ROTARY

Rotary is a worldwide organization of more than 1.4 million representatives of the professional and business elite and local community leaders. The members of Rotary Clubs, known as Rotarians, provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all professions and help building goodwill and peace in the world... Up to now, Rotary International contributed with over 850 million dollars for the immunization against poliomyelitis of over 200 million children from 122 countries all over the world. Rotary is trying to raise 200 million dollars as a counterpart of the 350 million Euro donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 100 million dollars have been raised... In 1945, 49 Rotarians were members of 29 delegations to the UN Charter Conference. Rotary still participates actively in UN conferences by sending observers to major meetings and covering the United Nations in its publications. As it approached the 21st century, Rotary worked to meet society's changing..