The Rotary Club of Nelsonville is an organization of business and professional leaders united to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. In more than 160 countries worldwide, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 30,000 Rotary clubs.

The Nelsonville Rotary Club's membership represents a cross section of the community's business and professional men and women. The club meets at noon on Wednesdays at the Rocky Outdoor Gear Store. The meetings are non political, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.

2011-2012 Rotary International Theme

Reach within to Embrace Humanity, the 2011-2012 Rotary International theme, was announced at the most recent opening plenary session of the International Assembly.

The following is taken from an article at the Rotary International website covering president elect Kalyan Banerjee's unveiling of the 2011/2012 theme:

Banerjee unveiled the RI theme during the opening plenary session of the 2011 International Assembly, a training event for incoming district governors.

"Discover yourself, develop the strengths within you, and then unhesitatingly, unflinchingly, go forth and encircle the world, to embrace humanity," he said.

Banerjee emphasized the family as a starting point in serving others. "The communities we live in are not built of individual people but of families -- families living in homes together, sharing their lives and their common destinies. Good families lead to good neighborhoods, and good neighborhoods build good communities."