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Other scholarship opportunities


There are many ways for districts to support the Ambassadorial Scholarships program besides financing awards through the District Designated Fund (DDF). Endowed, named, and donated scholarships differ from regular DDF-funded Ambassadorial Scholarships because they are financed by an alternate source, and recipients often must comply with special study or location restrictions determined by the donor or donating district. Other options include supporting the world competitive scholarships made possible by district donations to the Scholarships Fund Pool for Low-Income Countries and contributing to the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution.

Read more about Ambassadorial Scholarships and other opportunities in the program handbook.

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Did you know:


  • Rotary International is the world’s first service club organization and is made up of nearly 33,000 clubs in 534 districts and more than 200 countries. Rotary’s motto, Service above Self, exemplifies the humanitarian spirit of the organizations more than 1.2 million members. Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races and creeds.




  • On February 23, 1905 Chicago attorney Paul Harris organizes the first Rotary meeting on February 23 leading to formation of the Rotary Club of Chicago. The club met in rotation at the offices of the members, thus the name Rotary. The first international convention was held in 1918.




  • In 1906 the Rotary Club of Chicago provided a public toilet outside City Hall, Rotary’s first community service project.




  • In 1915-1916 Rotary year, Cuba became the first non-English speaking Rotary country where a club was chartered.




  • By 1925, Rotary had grown to 200 clubs with more than 20,000 members. The organizations distinguished reputation attracted presidents, prime ministers, and a host of other luminaries to its ranks---among them author Thomas Mann, diplomat Carlos P. Romulo, humanitarian Albert Schweitzer, and composer Jean Sibelius.




  • The Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships is the world’s largest, privately funded scholarship program.




  • In 1989, Rotary International voted to admit women into clubs worldwide and now claims more that 145,000 female members in its ranks. First women join Rotary in the 1987-1988 year in US.




  • November of 2007, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation give a $100-million grant and in Jan of 2009 gave another $225 million which Rotary International will raise funds to match dollar for dollar over the next 3 years for Polio eradication.




  • Rotarians at the 2008 RI Convention in Los Angels, CA demonstrated their commitment to literacy by setting a Guinness world record for the most books donated during a seven-day period. Exactly 242,624 books were collected at the convention for public students in Southern California and Southern Nevada. An adjudicator for Guinness World Records, confirmed that Rotary now owns the record for Most Books Donated in Seven Days.

**The above information was taken from “Rotary Basics” and www.rotary.org






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