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Washington Noon Rotary

The Noon Rotary Club of Washington is the premiere Rotary Club in Eastern North Carolina. With decades of service to our community, we’re known as a Club that DOES GOOD WORK!

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Our Story

WHAT IS ROTARY?

Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated human rights purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. It is a secular organization open to all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, or political preference. There are 34,282 member clubs worldwide. 1.2 million individuals called Rotarians have joined these clubs.

 

Rotarians usually gather weekly for breakfast, lunch, or dinner to fulfill their first guiding principle to develop friendships as an opportunity for service. "It is the duty of all Rotarians," states their Manual of Procedure"outside their clubs, to be active as individuals in as many legally constituted groups and organizations as possible to promote, not only in words but through exemplary dedication, awareness of the dignity of all people and the respect of the consequent human rights of the individual." The Rotarian's primary motto is "Service Above Self"; its secondary motto is "One profits most who serves best."

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Guiding Principles

These principles have been developed over the years to provide Rotarians with a strong, common purpose and direction. They serve as a foundation for our relationships with each other and the action we take in the world.

 

OBJECT OF ROTARY

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.

 

THE FOUR-WAY TEST

The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings:

Of the things we think, say or do -

 

1.  Is it the truth?

2.  Is it fair to all concerned?

3.  Will it build goodwill and better friendships?

4.  Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

Our current and past membership includes the business and civic leaders who have built and led Beaufort County, North Carolina, to help address needs in our region.

We are neighbors, community leaders, and global citizens uniting for the common good. With you, we can do even more.

Rotary brings together the kind of people who step forward to take on important issues for local communities everywhere.

Membership in the Washington Noon Rotary can help you to:

  • Make new friends

  • Learn new things

  • Improve your public speaking

  • Develop leadership skills

  • Help your community and

  • Have fun!

 

Who Connects at Rotary?

The Noon Rotary Club of Washington includes business and community leaders positively changing the lives of our members, the Washington community and the world.

 

Get involved!
How Do I Connect with The Rotary Club?

We invite you to visit the Rotary Club of Washington and to learn more about us. Experience firsthand the “goodwill and better friendships” shared by our members.

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Ready To Join?

You can fill out the form below and follow the attached instructions to get started now!

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