There are currently some 480 Rotary clubs with nearly 30,000 members in Italy. They share with some 5,800 European Rotary clubs with approximately 255,000 members and more than 1.1 million Rotarians in approximately 25,000 clubs worldwide the Rotary motto of "Service Above Self." Rotary's purpose is to serve others through efforts to improve the community, to promote high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance international understanding and goodwill.( http://www.rotary.org/ )