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•Rotary first presented “Significant Achievement Awards” in 1969 to clubs with outstanding International or Community Service projects.
•Rotary’s first Interact club was organized in Melbourne, Florida, in 1962 to become the pioneer for about 6,000 Interact clubs in 96 countries.
•Rotary’s first convention held in Southern Hemisphere was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1948
•Rotary was assigned the copyright on “The 4-way Test” in 1954 when its author, Herbert Taylor, became president of Rotary International.
•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.
•1964-65 was the first year The Rotary Foundation received total contributions of a million dollars in a single year. Today more than US$65 million is given annually. Contributions since 1917 total more than US$950 million.
•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, U.S.A.
•Rotary’s motto, “He Profits Most Who Serves Best,” was first expressed at Rotary’s very first Convention in Chicago in 1910.
Westport Sunrise Rotary
PO Box 43
Westport, CT 06881-0043
P: 203-454-6446
F: 866-235-5591
www.westportsunriserotary.com
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