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The Fremont Fun Club meets on Tuesdays
from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at HALE’S BREWERY
4301 Leary Way NW, Seattle WA 98107
Rotary club info Phone 206-632-0124

ABOUT ROTARY

Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. There are approximately 1.2 million Rotarians, members of more than 29,000 Rotary clubs in 161 countries.

A Brief History

Rotary's first day and the years that followed... February 23, 1905. The airplane had yet to stay aloft more than a few minutes. The first motion picture theater had not yet opened. Norway and Sweden were peacefully terminating their union. On this particular day, a Chicago lawyer, Paul P. Harris, called three friends to a meeting. What he had in mind was a club that would kindle fellowship among members of the business community. It was an idea that grew from his desire to find within the large city the kind of friendly spirit that he knew in the villages where he had grown up.

The four businessmen didn't decide then to call themselves a Rotary club, but their get-together was, in fact, the first meeting of the world's first Rotary club. As they continued to meet, adding others to the group, they rotated their meetings among the members' places of business, hence the name. After the club name was agreed upon, one of the members suggested a wagon wheel design as the club emblem. It was the precursor of the familiar cogwheel emblem now worn by Rotarians around the world. By the end of 1905, the club had 30 members.

The second Rotary club was formed in 1908 in San Francisco, California with a short leap across San Francisco Bay to Oakland, California, where the third club was formed. Others followed in Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA; and New York City, NY. Rotary became international in 1910 when a club was formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. By 1921 the organization was represented on every continent, and the name Rotary International was adopted in 1922.

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Fremont Fun Club Meets at 5:30 on Thursdays at:
Elk's Lodge #92
3014 3rd Ave N, Seattle WA 98109
P
hone 206-632-0124
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