Our 1.2 million-member organization started with the vision of one man—Paul P. Harris. The Chicago attorney formed one of the world’s first service organizations, the Rotary Club of Chicago, on 23 February 1905 as a place where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships. Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of each member.

Rotarians have not only been present for major events in history—we’ve been a part of them. From the beginning, three key traits have remained strong throughout Rotary:

We’re truly international. Only 16 years after being founded, Rotary had clubs on six continents. Today we’re working together from around the globe both digitally and in-person to solve some of our world’s most challenging problems.

We persevere in tough times. During WWII, Rotary clubs in Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Japan were forced to disband. Despite the risks, many continued to meet informally and following the war’s end, Rotary members joined together to rebuild their clubs and their countries.

Our commitment to service is ongoing. We began our fight against polio in 1979 with a project to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines. By 2012, only three countries remain polio-endemic—down from 125 in 1988.

Rotarians are your neighbors, your community leaders and some of the world’s greatest history-makers: 

Ready to make history with us? Get involved. 

 

 

BLACKWOOD ROTARY CLUB SERVING THE COMMUNITY

The Rotary Club of Blackwood has been contributing to the local community for many

years. The club was charted on the 14th September 1970.

Over the years the club has contributed to local projects such as Meals on Wheels, the

Blackwood Hospital, the Blackwood Community Recreation Centre, the Blackwood

High School Performing Arts Centre, St John’s Ambulance and local CFS Units.

 

At a national level the club has provided funds for Victorian Bushfire Relief and continues to

do so as funds become available. And at an international level the club supports Rotary

Overseas Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) and the Shelter Box Project supplying

emergency accommodation and supplies for disaster areas.

 

WHAT DOES THE ROTARY CLUB OF BLACKWOOD DO IN YOUR COMMUNITY?

 

Chances are you see the Rotarians acting as marshals at the Blackwood Christmas Pageant. If you are interested in art you might be aware we hold an Art Show each year which allows local artists to put their work on display with a small percentage of any work sold going to Rotary to support their community work.

 

If you do not know much else about Rotary, then we are glad to have you join us at our club

Meeting where we will tell you all about it.

 

We meet every Tuesday at the Blackwood Community RSL, Brighton Parade, Blackwood SA 5051 from 6:00 pm for a 6:30 start to an 8:00 pm finish.

 

HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH A ROTARIAN!

 

You will find our Rotarians ready to listen to your stories about living in Blackwood and about things that you might like to see the Rotary Club of Blackwood do in the community. Tell us if you like the Christmas Fair which raises about $10,000 annually for local and international projects and if there is anything you would like to see included or done differently for the next fair in November this year.

 

Rotary’s interest and commitment to the environment are kept high on the list by Rotarian

Bob Arnold who works tirelessly to bring volunteers to Calperum Station in Renmark

which is part of the Riverland Biosphere Reserve. If you are interested in the environment and would like to help with the monitoring of this natural environment then please come along and speak to Bob at one of our meetings.

 

Let us know if you want to contribute to the funds the club has raised to send to the

Queensland flood appeal; or if you would like to play “Heads and Tails” with us at our

meetings where we raise funds for people who need support in our communities from goods

donated to us by the Advertiser. And if you know of someone who deserves recognition for

their service to the community, you can nominate them for a “Community Service Award”.

 

People living and working together in communities matter. You just have to see what is

happening in all states from time to time with floods, drought and bushfires.