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Rotaractors meet in interactive workshops, designed to support Rotaract activities, before the convention.

Workshops for Rotaractors are part of the Rotaract Preconvention Meeting, held from 18 to 19 June.

Facilitator Jaffrey Blanks, of the Rotaract Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, helps lead a session during the Rotaract Preconvention Meeting.

Facilitator and Rotaractor Mary Kathryn Delodder helps lead a workshop during the Rotaract Preconvention

Historic Bonsecours Market in Old Montr Áal is illuminated on 21 June with En finir avec la polio (End Polio Now), Rotary's promise to save the world's children from the crippling disease.

With the support of Rotarians and friends of Rotary, RI is more than halfway toward its goal of raising US$200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The total of $555 million will be committed to polio immunization activities in countries affected by the disease.

As the volunteer arm and top private-sector contributor in the polio eradication effort, Rotary has contributed more than $900 million and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than two billion children in 122 countries.

Polio survivor Ramesh Ferris, of the Rotary Club of Whitehorse, Yukon, raised C$300,000 for polio eradication by hand-cycling across Canada.

Ferris hand-cycles from the Palais des congr ás de Montr Áal with a police escort and friends.

Robert S. Scott, chair of the International PolioPlus Committee, joins in the ride.

RI President John Kenny accepts an honor from Polio Qu Ábec, a polio survivors group, which recognized Rotary for its ¡§unrelenting quest to eradicate polio.¡¨

After the Rotaractors Preconvention Meeting, 18-19 June, many Rotaractors stayed in Montr Áal to participate in a service project.

Rotaractors participate in a clean-up at Jeanne-Mance Park in Montr Áal.

Rotaract is a service club for men and women ages 18 to 30. Rotaract clubs are either community- or university-based, and they're sponsored by a local Rotary club.

Worldwide, there are about 187,000 Rotaractors in more than 8,000 clubs.

Rotaractors share in the excitement of preconvention events.

Rotaractors Benoit Klinkers and Lerzan Senturk meet Klinginsmith after a session at the Rotaract Preconvention Meeting.

Rotarian Stephanie Smith and her son Caleb present RI President-elect Ray Klinginsmith with an End Polio Now hockey jersey.

Attendees at the Rotaract Preconvention Meeting learn how to strengthen the program in their districts and build lasting friendships with Rotaractors from around the world.

Rotaractors from around the world attend the preconvention meeting and learn through speakers and workshops.

Shivanker Sivanathan, Abhay Kumar, Yvette Grave, and Adam Edris show their spirit for Rotary and Canada during a break at the Rotaract Preconvention Meeting.

Pei-Ying Yang, Hipo J. Chen, Jung-Chi Lin, Yu-Min Chien, and Ya-Wen Wang get a chance to catch up on the day's events at the Rotaract Preconvention Meeting.

Members of the Rotaract Club of Keystone College in La Plume, Pennsylvania, USA, share in the excitement of the Rotaract Preconvention Meeting on 18 June.

Yi-Chun Lin, a Youth Exchange student from Taiwan, asks a question.

RI President-elect Ray Klinginsmith speaks at the Youth Exchange Officers Preconvention Meeting.

At the preconvention meeting, Youth Exchange officers learn through plenary sessions, discussion groups, networking opportunities, and social gatherings with new and old friends.

Barry A. Starr and Paul W. Wynn, Rotary Youth Exchange officers from Australia, attend the preconvention meeting.

Attendees at the Youth Exchange Officers Preconvention Meeting get ready for a weekend full of events.

RI President John Kenny speaks at the Youth Exchange Officers Preconvention Meeting on 18 June at the Palais des congr ás de Montr Áal, in Qu Ábec, Canada.

The afternoon sun streams through the colorful windows at the Palais des congr ás de Montr Áal, site of the House of Friendship, breakout sessions, and booths.

In the House of Friendship, Thie Convery, of the Rotary Club of Dundas, Ontario, Canada, meets with Raph Ashala, of the Rotary Club of Okota, Lagos State, Nigeria. Convery plans to swim across Lake Ontario for the End Polio Now campaign.

District Governor R Áne Grange visits the Internet cafe in the House of Friendship.

Nelo Ude-Akpeh, of Nigeria, rests in the House of Friendship.

Rotary Youth Exchange students Misaki Matsuyama, of Japan, and Amelie Zirwes, of Germany.

Julie Cugalj, of the Rotary Club of Ottawa, and first-time convention attendee Okhai Igbafe, of the Rotary Club of Auchi Metropolitan, Edo State, Nigeria, talk in the House of Friendship.

Fatimah and Akeem Sani, of Nigeria, enjoy the RI Convention.