Gift of Life is a Rotarian-based organization that over the past 4 decades has helped more than 18,000 children from emerging countries receive treatment for their heart disease.  These children have come from 71 different countries and otherwise would not have been treated.
 
There are over 70 Gift of Life programs throughout the world.  The majority of these programs are based in Rotary Clubs or Rotary Districts on 5 continents. 
 
In Southern Maine, Rotarians in District 7780 partner with Gift of Life New England, Maine Medical Center, Ronald McDonald House, and Pediatric Heart Surgeon Dr Reed Quinn to bring children to Maine for life-saving heart surgeries.  MMC is the only hospital in Maine, and one of only four hospitals in New England, that performs these surgeries.