Rotary International's First Corporate Membership

Rotary International recently launched a new global membership category in response to demand from commercial organisations seeking to leverage the rich heritage and community reach of Rotary. Rotary has secured more than 1.2 million members globally over the last 5 years and continues to successfully adapt to changing social trends. The newly initiated Corporate Membership Program is an extension of this and is gaining significant attention and interest.

In another first, the Rotary Club of Newmarket (RCON) has secured the first formal global membership member for Rotary International under the new scheme with Bank New Zealand recently joining the club. “BNZ’s participation in the Rotary Club of Newmarket is an important statement of our commitment to not only to Newmarket, but also the wider community as it provides a fantastic channel for the bank and our staff to contribute to the excellent social projects undertaken by RCON” says Lyndon Settle, Managing Partner at Bank of New Zealand.

Further, Kim Growden, BNZ Manager - Newmarket adds "BNZ Newmarket is proud and privileged to be the first corporate members to join RCON. BNZ's commitments to the community such as Closed For Good, Save The Kiwi & Plunket align perfectly with those of RCON, and this membership now gives us a great chance to work together to create a higher achieving New Zealand".

President of RCON, Roger Gower, highlights the wider benefit for corporate members. “Rotary is the perfect vehicle for providing opportunities for young executives to develop their leadership, presentation and organisational capabilities in a non-threatening environment. Further it provides excellent networking opportunities across business and community leaders” Roger comments.

The Corporate Membership Program is one in a series of initiatives being implemented by the Rotary Club of Newmarket as it manages its ongoing growth and expansion of community projects and member services.

Press Release from the Rotary Club of New market Inc, Auckland, NZ http://www.newmarket.rotarysouthpacific.org/