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. In more than 160
countries worldwide, approximately 1.2 million
Rotarians belong to more than 30,000 Rotary clubs.
Rotary club membership represents a cross-section
of the community's business and professional men and
women. The world's Rotary clubs meet weekly and are
nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all
cultures, races, and creeds.
The main objective of Rotary is service — in the
community, in the workplace, and throughout the
world. Rotarians develop community service projects
that address many of today's most critical issues,
such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the
environment, illiteracy, and violence. They also
support programs for youth, educational
opportunities and international exchanges for
students, teachers, and other professionals, and
vocational and career development. The Rotary motto
is Service Above Self.
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Although Rotary clubs develop autonomous service programs, all
Rotarians worldwide are united in a campaign for the
global eradication of polio. In the 1980s, Rotarians
raised US$240 million to immunize the children of
the world; by 2005, Rotary's centenary year and the
target date for the certification of a polio-free
world, the PolioPlus program will have contributed
US$500 million to this cause. In addition, Rotary
has provided an army of volunteers to promote and
assist at national immunization days in
polio-endemic countries around the world.
Find out more about Rotary by visiting the
Rotary
International web site.
Information on this page came from:
The
About Rotary on the
Rotary International web site
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