ABOUT ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

Rotary International is the world's firlst service club organization. Its more than 1.2 million members volunteer their time and talent to further the Rotary motto, Service Above Self.

Rotary 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 geographical areas. Clubs are nonpolitical, non-religious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds. Rotary's main objective is service - in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world.

PolioPlus, the most ambitious program in Rotary's history, is the volunteer arm of the global partnership dedicated to eradicating polio. For more than 20 years, Rotary has led the private sector in the global effort to rid the world of this crippling disease. Today, PolioPlus and its role in the initiative is recognized world-wide as a model of public-private cooperation in pursuit of a humanitarian goal.