Rotary Clubs located all over the world. It is a secular organization open to all persons regardless of race, color, creed or political preference. There are more than 32,000 clubs and over 1.2 million members worldwide. The members of Rotary Clubs are known as Rotarians. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Members usually meet weekly for breakfast, lunch or dinner, which is a social event as well as an opportunity to organize work on their service goals.

Rotary's best-known motto is "Service above Self", and its secondary motto is "They profit most who serve best".

International Responsibilities of a Rotarian
As an international organisation, Rotary offers each member unique opportunities and responsibilities unlike those of other groups one might join. Although each Rotarian has first responsibility to uphold the obligations of citizenship of his or her own country, membership in Rotary enables Rotarians to take a somewhat different view of international affairs. In the early 1950s a Rotary philosophy was adopted to describe how a Rotarian may think on a global basis. Here is what it said:

A world-minded Rotarian:

• looks beyond national patriotism and considers himself as sharing responsibility for the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace
• resists any tendency to act in terms of national or racial superiority
• seeks and develops common grounds for agreement with peoples of other lands
• defends the rule of law and order to preserve the liberty of the individual so that he may enjoy freedom of thought, speech and assembly, and freedom from persecution, aggression, want and fear
• supports action directed toward improving standards of living for all peoples, realising that poverty anywhere endangers prosperity everywhere
• upholds the principles of justice for mankind; · strives always to promote peace between nations and prepares to make personal sacrifices for that ideal
• urges and practices a spirit of understanding of every other man's beliefs as a step toward international goodwill, recognising that there are certain basic moral and spiritual standards which will ensure a richer, fuller life."

That is quite an assignment for any Rotarian to practice in thoughts and actions!