Rotary International is a worldwide organization of more than 1.2 million  business, professional and community leaders.  Members of Rotary Clubs, known as Rotarians, provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

There are 33,000 Rotary Clubs in more than 200 countries and goegraphical areas.  Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious and open to all cultures, races and creeds.  As signified by the motto Service Above Self, Rotary's main objective is service - in the community, in the workplace and throughout the world.

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