The world’s first service club, Rotary, began with the formation of the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois on February 23, 1905.
The club was started by a young lawyer, Paul P. Harris, and three of his friends. They wished to recapture the friendly spirit they had felt among business people in the small towns in which they had lived.
Their weekly meetings “rotated” among their offices, providing the new service club with its name.
Today, Rotary flourishes with some 33,000 clubs and 1.3 million men and women as club members in more than 200 countries, providing community service in virtually every nation in the world.
The club was started by a young lawyer, Paul P. Harris, and three of his friends. They wished to recapture the friendly spirit they had felt among business people in the small towns in which they had lived.
Their weekly meetings “rotated” among their offices, providing the new service club with its name.
Today, Rotary flourishes with some 33,000 clubs and 1.3 million men and women as club members in more than 200 countries, providing community service in virtually every nation in the world.