The Missing Piece
Making the world a better place is an intricate puzzle and piece by piece, the women and men of Rotary have worked hard to fight hunger, promote literacy, and move the world toward peace. But there is still much to be done, still some missing pieces, and one of those missing pieces is you.
Watch The Missing Piece then contact one of our members to find out how to become a member of Rotary.
This Is Rotary
Why Rotary?
About Rotary
Rotary is one of the largest international humanitarian service organizations in the world
There are 1.2 million Rotary members worldwide who are business and professional leaders committed to working together to improve communities.
Rotary and Peace
Rotary promotes peace and international understanding through its educational and humanitarian programs.
- Rotary sponsors the largest privately funded international scholarships program in the world. Since the program's inception, about 34,000 students from 100 countries have become Rotary's cultural ambassadors.
- Rotary has teamed with six universities around the world to offer a master's degree program in peace and conflict resolution.
- Rotary clubs around the world initiate thousands of international humanitarian projects every year.
PolioPlus
Rotary's top philanthropic goal is to end polio worldwide.
- For as little as 60 cents worth of oral polio vaccine, a child can be protected against this crippling disease for life.
Tremendous progress has been made toward ending polio worldwide.
- In the 1980s, 1,000 children were infected by polio, a crippling and sometimes deadly disease, every day. In the two decades since Rotary and its global partners launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, polio cases have been slashed by 99 percent. Fewer than 1,900 cases were reported in 2005, but the disease still threatens children in Africa and Asia.
Rotary clubs around the world have contributed to the goal of eradicating polio.
- Rotary members have donated their time and money to help immunize more than two
billion children in 122 countries. - Rotary is the largest private supporter of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, providing more than US$650 million and thousands of volunteers to the effort.
Object of Rotary
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular to encourage and foster:
- The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
- High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
- The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
- The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
The Four-Way Test
Of the things we think, say or do ...
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned
Would you consider adding these goals to your life?
Think about joining Rotary!