World Rotary Day

Come February and members of Rotary all over the world remember the day 23^rd February 1905.

You may wonder what is so special about this day?

23^rd February 1905 was the day when attorney from Chicago Paul P Harris and three other business persons founded the Rotary International Service Club.

The three other persons were mining engineer Gustave Loehr, coal merchant Silvester Schiele and tailor Hiram E. Their first meeting was held in the office of Gustave Loehr in Chicago’s Unity Building.

During this meeting none of them ever thought that the club they have formed would become famous in all seven continents with membership of 1.4 million globally.

We all 73 members of Rotary eClub One from 23 countries celebrate World Rotary Day on 23^rd February every year. 

On this day we ensure we execute various projects worldwide from the following seven service avenues listed by Rotary International.

1.       Promoting peace

2.       Fighting diseases

3.       Providing clean water, sanitation & hygiene

4.       Saving mothers and children

5.       Supporting education

6.       Growing local economy

7.       Protecting the environment

We commence new projects at new locations or celebrate the same where we have already commenced the projects before.

I can proudly say that we all members of Rotary eClub One are involved in one or the other projects somewhere in the world.

We members never ever forget that we as Rotary members are born to help someone and make them happy and we never miss this opportunity.

Best regards,
Yours in Rotary service.
Rtn Makarand Pundalik