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The world's first service club was the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The club was formed 23 February, 1905 by lawyer Paul P Harris and three friends: a merchant, a coal dealer, and a mining engineer. Harris wished to recapture the friendly spirit he had felt in a small town where he grew up. |
Rotary's Early Goals
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The first Rotary club's goal was to promote fellowship among
its members. Because of the timely appeal of its message, word of the club soon spread, and other businessmen were invited to join. By the end of 1905, the Rotary Club of Chicago had 30 members. Three years later a second club was formed in San Francisco, California, USA. As Rotary grew its focus shifted to service and civic obligations. |
The Rotary Mission Today
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The main objective of Rotary today is service — in the community and throughout the world. Rotarians build goodwill and peace, perform humanitarian deeds, and encourage high ethical standards in all vocations. Hence, our motto, "Service Above Self." | |
| Today there are approximately 1.2 million Rotarians in 28,000 clubs in 155 countries worldwide. Each individual club, such as the Rotary Club of Damascus, applies the service precept in accordance with its local needs and interests as well as in concert with broader Rotary International objectives. |
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How to Contact Us
| Our full name: Rotary Club of Damascus |
| Our postal address: P.O. Box 4, Damascus MD 20872 |
| Our club is in Rotary District 7620, encompassing Central Maryland and Washington, DC. |
| Our weekly meetings are currently being held at: the First Baptist Church, 8850 Damascus Road (Route 108), Damascus, every Thursday at 7:00 pm. During July and August we have summer programs and meet at other locations. If you are planning to attend a meeting, please contact us for confirmation of the locale. |
| Please send Club membership inquiries and general electronic mail to James E. Kerich, CPA, at: jkcpa@bellatlantic.net, or visit our Feedback page on this Website. |
| Please send comments about problems with,
or the condition of, this Web site to Collingwood Harris at: collingwood@email.msn.com |
| This Website is edited, designed and maintained as a community service by Collingwood Harris at www.collingwood-usa.com. The Rotary International emblem (gear) graphic was designed by Tord Elfwandahl for RI. The emblem, the "Show Rotary Cares" logo and the Paul P. Harris photo were downloaded from the Rotary International Website (www.rotary.org) in accordance with Rl's policy governing Internet usage as set forth in the RI Manual of Procedure (035-EN) and are copyright © by Rotary International. Graphics and illustrative Damascus-area photos by Collingwood Harris. Rotary Club of Damascus activity photos by various Club members from the Club's archives. Photographs, graphics and textual portions of this Web may not be copied or reproduced except upon receipt of written permission from the Club. Scrap Book page news photos are the properties of the media to which they are credited and may not be reproduced without their direct permission. Site contents copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 by the Rotary Club of Damascus. |
