Service club "the services", a common expression for the military or uniformed forces. In the Americas, these types of clubs are commonly known as veterans' organizations or veterans' fraternal groups. The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, was formed in 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wanted to create in a professional club with the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The Rotary name derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices. Many of these service clubs were started early in the 20th century, such as Kiwanis,
Rotary International locally and internationally. As well as participating in book donations and literacy events, there are educational titles written about Rotary Clubs and members, such as "Rotary Clubs Help People", "Carol is a Rotarian" by Rotarian and children's book author Bruce Larkin and “Rhoda’s Rescue” by Maine author Barbara Walsh in conjunction with Rotary Club of Waterville, Maine’s Rhoda Reads early literacy program. Rotary International publishes an official monthly magazine named "The Rotarian" in English (first published in 1911 as "The National Rotarian"). Other periodicals are independently produced in more than 20 different major languages and distributed in 130 countries. Rotary