 
Vinita Rotary Club Bulletin March 10, 2010 |
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Today's
Program 2009-10
Club Highlights 2010-11 Club
Changes . . . and
Bedlam
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E.W. Allensworth Eddy Allensworth Ben Allison |
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Happy
Birthday!
Charlie Enyard - March 15 Welcome Senior Rotarians Cory Hext Mattie Callahan |
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Rotary
Firsts . . . Rotary established the "Endowment Fund" in 1917, which
became the forerunner of The Rotary Foundation. Rotary first adopted the name "Rotary International" in
1922 when the name was changed from the International
Association of Rotary Clubs. Rotary first established the Paul Harris Fellows
recognition in 1957 for contributors of US$1,000 to The
Rotary Foundation. The Rotary emblem was printed on a commemorative stamp
for the first time in 1931 at the time of the Vienna
Convention. The first Rotary club banner (from the Houston Space
Center) to orbit the moon was carried by astronaut Frank
Borman, a member of that club. The first Rotary club meeting was in Chicago, Illinois
on February 23, 1905.The first regular luncheon meetings
were in Oakland, CA, chartered in 1909. The first Rotary club outside of the U.S. was chartered
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1910. The first
Rotary International convention held outside the United
States was in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1921. The first
head of state to address a Rotary convention was U.S.
President Warren G. Harding in 1923 at St. Louis. The first
Rotary convention was in Chicago in 1910. Rotary's
first Community Service project took place in 1907 when
Chicago Rotarians led a campaign to install a public
"comfort station ' in the city hall. Rotary's
first appeal for aid to disaster victims was in 1913 when
US$25,000 was given for flood relief in Ohio and Indiana,
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Rotary
Basics . . . Rotary
International, the world's first service club organization,
is made up of over 33,000 clubs in over 200 countries. Its
members form a global network of business and professional
leaders who volunteer their time and talents to serve their
communities and the world. Rotary's
motto, Service Above Self, exemplifies the
humanitarian spirit of the organization's more than 1.2
million members. Strong fellowship among Rotarians and
meaningful community and international service projects
characterize Rotary worldwide.
(Photo by Angela Martin) Holly Bates, 1st
Place Annalee Beisley,
2nd Place Ashton Morris, 3rd
Place Trever Carreon,
Participant Rotarians
and Contest Judges: Joe Gardner &
Jim Sellers "To
succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at
conclusions."
--Benjamin Franklin |
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