Rotary is a service organization of business and professional men and women united worldwide who conduct humanitarian projects, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and work toward world understanding and peace. Rotary is over 1,000,000 service-minded individuals belonging to approximately 27,900 Rotary Clubs in more than 153 countries.
Membership is by invitation.
Rotary meets weekly, not just to eat but to enjoy each other's fellowship and discuss how they can serve others. Every hour of every day a Rotary club meets somewhere in the world. Rotary is compassion for the underprivileged, the underfed and the disabled, many of whom are the beneficiaries of 25,000 service projects conducted by Rotary Clubs in the world each year. Rotary adds fulfillment to the lives of more than 7,000 young people each year of secondary age as they study in a country other than their own as international youth exchange students. Rotary Foundation contributes approximately 20 million dollars in graduate scholarships and for group study exchanges each year to promote international understanding.