Who are we? The Original Rotary Club of Houston founded in 1912
What is Rotary? Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
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Links to Previous Meetings

Our weekly meetings have been via Microsoft Teams since March 2020. Recordings are located below.

COVID-19

Coronavirus: The City of Houston & Harris County Update

Moderator: Stephen L Williams, MEd, MPA, Director, City of Houston Health Department

Dr. David Persse, Health Authority, City of Houston Health Department

Umair A. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., Executive Director, Harris County Public Health

November 19, 2020 WATCH ONLINE

November 12, 2020 WATCH ONLINE

November 5, 2020 WATCH ONLINE

Schools are closed…water, hand sanitizer, and toilet paper gone…No Rodeo or Sports…

How concerned should we be? How worried should we be?

The Rotary Club of Houston is facilitating a discussion directly from the experts.

2020 DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN AWARD

The Rotary Club of Houston

Honors

David S. Wolff

2020 Distinguished Citizen Award

What is DCA 2020

Rotary Distinguished Citizen Award is presented annually to someone in Houston who exhibits high ideals, leadership and philanthropy. The funds raised support our on-going service activities. This year we are honored to present the Distinguished Citizen Award to David S. Wolff for his service to the growth and development of Houston.

Since it was first presented in 1962, the Rotary Distinguished Citizen of the Year Award has gone to an impressive array of individual Houstonians and Houston institutions. The Rotary Distinguished Citizen Award is the Rotary Club of Houston’s major fundraiser for its many community service projects.

Meet Our Honoree

What is Rotary?

The Rotary Club of Houston is a group of business leaders working together collaboratively to impact positive change in our community and around the world, operating consistently with Rotary's motto of Service Above Self. Some of our service projects include:

Rotary Distinguished Citizen Award is presented annually to someone in Houston who exhibits high ideals, leadership and philanthropy. The funds raised support the club’s on-going service activities.
Camp Enterprise is an annual activity that introduces business and business ethics to 75 high school juniors. The funds for this event are raised with an annual golf tournament.
Burnett Bayland Outreach has delivered personal support and mentoring to at-risk children under the jurisdiction of the county. Started in 1919, it is the longest continuous service project of any Rotary worldwide.
Rotary House across from MD Anderson created as a culmination of a thirty year dream of our club. the successful fun raising reality of a $26 million fund raising reality is the largest project by a single Rotary club in history.

The club also works actively in many other areas including mentoring elementary school youth, giving assistance to ex-offenders, and international projects, including Polio Plus.

4-Way Test

From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. One of the world's most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The Four-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as RI president) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy. This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The Four-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks the following four questions: "Of the things we think, say or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

AND AS THE ROTARY CLUB OF HOUSTON SAYS

5. Will it be FUN!

Object of Rotary

We meet In Person

Thursdays at 12:00 PM

Virtual via Microsoft Teams

P.O Box 22027
Houston, TX 77227-2027
United States of America

Phone:

(713) 973-9936

Email:

administrator@rotaryhouston.org

Venue Map

HAPPY THANKSGIVING - NO MEETING
Nov 26, 2020
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
TUTS
Dec 03, 2020
BE A Resource for CPS Kids - TOY DRIVE
BE A Resource Warehouse

Dec 10, 2020 9:00 AM –
Dec 17, 2020 3:00 PM
MERRY CHRISTMAS - NO MEETING
Dec 24, 2020
HAPPY NEW YEAR - NO MEETING
Dec 31, 2020
P.E.T.S. President Elect Training-Virtual
Feb 22, 2021 – Feb 28, 2021
District 5890 Conference in Horseshoe Bay
Apr 15, 2021 – Apr 18, 2021
Rotary International Convention in Taipei, Taiwan
Jun 12, 2021 – Jun 16, 2021
District 5890 Installation for 2021-2022
Jun 26, 2021
District Conference in Chicago
Oct 14, 2021 – Oct 17, 2021

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History: A Home for Headquarters

The idea that Rotary should own its headquarters dates back at least to the 1920 convention, when RI President Albert Adams said that he hoped to someday see the headquarters in a beautiful building of Rotary’s own.

Hunger hits home: The pandemic reminds us that food insecurity isn’t just ‘over there’

Hunger and malnutrition unleashed by COVID-19 could carry the impact of the pandemic far into the future.

In the face of a pandemic, the important work of fighting polio must continue

Rotary and its partners have mobilized disease-fighting infrastructure to respond to COVID-19 —while remaining dedicated to eradicating polio