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New Orleans Rotary Foundation, Inc. (NORFI)
The Rotary ClubIn Chicago in 1905, Paul Harris and three acquaintances met to organize a small group of men to meet weekly for fellowship. They rotated the meeting sites and called it a Rotary Club. It soon became a luncheon-meeting club, with group singing, and the service idea was developed. A wagon-wheel became the Club symbol. In 1908, other clubs formed, and in 1910 a National Association of Rotary Clubs was formed, with Paul Harris as president. A convention was held and a national office was established. Rotary International: www.rotary.org The Rotary Club of New OrleansThe Rotary Club of New Orleans was formed on February 23, 1910 during a meeting held at 232 North Peters Street. On April 26, 1910, with a membership of 40, the Rotary Club of New Orleans officially became the 12th Rotary Club organized in the world. The weekly meetings begin at 12:12pm in honor of this. In 1914, the Rotary Club of New Orleans became the 11th club to be admitted into the International Association of Rotary Clubs. As the City of New Orleans expanded into the suburbs, the Rotary Club of New Orleans sponsored many new Clubs being formed outside the New Orleans business district. From the New Orleans Club were born the Westbank Rotary Club in 1953, the Rotary Club of Metairie in 1957 and the Rotary Clubs of East New Orleans and Carrollton in 1959. Throughout its history, the Rotary Club of New Orleans has been a service organization. Just one example of its commitment to everyone in the community, New Orleans Rotary sponsored Blind Golfers Tournaments in 1972, 1979, 1986 and 1993. The Rotary Club of New Orleans participates in many community projects. You can find members painting and scraping houses in blighted neighborhoods, painting classrooms in schools, volunteering at the public parks and public television stations and tutoring at the public schools, to name a few. Internationally, the Club raises funds to help bring medical assistance to impoverished areas around the world. In 1991, a member of the Rotary Club of New Orleans, who was also a District Governor-Elect, Herb Brickson and his wife, Audree, led a group study exchange team to the Philippines and noted the lack of textbooks in the schools. The Rotary Club of New Orleans in conjunction with the Club has sponsored school affiliate club at Warren Easton High School collected more than 20,000 new and used textbooks and arranged for a full container to be shipped, at no cost, to the Rotary Club of Roxas Hillside, where they distributed the books to 65 area schools. FoundationsRotary International, as well as the Rotary Club of New Orleans, has established Rotary Foundations.
There are countless other grants and programs that the International Foundation supports. The New Orleans Rotary Club Foundation presents grants each year to eligible non-profit organizations for acquisitions of capital assets. The Foundation awards thousand of dollars each year. |
What is Rotary?Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Rotary is some 1.2 million service-minded men and women belonging to more than 29,000 Rotary Clubs in virtually every nation in the world. The Four Areas of Service
The Four-Way Test
MottoService Above Self Club Symbol
Meeting PlaceThe Rotary Club of New Orleans meets each Wednesday at 12:12 pm for a lunch meeting filled with fellowship and interesting and informative programs. We meet on Wednesdays at 12:12pm at Harrah's Hotel, 228 Poydras Street. Map and Directions Propose/Become a MemberDownload the application form (PDF). All prospective members must be proposed by a current member.
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