The Nuts & Bolts
The minimum number of members typically required to charter a new Rotary club.
What is 20?
Rotary holds a "Highest Consultative Status" with this international organization, having helped draft its charter in 1945.
What is the United Nations?
Paul Harris is buried in this Chicago cemetery, which has become a place of "Rotary Pilgrimage."
What is Mount Hope Cemetery?
The first woman President of Rotary International (2022-2023).
Who is Jennifer Jones?
The motto of Rotary.
What is "Service Above Self?"
The club officer responsible for reporting membership to RI.
Who is the Secretary?
These "tranquil" centers at various universities offer Master's degrees in one of Rotary's focus areas.
What are Rotary Peace Centers?
The number of the very first Rotary Club.
What is Club Number 1?
The first woman member of Rotary.
Who is Dr. Sylvia Whitlock?
The name wives of Rotarians were given before women could become members.
What is "Rotary-Anns?"
The month when the Rotary year begins worldwide.
What is July?
The number of "Rotary Peace Fellows" selected annually for Master's and Certificate programs.
What is 130?
The "Paul Harris 711 Club" is named for the place where the first Rotary Meeting occurred.
What is Room 711?
The first American President to serve as a Rotarian.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
It won its case in the Supreme Court forcing Rotary to admit women.
What is the Rotary Club of Duarte, California?
The governing documents, provided by RI, to ensure all clubs operate under the same basic rules & structure.
What is the Standard Club Constitution and Bylaws?
The newest and 7th Area of Focus added to The Rotary Foundation's mission.
What is Supporting the environment?
The reason the 1923 Rotary Convention in Tokyo was cancelled (but Rotarians stayed anyway to provide assistance).
What is the "Great Kanto Earthquake?"
He was a first-to-fly Rotarian.
Who was Orville Wright?
The home of the second Rotary club ever established.
What is San Francisco?
The title given to the Rotarian who leads one of the 500+ areas worldwide.
What is the District Governor?
The name of the annual award given to individuals who promote world peace and understanding.
What is the Rotary Award for World Understanding and Peace?
The first non-American to serve as President of Rotary International (1912-1913).
Who was Russell McCullough from Winnipeg, Canada?
A mouse made this Rotarian famous.
Who was Walt Disney?
An orbit around the moon by astronaut, Frank Borman.
What is the farthest a Rotary banner was ever taken from Chicago?