The Norman Rotary Club celebrated becoming a "two-comma club" by hitting the $1 Million mark in donations to the Rotary Internation Foundation, placing it in the top 1% of the Rotary clubs around the world with this accomplishment. The foundation has spent more than $4 Billion on life-changing sustainable projects world-wide and foundation donations from the club help locally to support the Norman community. The mission of the foundation is to help Rotarians advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving the environment and alleviating poverty. Areas of focus include education, disease, clean water, growing local economies and helping mothers and children.