Rotary Club of Norfolk
Here are a few facts about our club:
- We have both a traditional club and a companion club. The traditional club meets the first three Tuesdays each month from 12. noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Town Point Club to enjoy each other, share a meal and learn from an interesting speaker.The companion club meets once a month on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Virginia Club to network and learn from an interesting speaker.
- Each month we have an array of optional service opportunities, socials, and field trips members of either club can attend.
- We are among the oldest and largest service clubs in Virginia.
- Our club gives you the opportunity to always be in the know by attending a regional "Ted Talk" each week to learn something new.
- Optional hands-on community service projects let us accomplish something to enhance our region -- sorting food at the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, planting at Norfolk Botanical Garden, or improving our environment on Clean the Bay Day.
- In 2015 we started Suds & Buds, a fun spring party at Norfolk Botanical Garden that raises funds for our club, the garden, and a third charity that rotates each year.
- We celebrated our club's 100th anniversary in 2014 and raised $100,000 to create Rotary Smiles to buy dentures for low-income citizens, put computer labs in two Title I Norfolk elementary schools, and support the Calvert Square Boys & Girls Club.
- We support Rotary projects around the globe, such as ending polio and malaria and bringing clean water to communities where it is scarce.
- In 1992 our club started its own charitable endowment, which now is approaching $1 million. The endowment enables us to support a variety of community needs in southeastern Virginia -- helping dozens of nonprofits in recent years.
To learn more about us, please join us for a free lunch or check our calendar of events for an activity to attend.
Questions? Contact us at rotaryclubofnorfolk@gmail.com