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What’s 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, USA
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 US$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.
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