The Otto and Fran Walter Foundation, based in Boothbay Harbor, ME, has pledged $15.5 million to The Rotary Foundation to start a Rotary Peace Center in the Middle East or North Africa. It’s long been a stated desire of many Rotarians to establish a peace center in this region. The new center hopes to open in 2026 and will be named the Otto and Fran Walter Rotary Peace Center.
 
Read more about this extraordinary gift and the people behind it, including our own Past District Governor Marty Helman, but following this link: https://www.rotary.org/en/gift-will-fund-new-rotary-peace-center-middle-east-or-north-africa