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About Our Club
We had our beginning on a dark and stormy Night more than 50 years ago: On the day Bellaire/Southwest Rotary Club was officially chartered - - June 27, 1957 - - Hurricane Audrey hit Louisiana, causing approximately $1 billion dollars in damage and killing 400+ people. Happily, things have looked UP since then for our club, which is 'on-the-grow' and plays a vital humanitarian role in the Southwest Houston community. For our 25th anniversary, we received our unique, silver-plated bell, and for our golden anniversay, we gilded the finial in purest gold. We believe we're the only Rotary club in the world that gongs its meetings to order with such a beautiful icon! In 2007, we celebrated our Golden Anniversary with a "Blast from the Past" banquet at the Westin Galleria, featuring all things from the 1950s. In 2008 we were named the BEST Mid-Sized Club in District 5890 for the first time. In 2009, we captured the BEST CLUB award for a second year in a row.