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Rotary
is ...
 A
service organization of business and professional
leaders unified worldwide who conduct humanitarian projects,
encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and work
toward world understanding and peace.
More
than one million service-minded leaders belonging to
over 23,000 Rotary clubs in 164 countries. Membership is by
invitation.
Rotarians
who meet weekly to enjoy each other's fellowship and
discuss ways to serve others.
A
compassion for the underprivileged, the ill and the
disabled, many of whom are the beneficiaries of over 30,000
service projects conducted by Rotary clubs in the world each
year.
Fulfillment
to the lives of some 10,000 young people of secondary
school age each year, as they study in countries other than
their own.
The
Rotary Foundation, which contributes about $35 million
annually to its various educational and humanitarian
programs to promote international understanding.
INTERACT,
a Rotary-sponsored group of more than 5,600 service clubs
for young people of secondary school age in more than 80
countries.
ROTARACT,
a Rotary-sponsored group of more than 5,600 clubs for young
adults between 18 and 29 in more than 110 countries.
The
oldest service organization in the world, formed in 1905
in Chicago, IL. The international headquarters are in
Evanston, IL; there are branch offices in nine countries on
five continents.
A
fast-growing organization that for the past ten years
has been growing at the extraordinary rate of a new club
every 15 hours.
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