“Rotary founder Paul Harris said in 1909 that if Rotary was to survive it must change faster than change itself.”
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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:
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; the recognition of the worthiness of
all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity
to serve society;
all useful occupations; 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;
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.
understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional
persons united in the ideal of service.
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