An organization of business and professional
per sons 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 which was
founded in Chicago in 1905.
27,370 Clubs with 1,205,932 members
located in 152 Countries.
The Rotary Foundation, which each year provides
some $60 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 in the world by the year 2005. More than one-half billion
children in developing nations have been immunized against polio.
145 countries are now declared polio free with the last case
in the Americas in 1991 in Peru.
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.
Membership is by invitation and is based
upon a vocational classification. Attendance at meetings is a
basic obligation and a member may make-up a meeting at any Rotary
Club in the world.
