What is
Rotary International.
Rotary is a world of fellowship of business and
professional executives who accept the “Ideal of Service” as the basis for
success and happiness in business and community life. In Rotary thoughtfulness of others
is regarded as the basis of service and helpfulness to others as its expression.
Rotary's best-known motto is "Service above
Self", and its secondary motto is "They profit most who serve best". There
are more than 32,000 clubs and over 1.2 million members world-wide.
Rotary seeks all that which brings people together
and it avoids all which separates them.
ROTARY PROGRAMMES: The programs of Rotary are
so diverse as to all but defy categorisation. In addition, there are the programs of The
Rotary Foundation, which include educational, humanitarian and fellowship and vocational
exchanges.
PolioPlus: The
most notable current global project, PolioPlus, is contributing to the global eradication
ofpolio.
Since beginning the project in 1985, Rotarians have contributed over US$600 million and
tens of thousands of volunteer-hours, leading to the inoculation of more than two billion
of the world's children. Inspired by Rotary's commitment, the World Health Organization
(WHO) passed a resolution in 1988 to eradicate polio by 2000. Now in partnership with WHO,
UNICEF and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rotary is recognized
by the United Nations as the key private partner in the eradication effort.
Exchanges and scholarships: Some of Rotary's
most visible programs include Rotary Youth Exchange, a student exchange program for
students in secondary education, and the Rotary Foundation's oldest program, Ambassadorial
Scholarships. Today, there are six different types of Rotary Scholarships.
The Rotary Foundation partnered with eight universities around the
world to create the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict
resolution.
Rotaract —
is a service club for young men and women aged 18 to 30 with around 185,000 members in
8,000 clubs in 155 countries;
Interact —
a service club consisting of more than 239,000 young people aged 14–18 with over
10,700 clubs in 108 countries;
Rotary Community Corps (RCC) — a volunteer
organization with an estimated 103,000 non-Rotarian men and women in over 4,400
communities in 68 countries.
Rotary does not seek to support or interfere with
any religious or political organisations. It assumes that its concepts are in accord with
all religions and it does not concern itself with a Rotarian’s politics. Furthermore,
it does not endeavour to carry out the civic activities which belong to other
organisations, but every Rotarian is urged to participate in the activities which make his
or her community a better place in which to live. However, Rotary frequently develops or
sparks suitable agencies to take care of community needs when no such agency exists.
Rotary’s membership plan is unique. It tries
to make the Rotary Club a true cross-section of the community’s interest and
activities; its membership is therefore selected on the basis of one active member from
each recognised business or profession in the community.
Rotary also differs from other organisations in
that the establishment of a Rotary Club links its community to a World-encircling chain of
cities and towns where other people have organised Rotary Clubs, following the same
ideals. Rotary stands for the application of higher standards in business and professional
life; for understanding, goodwill and peace among the people of the world.
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TARY CLUB OF KENTON
2012 Rotary Convention.
