About UsThe Rotary Club of Pensacola-Cordova is one of thousands of Rotary clubs around the world. As a Club, we strive to serve the local and international communities through Rotary's Five Avenues of Service and Four-Way Test. We proudly work to live out the Rotary motto: "Service Above Self."
The collective leadership and expertise of 1.2 million Rotary members worldwide helps us tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges, locally and globally. We are united by common values and vision for the future as we sharpen our focus with targeted specific causes that will reach communities most in need. |
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:
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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:
The Rotary Four-Way Test 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? |
Avenues of Service |
We channel our commitment to service at home and abroad through five Avenues of Service, which are the foundation of club activity.
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History of Rotary |
The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, was formed on 23 February 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wished to recapture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The name "Rotary" derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices.
Rotary's popularity spread throughout the United States in the decade that followed; clubs were chartered from San Francisco to New York. By 1921, Rotary clubs had been formed on six continents, and the organization adopted the name Rotary International a year later. As Rotary grew, its mission expanded beyond serving the professional and social interests of club members. Rotarians began pooling their resources and contributing their talents to help serve communities in need. The organization's dedication to this ideal is best expressed in its principal motto: "Service Above Self." Rotary also later embraced a code of ethics, called The 4-Way Test, that has been translated into hundreds of languages. |