Rotary Facts
Posted by Vicki Rowe
Glen Rowe shared these facts at the March 16th meeting.
Glen Rowe entertained us with a timeline of Rotary events in history beginning with Paul Harris's life before he founded Rotary and continuing through decades of Rotary's development.
1905 - Rotary was founded in Chicago. Their first service project was to build public outhouses in downtown Chicago.
1908 - Rotary clubs were opened in San Francisco and Oakland, Ca.
1911 - Winnipeg, Canada became the first club outside of the US.
1917 - Rotary Foundation began with a grant of $500 that grew into Easter Seals.
1932 - Rotary stole the 4 Way Test from Herbert J. Taylor who implemented it in his effort to save Club Aluminum from bankruptcy. Taylor later became an RI president.
1945 - 49 Rotarians worked on 29 committees to write the United Nations' charter. One committe wrote the UNESCO charter.
1947 - Paul Harris died and money poured into the foundation in his memory and Ambassadorial scholarships were started as a result.
1965 - GSE was added
1987 - Rotary took on the challenge of eradicating polio with the Polio Plus campaign and raised $125 million in the rest of the world and another $125 million here in the US.
1989 - Rotary was sued by the US Supreme court and finally allowed women to become members.
There was much more to Glen's talk, but these are the highlights. We plan to spend one meeting a month in the future learning more about this great organization.
1905 - Rotary was founded in Chicago. Their first service project was to build public outhouses in downtown Chicago.
1908 - Rotary clubs were opened in San Francisco and Oakland, Ca.
1911 - Winnipeg, Canada became the first club outside of the US.
1917 - Rotary Foundation began with a grant of $500 that grew into Easter Seals.
1932 - Rotary stole the 4 Way Test from Herbert J. Taylor who implemented it in his effort to save Club Aluminum from bankruptcy. Taylor later became an RI president.
1945 - 49 Rotarians worked on 29 committees to write the United Nations' charter. One committe wrote the UNESCO charter.
1947 - Paul Harris died and money poured into the foundation in his memory and Ambassadorial scholarships were started as a result.
1965 - GSE was added
1987 - Rotary took on the challenge of eradicating polio with the Polio Plus campaign and raised $125 million in the rest of the world and another $125 million here in the US.
1989 - Rotary was sued by the US Supreme court and finally allowed women to become members.
There was much more to Glen's talk, but these are the highlights. We plan to spend one meeting a month in the future learning more about this great organization.