An untraditional branch of a traditional club

  • 1998-08-27
  • By Dzoanna Eglite
Dzoanna Eglite reports on the opening of Latvia's first Rotary Club for English speakers.In the last decade "boys talk" Rotary Clubs all over the world have opened their doors to women as well, and now an English speaking international Rotary has been established in Riga. "Women are welcome at the club," said Bengt Lagerstedt, president of the newly opened Latvian International Rotary Club (LIRC).Rotary began with the formation of the Rotary Club in America in 1905 and since then 28,300 clubs in more than 155 countries have been established. Today Rotary International has about 1.5 million ...
 
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