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Evanston-based Rotary is an international service organization that has some 1.2 million business, professional and community leader members in 32,000 clubs situated in more than 200 countries. Its stated mission is "to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards and to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders." Clubs of Rotarians are supposed to be apolitical, non-religious and open to people of all backgrounds, - though women weren't admitted until 1989. The motto of Rotarians is "Service above self," service in the workplace, to the community and across the globe. Eradicating polio around the w...
Evanston-based Rotary is an international service organization that has some 1.2 million business, professional and community leader members in 32,000 clubs situated in more than 200 countries. Its stated mission is "to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards and to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders." Clubs of Rotarians are supposed to be apolitical, non-religious and open to people of all backgrounds, - though women weren't admitted until 1989. The motto of Rotarians is "Service above self," service in the workplace, to the community and across the globe. Eradicating polio around the world has been Rotary's chief priority since 1985, and it has contributed more than $600 million to the effort through its collaboration with international health agencies. In November 2007, Rotary and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $200 million effort to stamp out remaining pockets of the disease. Rotary calls itself the world's first service club. It was founded in Chicago in February 1905 by lawyer Paul Harris. The name derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices. As the clubs spread far and wide, the organization added "International" to its name in 1922. During and immediately after World War II, Rotary was active in promoting conferences on international education and cultural exchanges, helping inspire the founding of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO. Rotarians continue to participate as observers in UN conferences.
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Cockeysville: Mahan has guided seniors on memorable journeys
Recently, Cockeysville Senior Center was the site of a Volunteer Recognition Dinner, on April 24, with a special volunteer being recognized: Eda Mahan. Citations were presented to Eda by a representatives of U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, Sen. Barbara Mikulski,...Tags: Kevin Kamenetz, Values, Father's Day, Teaching and Learning, Hunt Valley
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Education briefs
Rotary speech scholarships Two seniors at Rockbridge Academy, a Christian school in Millersville, have won scholarships in the Rotary Club of Annapolis' Four-Way Test speech competition. Joshua Bradley of Gambrills advanced to the Rotary District...Tags: Annapolis, Colleges and Universities, United States Naval Academy, Medical Specialization, Financial Aid
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Van Deusen named Rotary Club president
Jay Van Deusen, owner of Van Deusen Construction Company and Rainbow International of Northeast Maryland, has been named President of the Rotary Club of Bel Air. Van Deusen, a member of the 50-person organization for six years, served as president elect...Tags: Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Diseases and Illnesses, Real Estate, Harford County, Construction
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County Digest
Rotary International District 7620 of Rotary International will host the Rotary Foundation Seminar and Super Summit from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Loews Annapolis Hotel, 126 West St. District 7620 encompasses Rotary Clubs in...Tags: Pasadena (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Annapolis, Piracy, Disease Prevention, Parties and Movements
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James Edgar Byron Sr., businessman, dies
James Edgar "Jamie" Byron Sr., a former businessman and mayor who was a member of a political family with deep roots in Western Maryland, died July 2 of heart failure at his home in Shepherdstown, W.Va.
The former Williamsport and Hagerstown resident was...Tags: Regional Authority, Washington County (Maryland), New York City, George Washington University, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Morning meetings no more for Catonsville Sunrise Rotary Club
Hoping to halt a decline in membership, the Catonsville Sunrise Rotary Club will forgo weekly morning meetings for bimonthly evening meetings. Rather than meeting at 7:25 a.m. Wednesdays at Café on the Grove, on the campus of Spring Grove State...Tags: Catonsville, Colleges and Universities, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Baltimore County, Community College of Baltimore County
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Distrust of U.S. foils effort to stop crippling disease
Sun Foreign StaffFANISAU, Nigeria - If it were possible to wind back the centuries, Halima Umar's village would probably look much as it does today. Umar and her neighbors fetch water by lowering a bucket into a hand-dug well, toil in fields of millet and guinea corn, and...Tags: Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Hospitals and Clinics, Tuberculosis, Nigeria
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Rotary Club Memorial Day breakfast expects to raise about $10,000
Before the Memorial Day service began Monday, the park pavilion was crowded with folks taking advantage of the Martinsburg Rotary Club’s third annual Memorial Day free breakfast fundraiser which ran from 7 to 10 a.m. Club spokesman Mike Hornby said...Tags: Polio, Memorial Day, Holidays
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SDSU-IV debuts Rotaract Club
Staff WriterCALEXICO – Members of the newly-created Rotaract Club of San Diego State University-Imperial Valley enthusiastically applauded as they were inducted Thursday afternoon. Rotaract Clubs are a Rotary-sponsored service club for people ages 18 to 30 and...Tags: Facebook, Starbucks Corp.
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Ban Ki-moon: Eradicate polio, finally
As the World Health Assembly convenes in Geneva this week, one item on the agenda will be polio, or more specifically, how to finally deliver on an epic promise made a quarter-century ago: to liberate humankind from one of the world's most deadly and...
Tags: Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Goodluck Jonathan
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Dominicans receive Somerset fire gear with gratitude
Hundreds of pounds of firefighting equipment from Somerset County and Richland Township has been unpacked and assigned to improve the effectiveness and safety of firemen in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic. The gear, with a replacement value...
Tags: Dominican Republic, Polio, Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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Report: College president skips graduation for Bangkok trip for Rotary
The president of a Jacksonville-based public college skipped last weekend's graduation because he went to the Rotary International Convention in Bangkok, the Florida Times Union is reporting online.
"This will be the first time in 15 years that I will...Tags: Bangkok (Thailand), Trips and Vacations, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Colleges and Universities
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