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August 2024 Connect. Partner. Serve.
Watch video: Member benefits you might not know about 
Being a Rotary member offers you benefits far beyond your club. Rotary International has resources to help you plan and complete service projects, connect with experts and like-minded people around the world, collaborate with young leaders, build a global network, and do even more. Being a member also gives you ways to continue your own growth, such as by attending the Rotary International Convention and taking courses online in our Learning Center. Learn more about what you can get from your Rotary membership.
Avenue of Service: Youth Service
Changes to New Generations Service Exchange

New Generations Service Exchange is no longer an official program of Rotary International. The change took effect at the start of the Rotary year. But this doesn’t mean that international service exchanges for young adults will end! We encourage districts to involve young professionals in Rotary Friendship Exchange, a district-led program that offers customizable intercultural experiences for adults. These exchanges are open to members and nonmembers, and they can be designed to combine service with work toward professional goals and personal growth. Learn more about Rotary Friendship Exchange.
Increase your impact
Explore Rotary’s webinar series about education technology projects

Rotary International and the Basic Education and Literacy Rotary Action Group co-hosted a three-part webinar series about collaborative, effective, and sustainable ways to harness emerging technology in our basic education and literacy projects. These sessions will help you understand how to plan and implement education technology projects that lead to measurable improvements in student academic outcomes.

The panelists are experts and members doing incredible work in this field. You’ll learn about:

  • Recent findings on technology in schools
  • How members are supporting measurable improvements in education
  • How to conduct a community assessment for a project that aims to use technology in education
  • How to design a teacher training plan and find trainers and collaborating organizations

The recordings are available online. You can use the settings button in the video to to turn on captions in English or subtitles in another language.
Enhance engagement
Introducing the Service Project Center, our new project management platform!

The Service Project Center, Rotary’s new hub for everything related to service, is now live. It gives you a better way to manage and share information about your service projects.  

With service networking moving to this new platform, Rotary Showcase has been retired. All Rotary and Rotaract projects that were posted on Rotary Showcase have been migrated to the Service Project Center, which is being released in phases. 

The initial features include:

  • Improved speed and performance
  • A more consistent user experience across different devices and screen sizes
  • The ability to collect more accurate project location data
  • Project management access for all club officers

Visit Service Project Center today!
From the blog
How to use Rotary connections to enhance your club project

Read about leveraging Rotary connections in a Rotary Service in Action blog post to learn how and where to make connections that can help you design service projects. Gain inspiration from Rotary members who are collaborating across districts and continents to get expert advice and find funding for their initiatives in Latin America. Learn valuable tips about how to use the vast network of resources within Rotary, such as your district resource network, and how to find service project partners at project fairs
Rotary news
Celebrate people of action with Rotary’s service awards
Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation offer several awards to recognize members, nonmembers, alumni, and clubs for their contributions and impact. The updated Rotary’s Service Awards reference sheet lists awards and includes information about nominations, eligibility criteria, and due dates, as well as images of awards. Write to [email protected] if you have questions.
Take the Rotary Basics online course
There’s a lot to learn about Rotary, from our history to what members around the world are doing to help others. Rotary Basics is an online Learning Center course in an interactive, multimedia format. In it, you can learn about Rotarians and Rotaractors around the world, watch short videos, and complete activities to deepen your understanding of Rotary. You can also take a brief quiz to test your Rotary knowledge.
Two Rotary districts in the Middle East create funds to bring relief to communities in crisis
Rotary Districts 2452 and 2490 in the Middle East have established funds to provide humanitarian assistance to communities in crisis. Rotary District 2452’s Palestine Aid Fund will focus on Gaza, the West Bank, and other areas in the district, providing food, medicine, clothing, and shelter. Rotary District 2490’s Israel Aid Fund will use contributions to reestablish agricultural lands and provide mental health support in Israel. Learn more about these funds and how you can help.