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HISTORY OF ROTARY
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The first four Rotarians: Gustavus Loehr (L), Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey and Paul Harris, circa 1905-1912
The first Rotary club was founded in 1905 when four friends met in Chicago to discuss how they could work together to help the wider community. Rotary has since grown internationally to more than 1.2 million members across 200 countries.

“Whatever Rotary may mean to us, to the world it will be known by the results it achieves”
—PAUL HARRIS


Our organisation started when Paul Harris, a Chicago attorney, had an idea of forming a club where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships. Rotary’s name came from the early practice of rotating meetings between the offices of each member.

In 1914 the organisation moved across the Atlantic and the British Association of Rotary Clubs was established. The association was renamed Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland in 1924.

Today Rotary continues to respond to the needs of an ever changing world, whilst retaining its strong founding principles.

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  • Home
    • History and structure of our club
    • History of Rotary
  • Recent Happenings
  • Boudicca Appeal
  • What we do
    • Disaster Relief Work
    • Group Study Exchange
    • International Services Activities
    • RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards)
    • Service Internationally
    • Vocational Training Team
  • Club Members Section
    • Club Services Committee
    • Communications & Membership Development Team
    • Community Service Committee
    • Dispute Management Procedure
    • Foundation & International Service Committee
    • Forms & Manuals
    • Fundraising Team
    • Youth Opportunities Committee
    • Officers and Jobholders 2020/2021
  • Past Events
    • Nice Visit 2017
    • Purple4Polio
    • Octagon Concert 2017
    • Buskers Night 2017
    • Boule Evening 2019
    • Boule Evening 2016
    • Boule Evening 2015
    • Charity Golf Day 2015
    • Charity Golf Day 2016
    • Craft Fair 2019
    • Moveable feast
  • Ho School Ghana project
  • Come and sing
  • Moving Memories project
  • Youth Competitions
    • Young Chef
    • Youth Speaks
    • Technology Tournament 2017
    • Technology Tournament 2018
    • Young Photographer
    • The Club team
  • International Scholars
    • Scholar - Suzuka
  • Twin Clubs details
    • Novi Sad Visit Sept 2018
  • How to join Rotary
  • Contact Us
  • Other Rotary Clubs in Norwich
  • External Rotary Links
  • Privacy Notice