About Rotary
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
29,000 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.
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.
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is a not-for-profit corporation that
promotes world understanding through international humanitarian service
programs and educational and cultural exchanges. It is supported solely by
voluntary contributions from Rotarians and others who share its vision of a better
world. Since 1947, the Foundation has awarded more than US$1.1 billion in
humanitarian and educational grants, which are initiated and administered by local
Rotary clubs and districts.
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
29,000 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.
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.
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is a not-for-profit corporation that
promotes world understanding through international humanitarian service
programs and educational and cultural exchanges. It is supported solely by
voluntary contributions from Rotarians and others who share its vision of a better
world. Since 1947, the Foundation has awarded more than US$1.1 billion in
humanitarian and educational grants, which are initiated and administered by local
Rotary clubs and districts.
Rotary Club of Leesburg, Va
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