Rotary Club of Norfolk

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Norfolk – a vibrant group of community leaders who enjoy being part of southeastern Virginia’s oldest and largest service club. Our nearly 140 members come from throughout Hampton Roads and share a passion for community service and fellowship. We value always learning something new, having fun and working together to make our community and world better. If we can help connect you to Rotary International and our club please, please let us know. Email: [email protected] In Person: You will find Rotary Club of Norfolk members enjoying lunch and a special speaker three times a month on Tuesdays. Come join us. We start gathering around 12 noon and have a program that begins at 12:30 p.m. Meetings end at 1:30 p.m. We gather in the meeting room underneath Scope arena: (201 W. Brambleton Ave., Norfolk, Virginia 23510). Just pull in the parking garage on St. Paul's Boulevard and park. Bring in your ticket for validation. The meeting room is to your right as you enter the garage. Please check our event calendar at www.rotaryclubofnorfolk.org for meeting dates and other community service projects and club activities.Online: You can also find us on Facebook (Rotary Club of Norfolk) and at www.rotaryclubofnorfolk.org. The Rotary Club of Norfolk's nearly 140 members are community leaders living or working in Norfolk, Virginia or nearby cities. We are community-minded leaders from business, nonprofit, education, government and military professions. Our club is affiliated with Rotary International, the world's largest service organization. Founded in 1914, we are number 114 of the more than 34,000 Rotary Clubs started worldwide since 1905. Here are a few facts about our club: We meet three times a month on Tuesdays for lunch from 12:15-1:30 at the Norfolk Scope to enjoy each other, share a meal and learn something new from an interesting speaker. Each month we have an array of optional service opportunities, socials and field trips you can attend. We are among the oldest and largest service club's in Virginia. Our club gives you the opportunity to always be in the know by attending a regional "Ted Talk" each week to l earn 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. In 2018 raised in excess of $40,000 for the three beneficial charities. The third charity in 2018 was Young Audiences of Virginia. For 2019 it is Lee's Friends, which helps people living with cancer. 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 exceeds $525,000. 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 [email protected] or (757) 622-7971.