What is Rotary?

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ROTARY is a worldwide organisation of more than 1.2 million business and professional men and women who are acknowledged leaders in their communities and who put the ideal of service into action. Rotarians are pledged to maintain high ethical standards in their vocations and to serve their own communities as they advance international understanding and peace ROTARY is an organisation 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 over 29,000 Rotary clubs in virtually every nation in the world.

ROTARY BASICS

ROTARIANS meet weekly for fellowship and Interesting and informative programs dealing with topics of local and global importance. Membership Is by invitation and 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 $60 million for international scholarships cultural exchanges and humanitarian projects large and small that Improve the quality of life for millions of people.

ROTARY is PolioPlus, Rotary's commitment to work with national and international health organisations on the goal of polio eradication. More than one half billion children in developing nations have been immunised against polio through PolioPlus grants.