WHAT
IS ROTARY?
Rotary
is service driven. Belonging to a Rotary club gives men and women an
organised outlet for contributing to their community.
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 1
private
provider of international educational scholarships.
Rotary
is PolioPlus, Rotary's commitment to work with national and international
health organizations on the goal of polio eradication by the year 2005,
Rotary's 1 00th anniversary. More than one billion children in developing
nations have been immunized against polio through PolioPlus grants.
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ROTARY
IS SERVICE ABOVE SELF.
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The Four Way Test
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Is it the truth? |
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Is it fair to all concerned? |
| Will it build goodwill and better friendships? |
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Will it be beneficial to all concerned? |
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