Rotary
What is Rotary?
Rotary is an organisation 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 over 165 countries throughout
the world, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to
more than 30,000 Rotary clubs.
In 100 years, Rotary has grown from a small club of four
members formed in Chicago, USA by the founder of Rotary,
Paul Harris, to a worldwide network of men and women who
share a common vision for a better world.
Rotary has a long
history of helping those in need and uniting people of different
cultures and beliefs. Through the work of individual Rotary
clubs, and through the programmes of Rotary International
and The Rotary Foundation, Rotary is helping to make the
world a better place.
Object of Rotary
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:
First – The development of acquaintance as an opportunity
for service;
Second – High ethical standards in business and profession,
the recognition of the worthiness of 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;
and
Fourth – The advancement of international understanding,
goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business
and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Rotary’s 4
Way Test
- Is it the truth?
- Is it fair to all concerned?
- Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
- Will it be beneficial to all concerned ?
The Mission of Rotary International
The mission of Rotary International is to support its member
clubs in fulfilling the Object of Rotary by:
- Fostering unity among member clubs;
- Strengthening and expanding Rotary around the world;
- Communicating worldwide the work of Rotary; and
- Providing a system of international administration.
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What is Rotary Western Australia?
Rotary Western Australia is made of up of 120 clubs as
far North as Kununurra and as far South as Esperance. Some
3300 members are currently involved in Rotary in Western
Australia.
Rotary Western Australia was established in 1927 and is
divided into three districts (9450, 9460 and 9470). There
are Rotary clubs in most metropolitan suburbs and country
towns.
How can I become involved in Rotary?
Each Rotary club strives for a membership that is an up-to-date
and progressive representation of its community’s
business, vocational, and professional interests. Membership
in Rotary offers a number of benefits, including:
- Effecting change within the community
- Developing leadership skills
- Gaining an understanding of — and having an impact
on — international humanitarian issues.
- Developing relationships with community and business
leaders
Rotary membership is by invitation of local clubs. If
you would like to be considered for membership by a local
Rotary club, please contact your the Broome Rotary Club
by emailing us from our contact page or come and talk to
one of our Rotary Club members during one of our events.
Rotary WA Community
Cord Blood Bank
Click on the logo below
to view detail on a combined Rotary project to establish
a cord blood facility in Western Australia to be operated
by the Australian Red Cross Blood Service.
Western Australia doesn’t
yet have a public (free) Cord Blood Bank. That means that
cord blood has to come from cord blood banks in the eastern
states or overseas. Rotary WA’s vision can change that!!
In 2005, in celebration of Rotary International’s
100th birthday, Rotary WA committed to fundraising $6 million
to establish the Rotary WA Cord Blood Bank as a special gift
to the
people of Western Australia.
You may be aware that fundraising for the
UWA Medical School was the ‘gift’ to Western Australia
on the occasion of Rotary International’s 50th Anniversary.
click on the Rotary Cordblood bank logo
for more info:
Major sponsors of the Rotary
WA Cord Blood Bank:
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