Christmas Social 2011

Christmas Social 2011

 

 

What is Rotary

 

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Rotary is…

 

•     An organization of business and professional persons united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

 

•     The world’s first service club founded in Chicago in 1905.  Rotary is starting its second century of service.

 

•     Over 32,000 clubs with about 1,200,000 members located in 200 countries.

 

•     The Rotary Foundation, which each year provides over $92 million for international scholarships, cultural exchanges, and humanitarian projects large and small that improve the quality of life for millions of people.

 

PolioPlus, Rotary’s commitment to eradicate polio throughout the world is 99% complete.  More than one billion children in developing nations have been immunized against polio.  210 countries are now declared polio free.

 

•     Planning and carrying out a remarkable variety of humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs that touch people’s lives in their local communities and our world community.