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about ...
Rotary International
Rotary International
is a
worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides
humanitarian service, encourages high standards in all vocations,
and helps build goodwill and peace throughout the world.
Founded on February
23, 1905 by
Paul P. Harris, a
Chicago lawyer, Rotary has become the world's first and most international service
club. Rotary International is an
organization of 1.2 million Rotarians representing more than
31,000 Rotary clubs located in 166 countries.
The Object of Rotary is to encourage the ideal of service
above self and foster giving to local and global society
throughout the world: The
Emblem of
Rotary represents both civilization and movement,
in support of the objectives. The
4-Way Test promotes high ethical standards.
Where
Rotary exists in the world, there is a greater chance for peace.
Perhaps this is why Rotary has the unique distinction of being the only
civic organization to have a seat at the United Nations. Because it is
international ... non-denominational ... non-political ,,, with chapters in
virtually every country throughout the world, are but a few
reasons for this distinction.
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about ...
the
Rotary Club of Essex
Sixty-one years following the formation of the first Rotary Club on February
23, 1905, twenty-seven men from Essex, interested in Rotary, under the
sponsorship of the Rotary Club of Burlington, applied for membership on
February 16, 1966, to Rotary International. The Rotary Club of Essex
was Chartered on April 13, 1966.
At that time, the territorial limits included the communities of Essex Town
and Essex Junction, Westford, Jericho, Underhill, Williston, Bolton, and
Huntington. The Essex Club is proud to have been instrumental in
helping to launch the Rotary Club of Grand Isle in 1989, and later the
Rotary Club of Williston-Richmond in 1995. The present territorial
limits include Essex Town and Essex Junction, Westford, Jericho, and
Underhill.
With an annual membership of approximately 50, the Rotary Club of Essex is
one of several clubs that make up
Rotary District 7850, comprising the
Northern parts of Vermont, New Hampshire, and parts of Quebec, Canada.
The Essex Club is proud of this unique international relationship together
with involvement in its local community.
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resident
of the club takes time, energy, commitment and leadership.
It is often not without much sacrifice that the office of 'Club
President' is successfully fulfilled. 
understanding,
goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the
support of education, and the alleviation of
poverty.