Rotary Club of Lake Placid

Welcome to our Web Site

Our club was chartered in 1994, one of the 64 clubs in District 7040, which encompasses eastern Ontario, western Quebec and northern New York. Most of our club meetings feature an invited guest speaker and are intended to be fun and educational. Our primary purpose however is to be a fellowship dedicated to community service and some of our meetings therefore encompass event planning and discussion.

Meetings

To view our current activities and monthly schedule click on meetings

Projects

We recently decided to help Keela Dates, a local young person who is active with a school in Kenya.Keela has been spreadiing the word all summer and has raised over $ 200,000 in suport of the Jambo Jipya School. Her project's name is" Reason 2 Smile"...see www.reason2smile.org . In 2008 we awarded Keela our Service above self award..see Recognition.html

MEMBERSHIP Roster :

For Members to view the Membership roster: ...After you click on roster..you'll have to scroll down to log in. Type in your E mail address and follow the instructions: Click here.....http://roster.rotary7040.com.

MEMBERSHIP:

We welcomb inquiries about Rotary membership to learn more: Membership.html

PARKS PROJECT:

We have adopted two local parks to revitalize. Click on Parks Project. for our current report. Click on Projects to learn about other projects. Learn about our lastest event, the DAM DUCK RACE, a fun fund raiser for the parks project. click Parks Project. For 2008 DD Race go to DD Race 08 Results. The next Dam Duck Race is June , 2009

Recognition

Rotary recognizes both members and community residents for their contribution to humanity. To learn about our most recent Community Service Award made to Keela Dates look in Service above self Award on our Recognition page. .

Rotary International
We support the educational and humanitarian programs of Rotary International. Our club makes annual contributions to the Rotary Foundation Polio Plus program. Beginning in 2003 we sponsored a “Polio-Plus-A-Thon” involving over 500 children and adults walking or biking between Lake Placid, Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake. The Rotary Club of Lake Placid raised over $ 7,000.00 during this event. Click on polioplus for information about this world wide program.

Object of Rotary

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

First. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

Second. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

Third. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;

Fourth. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

One of the most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics in the world is the...

Rotary 4-Way Test

It was created by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932 when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy. Taylor looked for a way to save the struggling company mired in depression-caused financial difficulties. He drew up a 24-word code of ethics for all employees to follow in their business and professional lives. The 4-Way Test 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. The 4-Way Test was adopted by Rotary in 1943 and has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. Herb Taylor became president of Rotary International in 1954-55.

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?

More 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.

Rotary is the world’s first service club. The first Rotary club was founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on February 23, 1905.

Rotary is some 1.2 million service-minded men and women belonging to nearly 29,000 Rotary clubs in virtually every nation in the world.

Rotarians meet weekly for fellowship and interesting and informative programs dealing with topics of local and global importance. Membership is by invitation, and reflects a wide cross-section of community representation.

Rotarians plan and carry out a remarkable variety of humanitarian, education and cultural exchange programs that touch people’s lives in their local communities and world community.

Rotary is The Rotary Foundation, which each year provides some US $60 million for international scholarships, cultural exchanges, and humanitarian projects large and small that improve the quality of life for millions of people.

Rotary is Polio Plus, Rotary’s commitment to work with national and international health organizations on the goal of polio eradication by the year 2005, Rotary’s 100th anniversary. More than one-half billion children in the developing nations have been immunized against polio through Polio Plus grants.

Rotary is...SERVICE ABOVE SELF

Rotary Club of Lake Placid

If you are interested in learning more about the Rotary Club in Lake Placid please contact us through contacts. or by attending a meeting. Come and find out why we are the OLDEST SERVICE CLUB in the WORLD. Our District 7040 's web site is www.rotary7040.com.

For MEMBERS only..To view our Membership roster: ...After you click on roster..you'll have to scroll down to log in. Type in your E mail address and follow the instructions: Click here.....http://roster.rotary7040.com.

We meet at Howard Johnson's on Saranac Ave, every Thursday at 7:30 AM

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