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Club
History
// Chartered December
1st, 1916 |
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 Chartered
December 1, 1916
The oldest and largest club
in the district, the Rotary
Club of Charlotte has been
serving the Queen City for
nearly 96 years. It was the
fourth NC club established
following Raleigh and
Wilmington, and Asheville.
Many clubs in District 7680
were sponsored by Charlotte
Rotary including Gastonia,
Mooresville, Statesville,
Monroe, Shelby, Wadesboro,
Albemarle, West
Jefferson-Jefferson, Mount
Holly and Dilworth. It was a
co-sponsor of eight other
Charlotte clubs.
The Charlotte Rotary Club
Certificate
(at right)
Twenty-two RI presidents
have visited the club
including Paul Harris who in
April, 1939, planted a tree
from the soil of Illinois on
the grounds of the Mint
Museum of Art. (In 1959, a
pruning from the English
walnut - which is still very
much alive - was made into
three gavels: one for the
Rotary Club of Chicago (the
first club), one for the RI
president and one for our
club. Three other RI
presidents have participated
in tree plantings a
long-time and successful
club project -- restocking
trees in the city's public
places.
Notable projects include
establishing a Student
Loan/Scholarship Fund (now
used by Central Piedmont
Community College students),
establishing a Juvenile
Court, creating the Crippled
Children's Clinic (now the
Charlotte Institute for
Rehabilitation), and
establishing the annual
local Boy Scout Show (which
moves this year to Erricson
Stadium, home of the
Carolina Panthers). More
than 250 club members have
become Paul Harris Fellows.
Current number of members:
314, plus 16 honorary
members. |
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