Rotary Club of Jacksonville

at , Jacksonville , 32236 United States

1. Organization
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Description

Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, moved to Jacksonville in 1892 and took a job as a salesman in the marble and granite company owned by one George W. Clark. Clark, a prominent local businessman who had many business interests in the community. During Harris's stay here, it is said he Harris attempted to organize a businessman's club. His effort was not successful. Harris returned north a year later to continue his education and pursue other interests. One of those interests was the founding of the first Rotary Club in Chicago 1n 1905. However, Harris never abandoned his friendship with Clark. Several years later Harris influenced the Chicago Rotary club to elect as honorary members Clark and Jacksonville attorney David D. Doig. In the book Founder of Rotary credit is given to the friendship and influence of Clark on Harris. Without that friendship, Jacksonville may not have joined Rotary's family so early. With only 40 Rotary clubs in the nation, and only New Orleans in the south, in 1912 the Chicago club sent a prominent member to Jacksonville to assist in organizing a new club. On February 13, 1912, at the Windsor Hotel downtown at Hemming Park, 14 businessmen met and officially organized. Members gathered for lunch weekly at the Windsor Hotel and later at the Aragon Hotel. The club adopted the logo of the Chicago Rotary club as its membership symbol. By the end of the first year the 14 members had grown to 71. Now approaching its Centennial, the Rotary Club of Jacksonville has more than 325 members and fostered more than 20 other Rotary clubs in the region.

General Info

Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Rotary is a secular organization open to all persons regardless of race, color, creed, gender, or political preference. There are 33,976 clubs and over 1.22 million members worldwide.The members of Rotary Clubs are known as Rotarians. Members usually meet weekly for breakfast, lunch or dinner, which is a social event as well as an opportunity to organize work on their service goals. Rotary's best-known motto is Service above Self, and its secondary motto is They profit most who serve best.

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Summary

Rotary Club of Jacksonville is Jacksonville based place and this enity listed in Community Organization category. 32236. Contact phone number of Rotary Club of Jacksonville: (904) 353-6789