Greetings from the Rotary Club of Montreal!

 

Established in 1913, we are proud to be the first Rotary Club in the province of Quebec and in Rotary District 7040, as well as one of the oldest in Canada. We are a diverse group of “people of action” who work together to serve both locally and globally.

 

If you are new to Rotary, it is an international service organization that brings business, professional, and community leaders together to provide service to others, advance peace, goodwill, and understanding around the world. Rotary is dedicated mainly to seven areas of focus: promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, saving mothers and children, supporting education, growing local communities, and supporting the environment. After 115 years of its existence, there are now 1.2 million Rotarians in 35.000+ clubs all over the world in over 200 countries and territories.

 

We, as the Rotary Club of Montreal, are proud to serve both our local community in Montreal and other communities around the world. Besides our local projects, such as helping the homeless and aiding food distribution in the times of pandemic, we are proud to be the driving force for several large scale water projects in Africa and South America, improving the standards of living in communities far away.

 

We invite other “people of action” to join our meetings to get to know us. There are a lot of ways you can contribute. You can become an active Rotarian or simply volunteer without becoming a member. You can bring your own projects to let us contribute or join one of ours and take part in what is being done. You can contribute financially, you can take part to work personally, or you can use your know-how, contacts, vocational knowledge, business, etc. to make other forms of contributions in the services. And you will be doing these with a large group of new friends, fellow Rotarians, not only from our club, but also others in Montreal, in Quebec, in Canada, in North America, in fact, all around the world.

 

Yours in Rotary Service,

 

Hakan Hekimgil

President 2020-2021

Rotary Club of Montreal