Rotary1200.org.uk
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Rotary District 1200
Description
The 23 February 1905 is celebrated as the anniversary of Rotary, the date which is generally regarded as the first ‘official’ meeting.
The founder, Paul Harris, and three others had been meeting regularly, but informally, for almost a year, and it was during this period that the concept of Rotary was discussed and developed – although the Founder Members could not have contemplated the international dimension that would quickly emerge from their original ideas. These preliminary meetings led to the formalisation of a Rotary Club on that February day.
The Rotary movement has developed into a global network of service volunteers. It is the world's largest service organisation for business and professional people, with some 1,180,000 members operating in 166 countries world-wide.
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