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Welcome to the Catawba Valley Rotary Club in Conover/Newton, NC

A word from our President:
The Rotary Club of Catawba Valley is an organization of Professional and business leaders who are committed to providing humanitarian service to our community and around the world. We are committed to the motto of "Service Above Self." Our club is a part of Rotary International which is a worldwide organization of 1.2 million members who belong to over 32,000 clubs in 166 countries.

Our club puts on an annual charity auction each February as our major fundraiser. From the proceeds of the auction we support 20-30 charitable organizations and sponsor three local scholarships. We also support various international projects and sponsor the Interact Clubs at Bunker Hill & Maiden High Schools.  As Rotarians, we strive to enrich our community by giving of our time, talents and resources. The club was chartered on March 17, 1982.

The Rotary Club of Catawba Valley #6005 meets every Thursday, 7am at the Catawba Country Club.

Mailing address: PO Box 1034, Conover, NC  28613
Meeting address: 1154 Country Club Road, Newton, NC  28658

Rotary's Guiding Principles
Throughout Rotary's history, several basic principles have been developed to guide Rotarians in achieving the ideal of service and high ethical standards.

Object of Rotary First formulated in 1910 and adapted through the years as Rotary's mission expanded, the Object of Rotary provides a succinct definition of the organization's purpose as well as the club member's responsibilities.

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

FIRST The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

SECOND High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

THIRD The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

FOURTH The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world of fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.