The Rotary Club of Ridgewood A.M.

Ridgewood AM Rotary Club is one of two Rotary Clubs in The Village of Ridgewood. Our club includes forty-five active members. Our members are business owners, professionals and leaders. We are your friends and neighbors working together to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and help build goodwill and peace in our community and our world. Rotary club members are business and professional leaders who volunteer in their communities and promote world understanding and peace. Rotary's 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and regions encourage high ethical standards and carry out humanitarian projects to address such issues as poverty, health, hunger, education, and the environment. Through more than US $95 million in Rotary Foundation grants each year, Rotary clubs support community projects at home and abroad. Known as the world's largest private provider of international education scholarships, The Rotary Foundation funds more than 1,000 students annually to study overseas and act as cultural ambassadors. Rotary also partners with eight prestigious universities around the globe to educate mid-career professionals in peace and conflict resolution. PolioPlus is Rotary's flagship program. Rotary club members had contributed US $600 million and countless volunteer hours to help immunize over two billion children against polio as of Rotary's centennial in 2005. Spearheading partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative include the World Health Organization, Rotary International, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF. Founded in Chicago in 1905 as the world's first and one of the largest non-profit volunteer service organizations, Rotary quickly expanded around the globe. Clubs meet weekly for fellowship to discuss local and global topics. Clubs are non-religious, non-governmental, and open to every race, culture. and creed.

Website

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Industry

Non-profit Organizations

Company size

11-50 employees

Headquarters

Ridgewood, New Jersey

Type

Nonprofit

Founded

1987