The Rotary Club of Footscray was established in 1937. Since then, our members have served the local community and regularly undertaken humanitarian initiatives across the globe.
Rotary is a diverse global network of community, business, and professional leaders who address both local and international challenges.
Rotarians are known as People of Action—changing lives and building goodwill and peace at home and abroad. Our key motto is Service Above Self.
Rotary International is one of the largest service organizations in the world. The self-declared mission of Rotary, as stated on its website, is to "provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through [the] fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders".
It is a non-political and non-religious organization.
Membership is by application or invitation and based on various social factors. There are over 46,000 member clubs worldwide, with a membership of 1.4 million individuals, known as Rotarians.
Rotary International is the organization of service clubs with the largest membership in the world, with 1.9 million volunteers, including all the members of clubs that make up the Rotary family, namely Rotary, Interact and Rotaract clubs.
The Four-Way Test, was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy.