What is Rotary?
Rotary started with the vision of one man — Paul Harris. The Chicago attorney formed the Rotary Club of Chicago on 23 February 1905, so professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships.
Over time, Rotary’s reach and vision gradually extended to humanitarian service. Members have a long track record of addressing challenges in their communities and around the world.
Our Ongoing Commitment
That commitment endures today through an organization that remains truly international. Only 16 years after being founded, Rotary had clubs on six continents. Our members now span the globe, working to solve some of our world’s most challenging problems.
We’re not afraid to dream big and set bold goals. We began our fight against polio in 1979 with a project to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines. Today, polio remains endemic in only two countries — down from 125 in 1988.
“Whatever Rotary may mean to us, to the world it will be known by the results it achieves.”
– Paul Harris
Rotary in Estonia
District 1420 is one of the five Finnish Rotary districts that belong to the Rotary International organization. The region includes 48 clubs from southern Finland and 21 from Estonia. The clubs have a total of 2,557 members. Estonian clubs have more than 645 members.
The first date related to the rotary movement in Estonia is December 13, 1929, when the 7-member organizing committee of the Tallinn Rotary Club was created.
On July 4, 1930, the inauguration of the club took place with the participation of delegations from the US and Finnish rotary clubs. Rotary International’s application for membership lists this date as the day the club was organized and the charter list of 24 members closed. Since August 2, 1930, the Tallinn Rotary Club has been a member of Rotary International.
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