Visit this calendar throughout the year to find award nomination due dates and convention and event information. Develop meeting agendas, projects, or public image campaigns based on these special occasions. All dates are subject to change.
See a complete list of United Nations observances, including international days, weeks, and years.
See the Board and Trustees meeting dates.
1 July — Start of new Rotary officers’ year of service
Membership and New Club Development Month
Basic Education and Literacy Month
Economic and Community Development Month
2-8 October — Rotary Alumni Reconnect Week
24 October — Rotary’s World Polio Day Livestream Event
30 October-5 November — World Interact Week
Rotary Foundation Month
1 November — Service Award for a Polio-Free World nominations are due
1 November — Service Above Self Award nominations are due
11 November — Rotary Day at the UN
Disease Prevention and Treatment Month
15 December — Early registration discount ends for the Rotary International Convention
Vocational Service Month
14-20 January — International Assembly, San Diego, California, USA
Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month
10 February — Presidential Peacebuilding Conference: Environmental Sustainability and Peace, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
17 February — Presidential Peacebuilding Conference: Water and Sanitation and Peace, Beirut, Lebanon
23 February — Rotary’s anniversary
24 February — Presidential Peacebuilding Conference: Disease Prevention and Treatment and Peace, Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Water and Sanitation Month
12-18 March — World Rotaract Week
17 March — Presidential Peacebuilding Conference: Economic and Community Development and Peace, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
31 March — Preregistration discount ends for the Rotary International Convention
Maternal and Child Health Month
1 April — Rotary Award for Excellence in Service to Humanity nominations are due
28 April — Presidential Peacebuilding Conference: Maternal and Child Health and Peace, Taranto, Italy
30 April — Rotary International Convention registrations and ticket cancellations are due
Youth Service Month
Rotary Fellowships Month
2 June — Presidential Peacebuilding Conference: Basic Education and Literacy and Peace, Chicago, Illinois, USA
23-27 June — Rotary International Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
30 June — Last day for Rotary and Rotaract clubs to report goals for the Rotary Citation
30 June — Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award nominations are due
30 June — Rotary Alumni Global Service Award nominations (from zones) are due
30 June — Rotary Alumni Association of the Year Award nominations (from zones) are due
1 July — Start of new Rotary officers’ year of service
15 August — Last day to report Rotary Citation achievements for Interact clubs
A look ahead to international events in 2019 and 2020. All dates are tentative.
12-19 January — International Assembly, San Diego, California, USA
1-5 June — Rotary International Convention, Hamburg, Germany
19-25 January — International Assembly, San Diego, California, USA
6-10 June — Rotary International Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA