The Rotary Club of Aberdeen is celebrating its centenary next year.
The club was formed in April 1916 when 24 members of the town’s business community gathered to form the club and appoint the Lord Provost James Taggart as its first President.
The present club, with 45 members, meets each Tuesday lunchtime in the Royal Northern and University Club in Albyn Place.
A dozen other Rotary Clubs in the Aberdeen area meet throughout the week, either for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
To mark this milestone, as well as a civic reception being kindly hosted by the City of Aberdeen in April next year, the Rotarians are supporting Guide Dogs for the Blind.
There has already been £5,000 been donated towards the training of one puppy, who is called Bramble.
A cheque for a similar amount, to sponsor a second puppy, will be handed over shortly.
The fundraising will continue with a Golf Challenge at Deeside Golf Club on June 2, 2016.
If you would like more information about Rotary and its involvement in the local community (in addition to playing a major part in the goal of eradicating polio throughout the world), please visit www.rotarygbi.org or for the Golf Challenge, please contact secretary@aberdeen.rotary1010.org