Rotary members are enthusiastic, fun-loving and active volunteers who give their time and talents to serve communities both at home and overseas. These are dedicated people, men and women from business and professions, who share a common interest in helping others.
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) has over 55,000 members in 1,840 clubs. It is an integral part of Rotary International, the world's first service organisation.
Each member enjoys business as well as social networking opportunities, whilst giving something back to those less fortunate, learning new skills and having a huge amount of fun!
Rotary runs countless humanitarian projects both locally, nationally and internationally, and also partners with many charities worldwide. To find out more, click here
Members organise community projects that address many of today's most critical issues, such as violence, drug abuse, health, hunger, the environment, and illiteracy. Rotary clubs determine service projects based on local needs.
They work for and with young people to address challenges facing the youth of today. Interact and Rotaract are also part of the Rotary family, with a similar club structure specifically for young people aged 14-18 and 18-30 respectively.
Members are enthusiastically committed to the drive to wipe out polio from the world. Since Rotary became involved in polio eradication in 1985, the number of reported polio cases has fallen from 350,000 a year to 1,000; 125 endemic countries have been reduced to just 4 - Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan; and two billion children have been protected from the disease.
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Rotary Club in Leeds
The ROTARY CLUB OF LEEDS was founded in 1916 and currently has some 80 members comprising men and women from a wide spectrum of the Leeds business community. Our members represent banking, insurance, the legal and accounting professions, the health service, the churches, local government, education and an extensive range of manufacturing and service industries.
We involve ourselves with the local community in a number of ways - with youth and the schools, with the aged and the handicapped, with support for the hospices and the homeless. We subscribe to the aims of the Rotary movement in the promotion of programmes to further international understanding and peace, and to promote literacy, good health, clean water supplies, and the eradication of hunger.
Do you have some spare time to put something back into the community? So much needs to be done.
We'd like to hear from you. Have a look at our Membership page (see menu left) or
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06/03/2009 Club Weekly Meeting - Committee business.
10/03/2009 Leeds Group Technology Tournament. Venue: John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds
13/03/2009 Club Weekly Meeting - Prof Anne Chamberlain: Bringing better health to Madagascar.
19/03/2009 Council meeting. 5.15 pm, Mill Hill Chapel
19/03/2009 Recycling Centre. A visit to the Leeds City Council Recycling Centre has been arranged, starting at 10.30 am. Venue: Martins Materials recycling, Unit 1, Parkside lane, Leeds LS11 5TD. Visit organiser: James Mounty
20/03/2009 Club Weekly Meeting - Sue Morgan: Get a Life Fund.
27/03/2009 Club Weekly Meeting - Tom Banfield: Young Musician Competition.
03/04/2009 Club Weekly Meeting - Committee business.
Historic Moments -- Rotary's 104th anniversary
The first four Rotarians: (left to right) Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey, and Paul Harris. Rotary Images
During the first Rotary club meeting on 23 February 1905 in Chicago, Paul Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Hiram Shorey, and Silvester Schiele met to talk about their personal experiences. Harris then unfolded his general plan for their club meetings.
This was the simple beginning of the world’s first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago. It was created because of Harris’ wish to capture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The Rotary name derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members’ offices.
Rotarians continue to take pride in their history. In honor of that first club, Rotarians have preserved its original meeting place, Room 711 in Chicago’s Unity Building, by re-creating the office as it existed in 1905. For several years, the Paul Harris 711 Club maintained the room as a shrine for visiting Rotarians. In 1989, when the building was scheduled to be demolished, the club carefully dismantled the office and salvaged the interior, including doors and radiators. In 1993, the RI Board of Directors set aside a permanent home for the restored Room 711 at RI World Headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Evanston.
The first four Rotarians: (left to right) Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey, and Paul Harris. Rotary Images
During the first Rotary club meeting on 23 February 1905 in Chicago, Paul Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Hiram Shorey, and Silvester Schiele met to talk about their personal experiences. Harris then unfolded his general plan for their club meetings.
This was the simple beginning of the world’s first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago. It was created because of Harris’ wish to capture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The Rotary name derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members’ offices.
Rotarians continue to take pride in their history. In honor of that first club, Rotarians have preserved its original meeting place, Room 711 in Chicago’s Unity Building, by re-creating the office as it existed in 1905. For several years, the Paul Harris 711 Club maintained the room as a shrine for visiting Rotarians. In 1989, when the building was scheduled to be demolished, the club carefully dismantled the office and salvaged the interior, including doors and radiators. In 1993, the RI Board of Directors set aside a permanent home for the restored Room 711 at RI World Headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Evanston.
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