What is Rotary - The Elevator Speech
PDG Scot Clifford's Rotary Elevator Speech
Haven't you been asked innumerable times, "What is Rotary?" Well, PDG Scot Clifford has put his mind to this question and come up with a thirty second and a ten second answer for those elevator rides where the inquisitor can't get away. Here they are..
30 Second Reply :
"Rotary is the world's oldest and most important service organization with over 1,200,000 members in more than 30,000 clubs spread throughout 160 countries. Rotary provides clean water to those without it, feeds the hungry, battles crippling, debilitating and disfiguring diseases and helps people learn to read and write so they can compete in the modern workplace. Rotarians are business and professional leaders who aspire to the highest ethical standards in their vocations and who not only help those in need in their own communities but who also seek to advance the cause of peace, understanding and goodwill worldwide through scholarships, youth and adult exchanges and humanitarian projects."
10 Second Reply :
"Rotary is the world's oldest and most important service organization. It provides clean water to those without it, feeds the hungry, battles crippling, debilitating and disfiguring diseases and helps people learn to read and write so they can compete in the modern workplace."
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