Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.  The Fridley Columbia Heights Rotary is part of Rotary District 5960. To learn more about the Rotary Foundation please click here. 

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.

Avenues of Service are Rotary’s philosophical cornerstone and the foundation on which club activity is based: Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning of the club.
 
  • Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards.
     
  • Community Service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community.
     
  • International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary’s humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace.
     
  • New Generations (Youth) recognizes the positive change implemented by youth and young adults through leadership development activities such as RYLA, Rotaract, and Interact club service projects, and creating international understanding with Rotary Youth Exchange.

Four Way TestThe Four-Way Test, which has been translated into more than 100 languages, asks "Of the things we think, say or do:

  • Is it the TRUTH?
     
  • Is it FAIR to all concerned?
     
  • Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
     
  • Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Diversity and Rotary: Rotary International recognizes the value of diversity within individual clubs. Rotary encourages clubs to assess those in their communities who are eligible for membership, under existing membership guidelines, and to endeavor to include the appropriate range of individuals in their clubs. A club that reflects its community with regard to professional and business classification, gender, age, religion, and ethnicity is a club with the key to its future.

To inquire about Rotary International visit www.rotary.org/en.  

The District 5960 Governor is Mike Becker and the Assistant Governor is Sandy Campbell.