Rotary is a worldwide organisation of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world.
Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 31,000 Rotary clubs located in 166 countries.
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 programmes 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.
Although Rotary clubs develop autonomous service programmes, all Rotarians worldwide are united in a campaign for the global eradication of polio. In the 1980s, Rotarians raised US$240 million to immunise 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 had contributed US$500 million to this cause. In addition, Rotary has provided an army of volunteers to promote and assist at national immunisation days in polio-endemic countries around the world. To read more, click on the link at the start of this paragraph.
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is a not-for-profit corporation that promotes world understanding through international humanitarian service programs and educational and cultural exchanges. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and others who share its vision of a better world. Since 1947, the Foundation has awarded more than US$1.1 billion in humanitarian and educational grants, which are initiated and administered by local Rotary clubs and districts.
Other clubs in Southampton
There are 7 other clubs in the city and 6l of them have web sites.
Rotary Club of Southampton www.rotarysouthampton.co.uk
Rotary Club of Southampton West www.rotarysouthamptonwest.co.uk
Rotary Club of Southampton East www.southampton-east-rotary.org.uk
Rotary Club of Southampton Clausentum www.clausentumrotary.org.uk
Rotary Club of Hamble Valley www.hamblevalleyrotary.co.uk
Rotary Club of Hedge End Breakfast www.hebrc.co.uk
Rotary Club of Southampton AM Connect
More details of these clubs can be found on the District site or by clicking on the District button at the top of the page. Details of events organised by these and other local clubs can be found here
Special Interest groups
Within Rotary there are special interest Fellowships for most sports and activities - see here for a complete list - some of those that current members of Magna are involved with include:-
Caravanning ICFR
Classic cars RRAF - this is the British section of the International group ACHAFR
Golf IGFR
Yachting IYFR - the international website is here
last updated 01/11/11