Saturday, March 19, 2011

Foundation Educational Programmes alive!

This weekend a gathering of scholars involved in the various Foundation educational programmes is happening in Wellington.  Ambassadorial Scholars, Peace Scholars, Vocational  Scholars - all meeting to share ideas, the develop contacts and to further the cause of The Rotary Foundation.

The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty.

The motto is simply "Doing Good in the World"

New Zealand's Rotary International President(1959-60) had to say:

Harold T. Thomas

Rotary Club of Auckland, New Zealand
RI Theme: Vitalize! Personalize! Build Bridges of Friendship!
“We have reached a stage where the all-important factor is the will to peace in the hearts and minds of men — the new and slowly developing sense of oneness, the newly born conscience of mankind.”
The Rotarian, July 1959 
There is no better time to belong to Rotary and to support the ideals of The Rotary Foundation and all it stands for.

Discover how New Zealand and Harold T Thomas inspired the development of the Group Study Exchange programme - read more here ...

Read the latest Update here ...

And this coming Rotary year we have our very own Past RI President Bill Boyd becoming Chair of The Rotary Foundation.