Rotary Foundation Minute #1

Posted by Matthew Corwin

Today's Rotary Foundation Minute is provided as a reminder to ALL of us that the Foundation is the primary way in which we are involved in the 4^th avenue of service - International Service - our crown jewel.

The Rotary Foundation was started with a gift of $26.50 from the Rotary Club of Kansas City in 1917 - the leftover profit from the international convention that year. Earlier that same year, Rotary's 6^th president, Arch Klumpf, had suggested the creation of just such a fund and the first gift was a response to that suggestion.

Every Rotarian Every Year is a reminder to all of us to donate generously to the Foundation and do it year after year.