Service with Passion
OUR WORK
We are an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards and build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians, in more than 160 countries unite in this effort.
Our membership is a cross-section of local business and professional men and women. Clubs meet weekly and membership is open, by invitation, to individuals who hold or retired from a professional, proprietary, executive, or managerial position and live or work within the locality of our club or surrounding area.
OBJECTIVE
Service is our main objective in the community, workplace and throughout the world. We develop and execute projects that address today’s most critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, literacy and violence. Our motto is: Service Above Self.
We encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
· The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
· High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
· The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business and community life;
· The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship united in the ideal of service.
Rotary Clubs are Worldwide, from
Juneau, Alaska
to the Outback of Australia
Rotary Club of North Conway Club History
Formed in October of 1927, it is as vital today as it was at its inception
We are committed to make the Mount Washington Valley a great place to live. Through our two major fundraisers, the Ravenous Raffle and the Radio Auction, we donate, annually, over $40,000 to various local groups and activities, such as:
· The Gibson Center
· Community special needs programs
· Habitat for Humanity
· Educational scholarships to local students
· International youth exchange programs
· Sponsorships for local youth groups, activities and teams
· International charitable projects in conjunction with the Rotary Foundation
WHAT IS ROTARY?
We are an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards and build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians, in more than 160 countries unite in this effort.
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Our membership is a cross-section of local business and professional men and women. Clubs meet weekly and membership is open, by invitation, to individuals who hold or retired from a professional, proprietary, executive, or managerial position and live or work within the locality of our club or surrounding area.
