The Rotary Family to which you now belong is present in more countries than are in the United Nations. We Rotarians welcome you with the same joy as that of a new family member who has been brought into our home. Rotary is a family that dwells in a house that hides nothing inside its walls and from which you can see the sun and the stars because its roof is wide open. You are being welcomed into a family where no one will ask you from which country you come or who your God is. The life of the Rotary family comes from its members.
New members ensure the future of Rotary.
The only demand that is made of a Rotarian is to serve humankind. To serve is our ideal. The Motto of Rotary, Service Above Self is the code by which we try to live. The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the Ideal of Service as a basis of worthy enterprise. Promoting high ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying by each Rotarian of his or her occupation as an opportunity to serve society.