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Welcome To
Rotary!
You, a proud Rotarian, are
the cornerstone of Rotary International, a worldwide organization of
business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service,
encourages high ethical standards in all vocations and helps build goodwill
and peace in the world.
Did you know – that you are
not a member of Rotary International? Rotarians are members of their
respective clubs. The Rotary Clubs are members of Rotary International.
Did you know - that Rotary is a “bottom up”
organization? The individual Rotarian and the Rotary Club are the most
important elements of Rotary. Rotary Clubs are autonomous and determine
their own service projects based on local needs and the interests and
abilities of members.
The purposes of Rotary
International (RI) are:
- to encourage, promote,
extend and supervise Rotary throughout the world;
- to coordinate and
generally to direct the activities of RI.
The RI Mission Statement
was developed to help clubs in fulfilling the Object of Rotary.
You belong to District 5020,
one of about 500 districts in RI. A district is a geographical area in which
Rotary clubs are combined for RI administrative purposes. The activities and
organization of a Rotary district shall exist solely to help the individual
Rotary club advance the Object of Rotary and should not tend to
diminish services provided by Rotary clubs and individual Rotarians on the
local level.
There is a saying:
¨If you give a man a fish, you feed
him for a day.
¨If you teach a man to fish, you
feed him for life.
So grab your rod and reel
and let’s go fishing for some information on Rotary.
Carol Dodd,
Rotarian, Salt Spring Island.
There is a wealth of
information about Rotary and its history on both this district
5020 website and that of RI. As well, there are many publications
that you can either download or order in print version. |
