus is Rotary's commitment to eradicate polio in the world by the year 2012. More than one-half billion children in developing nations have been immunized against polio.