About Us - What is Rotary?
________________________Rotary is an organization of business and professional
leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service,
encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help
build goodwill and peace in the world. In more than 200
countries worldwide, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians
belong to more than 32,000 Rotary clubs.
Rotary club membership represents a cross-section of the
community's business and professional men and women. The
world's Rotary clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical,
nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
The main objective of Rotary is service, in the community,
in the workplace, and throughout the world. Rotarians develop
community service projects that address many of today's most
critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger,
the environment, illiteracy, and violence. They also support
programs for youth, educational opportunities and
international exchanges for students, teachers, and other
professionals, and vocational and career development. The
Rotary motto is Service Above Self.
Rotary Poem
©
By: Rotarian Lisa
Clary
LOCAL ROTARY PROJECTS
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Community
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WORLDWIDE
ROTARY PROJECTS
POLIO PLUS
Although Rotary clubs develop autonomous service programs,
all Rotarians worldwide are united in a campaign for the
global eradication of polio. In the 1980s, Rotarians raised
US$240 million to immunize the children of the world; by 2005,
Rotary's centenary year and the target date for the
certification of a polio-free world, the PolioPlus program
will have contributed US $500 million to this cause. In
addition, Rotary has provided an army of volunteers to promote
and assist at national immunization days in polio-endemic
countries around the world.
ROTARIANS
AGAINST HUNGER
Another association for Rotarians
is the "RAH" (Rotarians Against Hunger) partnership with
"Stop Hunger Now". The goal of the partnership as with the
ending of polio worldwide is to end hunger on a global
scale. "RAH" was formed by Rotarian Ray Buchanan,
also President
of Stop Hunger Now, and Rotarian Hal Smith. Ray is a Rotarian
in the Raleigh Rotary Club and Hal is a Rotarian with the
East Chapel Hill Rotary Club both in North Carolina. It has
grown in their District 7710 clubs and is expanding to other
districts and clubs worldwide. The links below provide more
information about how everyone can be involved in this
worthy endeavor.
Rotarians Against Hunger.org
Stop Hunger Now.org
Denny Hardee, Ray Buchanan and Lee
Warren of "Stop Hunger Now" with Past President John Stockton.
Club Secretary
Tom Smith makes our donation to Rotarian Lee Warren of "Stop
Hunger Now" with the promise to package the meals at a later
date. (10/19/2006)
Rotarian Lee
Warren hosts the ribbon cutting for the "Stop Hunger Now"
location in South Hill.
Rotarians help
"Liberty Tax Service" package food for the "Stop Hunger Now"
program.
The club makes a
donation to Rotarian Lee Warren of Stop Hunger Now. As a
local and International program, our club supports
the efforts of Lee and the Rotarians who began the
organization with 2 annual donations as well as volunteering
to package these products for shipment as part of the
donation. (01/25/2007)
Rotarians
Jerry Klingenberg, Tom Smith, Lee Nicholson and Randy Cash
help Lee with the packaging of food for the next shipment.
(01/27/2007)
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MORE LOCAL
PROJECTS
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"THE BREAD BOX"
The South Hill Club also supports a local organization that
provides food to those in need within our local community. Rotarian
Tom Leggett, as head of this worthwhile project, accepts a
donation from the club as one of 2 annual donations. (01/25/2007)
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JAMESTOWN 400 PROJECT
MARCH 30, 2007
The South Hill
Rotary Club is participating in the Jamestown 2007
Beautification Program by having crepe myrtle trees planted
along West Atlantic Street across from the SHPD building.
Wayside Nursery in South Hill agreed to do the plantings
and the project is officially underway with the Nursery
Crew, Rotarians, and Police Chief Norman Hudson all on hand.
Rotarian Steven Stanley is heading the Rotary's Jamestown
2007 Committee. The project is listed as one of many
projects underway around the state as the celebration
approaches. See our link page for a link to the official
Jamestown 2007site. (03/30/2007)
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Find out more about Rotary by
visiting:
Rotary International web site.
Information on this page came from:
"The
About Rotary and
the
RI Programs pages on the
Rotary International web site"
Rotary Theme for 2006-2007
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William B. Boyd - President,
Rotary International
James Probsdorfer - District Governor, District 7600
Bill Currie - Assistant Governor District 7600
Jerry Klingenberg - President, South Hill Rotary Club
Tommy Zincone - President-Elect, South Hill Rotary Club
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