Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is Rotary?
A: Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional
leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical
standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the
world.
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Q: Who is Rotary?
A: Rotary club members are part of a diverse group of professional
leaders working to address various community and international service
needs. Through community service and other means, Rotary club members
help promote peace and understanding throughout the world. Our members
are our most important asset. They are the force that allows Rotary to
carry out its many humanitarian efforts and achieve its mission.
Q: Where is Rotary?
A: Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 32,000 clubs
in more than 200 countries and geographical areas.
Q: What is the Rotary Club of Hampton Roads?
A: Sixty-six business and professional men and women committed to the
Rotary motto - "Service Above Self." The members reside in the
communities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Smithfield,
Virginia Beach and nearby North Carolina. For more information click on
ABOUT below.