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To honor, applaud and celebrate the Rotary Club of Columbus on the occasion of its 107th Anniversary.
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WHEREAS, Rotary International has membership in excess of 1.2 million with more than 38,000 clubs around the world - each member and club abiding by the Rotary International Motto of “Service Above Self;” and
WHEREAS, Columbus Rotary was chartered on March 5, 1912, as the thirty-eighth club, with twenty-two charter members, some of whom have descendants that are still active today; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Rotary is the 30th largest club in the world, with a membership of nearly three hundred individuals and corporations; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Rotary has sponsored 14 other Rotary clubs in Central and Southeast Ohio, since its inception in 1912; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Rotary continues to exert a positive, visible influence in Central Ohio and abroad - supporting projects like its Student Service Above Self Program, which began in 2003 - this is an annual on-going partnership with Columbus City Schools that focuses on developing more than 80 community service projects conducted by teams of students from every Columbus City Middle School and High School; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Rotary awards more than $100,000 in Annual Scholarships to students from Columbus City Schools; the club also supports the Homeless Family Foundation, as well as the annual Colerain Elementary Christmas Project, benefiting children with disabilities - the club is also deeply involved with supporting the Rafiki International Project - which is an orphanage in Kenya that provides services to kids whose parents have died of HIV/AIDS, now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby honor, applaud and celebrate Columbus Rotary on the occasion of its 107th Anniversary.