- Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
- Rotary is the world's FIRST service club. The first Rotary Club was found in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 23 February 1905.
- Rotary is some 1.2 million service-minded men and women belonging to more than 30,000 Rotary clubs in virtually every nation in the world.