BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:ROTARY INTERNATIONAL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 23\, 1905 After setting up his law practice in Chicago\, Paul P. Harris gathered several business associates to discuss the idea of forming an organization for local profe ssionals. On 23 February 1905 Harris\,  Gustavus Loehr\, Silvester Schiel e\, and Hiram Shorey gathered at Loehr’s office in Room 711 of the Unity Building in downtown Chicago. This was the first Rotary club meeting.  O ur 1.2 million-member organization started with the vision of one man—Pa ul P. Harris. The Chicago attorney formed one of the world’s first servi ce organizations\, the Rotary Club of Chicago\, on 23 February 1905 as a p lace where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful\, lifelong friendships.  Rotary’s name came from the g roup’s early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of each mem ber.    THE ROTARY CLUB OF GUELPH BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 23\, 1920   On Feb ruary 23\, 1920\, 25 Guelph businessmen held an organizational meeting to form a new Rotary Club. Under the leadership of Alex Stewart (a Guelph ph armacist)\, the club was officially chartered on April 9\, 1920 at the Roy al Canadian Cafe. Over the years\, the RCOG met at different locations for the weekly meetings. Moves from one location to another were usually prom pted by changes in membership numbers.    The RCOG went on to sponsor th e following nine clubs: Kitchener\, 1922 Orangeville\, 1936 Acton\, 1947 D rayton\, 1950 Georgetown\, 1955 Fergus\, 1966 Guelph Wellington\, 1986  G uelph Trillium\, 1995  Guelph South\, 2003 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T235959 DTSTAMP:20260414T051632Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=2 SEQUENCE:1 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Rotary Beginnings-Feb 23rd UID:f4a782b2-0f28-4cdb-9442-8200231bfe04-638127252000000000 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
ROTAR Y INTERNATIONAL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 23\, 1905
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After setting up his law practice in Chicago\ , Paul P. Harris gathered several business associates to discuss the idea of forming an organization for local professionals. On 23 February 1905 Ha rris\, \; Gustavus Loehr\, Silvester Schiele\, and Hiram Shorey gather ed at Loehr’s office in Room 711 of the Unity Building in downtown Chica go. This was the first Rotary club meeting. \; Our 1.2 million-member organization started with the vision of one man—Paul P. Harris. The Chic ago attorney formed one of the world’s first service organizations\, the Rotary Club of Chicago\, on 23 February 1905 as a place where professiona ls with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful\, lif elong friendships. \; Rotary’s name came from the group’s early pr actice of rotating meetings among the offices of each member. \;
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THE ROT ARY CLUB OF GUELPH BEGAN \;ON FEBRUARY 23\, 1920
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On February 23\, 1920\, 25 Guelph businessm en held an organizational meeting to form a new Rotary Club. Under the lea dership of Alex Stewart \;(a Guelph pharmacist)\, the club was officially chartered on April 9\, 1920 at the Royal Canadian Cafe. Over the years\, the RCOG met at dif ferent locations for the weekly meetings. Moves from one location to anoth er were usually prompted by changes in membership numbers. \;
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The RCOG went on to sponsor the following nine clubs:
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