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What IS ROTARY?
ROTARY is an
organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide,
who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards
in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
ROTARY is the
world’s first service club. The first Rotary club was founded in
Chicago, Illinois, on 23 February 1905.
ROTARY is some 1.2
million service-minded men and women belonging to more than 28,000
Rotary clubs in virtually every nation in the world.
ROTARIANS meet
weekly for fellowship and interesting and informative programs
dealing with topics of local and global importance. Membership
reflects a wide cross-section of community representation.
ROTARIANS plan and
carry out a remarkable variety of humanitarian, educational, and
cultural exchange programs that touch people’s lives in their local
communities and our world community.
ROTARY is The
Rotary Foundation, which each year provides some $90 million for
international scholarships, cultural exchanges, and humanitarian
projects large and small that improve the quality of life for
millions of people. Rotary is widely regarded as the world’s largest
private provider of international educational scholarships.
VISIT ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ON THE WEB AT:
WWW.ROTARY.ORG
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