First of all Rotarians come from all walks of life, from both genders and all races and religions and all ages.  There are over 1.2 million men and women around the world who are proud to call themselves Rotarians.  Rotary is not political and its not attached to any religion.  That's why it's present on all the continents of the world and in most of the countries of the world, in fact more than 160 countries.

Rotary clubs meet once every week. At our club the meeting normally takes the form of a short get together in the bar of the hotel where we meet to have a quick drink and catch up with our fellow Rotarians before going into the dining room for a meal.  Seating in our club is not formal.  We have a couple of large round tables and apart from the fact that the President, Secretary and speaker sit together everyone else sits where they like.  The meal is a social affair, there are a few announcements at the beginning and end of the meal.  After a short break the evening carries on to either a speaker, committee meetings or a full club business meeting.  At around ten o'clock its all over for the night.  But going to meetings is not what being a Rotarian is all about.... its about doing things for the community and for your club and having some fun along the way.

The "doing" can be painting a classroom, rattling a can on a street corner in the freezing cold, filling disaster boxes, running a coconut shy at a fete or going to Africa to rebuild a hospital or using your professional skills to help the community, the limit is what you want to do and the time you wish to put in.  Rotary is summed up by its motto - "Service above Self".  Going to meetings is about building the fellowship with the other members of the club - as a club we can do so much more than as a group of individuals.  See the page entitled What Rotary Does for a look at what Rotary does around the globe.

Rotary is over a hundred years old.  Rotary in Caterham started over 75 years ago.  Our club is  20 years old.  Men and women over the generations have found a way of helping the community and building a great fellowship with their fellow Rotarians.  Why don't you come along and find out why over one million people in the world want to belong to Rotary - contact us - it may be the best thing you've done in quite a while.

 

 

 

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