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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 worlds first service club. The first
Rotary club was founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 23rd February, 1905.
ROTARY is some 1.2 million service-minded men and women
belonging to more than 27,000 Rotary clubs in virtually every nation in the world.
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 world community.
ROTARY is the Rotary Foundation, which each year
provides some US$60 million for international scholarships, cultural exchange, and
humanitarian projects large and small that improve the quality of life for millions of
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