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Thank you to all who helped, greeted, and smiled at our visiting seniors last Thursday. They thoroughly enjoyed being a part of our meeting. One senior stated that the entire morale of the senior center had been increased since seeing the February calendar with an outing to The Plaza for Valentine's Day. They could hardly wait to have their annual party with Rotarians again. Thank you for caring. And thank you to those Rotarians who sponsored a table.
Some Rotary "Firsts" .
The first Rotary club meeting was in Chicago, Illinois, on 23 February 1905. .
The first regular luncheon meetings were in Oakland, California, chartered in 1909. .
The first Rotary convention was in Chicago in 1910. .
The first Rotary club outside of the United States was chartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1910. .
The first Rotary club outside of North America was chartered in Dublin, Ireland, in 1911. .
The first Rotary club in a non-English-speaking country was in Havana, Cuba, in 1916. .
The first Rotary club in South America was chartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1918. .
The first Rotary club in Asia was chartered in Manila, Philippines, in 1919. .
The first Rotary club in Africa was chartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1921. .
The first Rotary club in Australia was chartered in Melbourne in 1921. (Original idea from "Scandal Sheet")
