What is Rotary? Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 31,000 Rotary clubs located in 166 countries. The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, was formed on 23 February 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wished to recapture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. Today, Rotary flourishes with 31,000 clubs and 1.2 million men and women members, providing community service in virtually every nation in the world.. The Janesville Rotary Club This Club, chartered in 1918, has a  proud tradition of community sevice.  The club's original 24 members dedicated themselves to serving the Janesville community and its youth.  Today more than 140 members of the Janesville Rotary Club continue the tradition. The 4-Way Test Rotary encourages high ethical standards in all vocations. In 1943, Rotary adopted the 4-Way Test.  Used by every Rotary club in the world, the 4-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks four questions: "Of the things we think, say or do: Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?" Janesville Rotary Club Board Members Name Position Mark Lorenz President  608 755-4250 Dennis Beggs President Elect  608 757-7545 Bill Boyd Past President 608 743-0472 Kevin Peternel Secretary 608 754-1743 Harris Thacher Treasurer  608 752-0761 Kathy Jennings Foundation Treasurer 608 756-3125 Frank Perrotto Camp Rotamer Bob Kimball International Service & Rotary International Foundation Nick Fitzgerald Rotary Gardens Gary Bersell Vocational Service Jane Quinn Club Service  Phoebe Tobias Membership David Mansur Community Service Lynn Wood Youth Exchange

Janesville Rotary Club financially, and through volunteer efforts, supports the following worthwhile projects: Camp Rotamer Rotary Gardens Four high school scholarships for Craig and Parker graduates to attend a college or university Sponsorship of two representatives to Badger Boys' State and Badger Girls' State Help sponsor Career Awareness at Craig High School Sponsorship of two inbound foreign exchange students annually Sponsorship of three outbound exchange students Provide YMCA camperships Honor seniors from Craig and Parker Schools Provide 4-H trophies to outstanding 4-H members