What is Rotary?

Rotary is an organization of business and professional men and women united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

Our Beginnings

Rotary began in 1905 with a meeting of its founder, Paul Harris, and three other business acquaintances in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Today Rotary is an International organization with 1,217,037 Rotarians in 33,135 clubs in 168 countries.

The Madera Rotary Club

The Madera Rotary Club is one of 54 clubs in District 5220 which is geographically located in Central California from Madera to Galt and includes Yosemite to the East and Los Banos, Tracy and Newman to the West. Madera Rotary was chartered on May 1, 1922. There are currently 71 members.

Our Mission

Heeding Rotary's motto of Service Above Self, club members are actively involved in community and international projects.

Rotarians abide by Rotary's Four Way Test of the things we think, say and do:      FIRST: Is it the TRUTH?      SECOND: Is it FAIR to all concerned?      THIRD: Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?      FOURTH: Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Our Theme 2011-2012

President Banerjee tells Rotarians, “We are the doers of our communities, the leaders, the ones who are most involved, who see the problems and have the means to find the solutions. I am asking you to reach within and unleash your inner power and then use it to embrace everything and everyone around you.”