Wellington Peace Park

The Peace Pole is an internationally recognized symbol of peace, with its purpose to promote multicultural understanding and world peace. The Wellington Rotary Peace Pole is an 8 sided, hand-crafted, wooden pole, eight feet tall. Each of its sides displays "May Peace Prevail on Earth", in Spanish, English, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Hebrew, Russian or Japanese. It was carved from western red cedar, a wood that is a renewable resource and environmentally sound. There are more than 200,000 Peace Poles, each dedicated as a monument to peace, in 180 countries all over the world .

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Our Projects

Did you know that...The Annual Programs Fund is the primary source of unrestricted support for the programs of the Rotary Foundation.

It funds programs in more than 160 countries on 7 continents. From digging clean water wells for villages in Africa to teaching basic literacy skills to children in Latin America, during any given moment in a day, thousands of Rotarians volunteer their time and expertise to ensure that all contributions given to The Annual Programs Fund are spent wisely on quality Rotary projects

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Become a Member

Rotary International is an association of individual clubs, with each club operating autonomously.

Membership is extremely important to us, and we are always eager to hear from individuals interested in our mission and in joining a Rotary club. The RI universal premise is that the membership of each club constitutes an accurate representation of the business and professional population within the community served.

Membership in a Rotary club requires available business or professional classification opportunities as well as an invitation and sponsorship by a member of the club. Sometimes an individual cannot be invited or sponsored for membership.

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