The Rotary Club of Neston is part of Rotary International which was founded in 1905 by Paul Harris in Chicago and is the largest humanitarian service organisation of business and professional men and women in the world with some 1.2 million members with 29000 clubs operating in more than 200 countries and geographical areas.
The Rotary motto is 'Service above Self' and its objects are:
Community service is the traditional and well known face of Rotary. It covers help and advice to the aged, the infirm, young people and all those in need either directly or through local charitable organisations. In general Rotary encourages clubs to focus on community projects on fighting hunger, environmental concerns, illiteracy, drug abuse and helping young and the elderly.
On the international front Rotary sponsors a wide range of programmes. One of the most successful projects is the Polio Eradication Project where Rotarians worldwide raised over £300 million resulting in only a few hundred cases of polio worldwide, when in 1988 polio paralysed more than 350,000 children.
Membership of Rotary is by invitation linked to a vocational category and is offered to owners, senior managers, partners etc in all types of businesses and professions. In an increasingly complex world Rotary offers two of the most basic human needs - friendship and fellowship.
The Rotary Club of Neston meets once a week, each Tuesday evening, apart from when Tuesday follows a bank holiday, at The Thornton Hough Hotel, at 6 for 6.30pm.
Any person interested in becoming a Rotarian should contact Rotarian Ernie Waller the membership chairman of Neston Rotary Club by 'phone on 0151 336 3241 or email at e.waller@btinternet.com or any other Rotarian who will be able to provide more information.