WHAT IS ROTARY?

ROTARY began in 1905 in Chicago. The world headquarters are in
Evanston, Illinois, USA.
The Secretariat Of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland
is at Kinwarton Road, Alcester, Warwickshire,B49 6PB
For more information please visit www.rotary-ribi.org
For Information on District 1100 - The District covering Gloucestershire
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and North Bristol
Go to http://www.rotary1100.org/DistrictHome.aspx
 
Rotary is a service organisation of business and professional
leaders united worldwide who help those in need.
Rotary encourages high ethical standards in all vocations and works
towards world understanding and peace
Rotary is approximately 1.2 million service-minded men and women
belonging to more than 33,000 Rotary clubs in 200 countries.
Membership is by invitation.
Rotarians meet weekly to enjoy each others' fellowship and discuss
ways to serve others
Rotary is compassion for the underpriviledged, the ill and the disabled
who benefit from over 50,000 Rotary club service projects in the world
each year
Rotary runs the biggest non-government scholarship in the world
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION gives more than £58 Million every year to
educational and humanitarian programmes which promote international
understanding