Friday, October 24, 2008

The Rotary Club (Free Journal)

Rotary International was founded in 1905 by Paul P. Harris. His first project consisted of building public restrooms in the city of Chicago. To these days the organization has 32,000 clubs with 1.2 millions members. The organization has spread to more than 200 countries according to the Rotary International web-site. The Rotary Club is a organization which help improve many areas in the society. Poverty, health, hunger, illiteracy, and the environment are the root of the Rotary Club.
Fullerton Sunrise Rotary is one of the clubs belonged to this organization. Sunrise Rotary has worked in Fullerton giving help to countless people in neighboring areas. Carolyn Johnson is the president of Sunrise Rotary Club. Carolyn Johnson along with the organization has worked serving the community. For example, Sunrise Rotary is working in a project to provide clean water in a Village in Nigeria.
Fullerton Sunrise Rotary has gone door by door looking for donation. Sunrise Rotary is now working in a project to help children in the Fullerton Unified School District. The project will help financially to Family Assessment Counseling and Education Services, Inc; which is an organization that specializes in family counseling. "We are very careful about making sure the money goes to where it's suppose to be spent", Carolyn Johnson said. The Rotary Club is an amazing organization battling problems in the society.

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