Over 100 Hundred Years Old
Rotary is more than 105 years old. Since its humble beginnings in Chicago when four friends met, effectively forming the first Rotary club, it
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (Rotary GB&I) was formed in 1914 when the first club moved across the Atlantic.
The Rotary community continues to respond to the needs of an ever changing world, all the while retaining its strong founding principles of friendship and philanthropy.
(picture - Rotary founders at the first Rotary club meeting)
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