As the group continued to meet, ever expanding their numbers, they rotated their meetings among the members' places of business. This was the catalyst for naming their young group, the Rotary Club of Chicago. Soon after the "Rotary Wheel" was adopted as their official emblem. The club grew to 30 members by the end of that first year and the message of "Rotary" began to spread.

     From 1908 to 1921 the Rotary organization spread across the United States and into Canada. In 1922 with clubs on every continent, the Rotary International name was formally adopted. Today, there are 1,211,723 Rotarians in 31,603 local clubs, in 166 countries throughout the world. The Warminster Rotary Club is one of these very integral local service hubs.

     As an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide, Rotary provides humanitarian services, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world.

     Rotary's objective is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise. With a firm commitment to success of this objective, Rotary stresses the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service, promotes high ethical standards in business and professions, and the recognition of the worthiness of all occupations. By incorporating these principles into their every day personal, business and community life, every Rotarian can advance international understanding and peace, through this worldwide fellowship of business and professional men and women..."United, in the ideal of service."

     Rotarians have a proud history and tradition of "Service above Self".

More information about Rotary International is available by linking to their web site link on this page.