ROTARY is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

ROTARY is the world’s first service club. The first Rotary club was founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 23 February 1905. Rotary International celebrated their 100th anniversary in Chicago in June 2005.

ROTART is some 1.2 million service-minded men and women belonging to more than 32,176 Rotary clubs in 166 nations.

ROTARIANS meet weekly for fellowship and interesting and informative programs dealing with topics of local and global importance. Membership reflects a wide cross-section of community representation.

ROTARIANS plan and carry out a remarkable variety of humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs that touch people’s lives in their local communities and our world community.

The mission of Rotary International is to assist and guide Rotarians and Rotary Clubs to accomplish the Objective of Rotary, to ensure Rotary's continuing relevance, and to help build a better world, emphasizing service activities by individuals and groups that enhance the quality of life and human dignity, encourage high ethical standards, creating greater understanding among all people to advance the search for peace in the world

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:

First. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service

Second. High ethical standards in business and professions, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society

Third. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life

Fourth. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Of the things we think, say or do:

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

4. Will it be BENNEFICIAL TO ALL CONCERNED?