A Century of
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The Story of Rotary International
Article about the Rotary Float from Page 75
"The annual Rose Parade on New Year's Day in Pasadena, California,
USA, is arguably the largest public relations project of Rotary clubs in
the United States and Canada. Since 1924, a Rotary float has been
entered 25 times, including every year since 1981:- , North American
Rotarians fund the entry, which high-lights a program or service theme.
The festive parade is seen by more than 250 million television viewers
worldwide."
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Rotary's
Rose Parade float is a 'Symphony of Service'
From the
Rotary News Basket,
December 17, 2003
For the 24th year, Rotary clubs and
Rotarians throughout the United States and Canada are voluntarily
funding the construction of the Rotary float entry in the Tournament of
Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, USA, on New Year's Day.
A public relations project of RI, the
float bearing a prominently displayed Rotary logo is viewed by an
estimated one million spectators along the route and hundreds of
millions more worldwide via television each year. Rotary's entries have
won several prizes over the years.
"Symphony of Service" is the theme of the
2004 Rotary float in keeping with the overall Rose parade theme of
"Music Music Music." The Rotary float theme and design were selected to
recognize the service of Rotary clubs throughout the world.
"By showing Rotary's float on New Year's
Day in the Rose Parade, television brings a message of what Rotary
stands for and what Rotarians do to Lend A Hand around the world," said
RI President Jonathan Majiyagbe in a special message to participating
Rotarians. "On New Year's Day, as your club members watch the Tournament
of Roses Parade on television, I know they will take pride in having
helped to make the Rotary float possible."
"On behalf of the Rotary Rose Parade
Float Committee, we thank the Rotary clubs who have contributed their
time and money to have Rotary International recognized in the Tournament
of Roses Parade," says Past District Governor Cliff Nelson, chairman of
the 2004 Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee.
For more details, visit the initiative's
Web site at
www.rotaryfloat.org or contact
Cliff Nelson; telephone: (714) 321-3328.
The Rotary Rose Parade Float is
not an official Rotary International program.
