The Rotary Club of North Penn’s major fundraiser is the annual outdoor Lansdale Day celebration on Main Street, downtown Lansdale, PA.  The proceeds from this event are given to local charities in the North Penn community.  This old-fashioned community project has always been successful, usually with an attendance in excess of 10,000.  We have lots of delectable food, great music, entertainment and fun activities in three staging areas, a community market place, and an ANTIQUES & ARTS FESTIVAL - a juried invitational showcase of fine artists, selected artisans and antique dealers. ... more

For many years after the Winston-Salem Rotary Club was founded in 1915, there were no other Rotary clubs in Winston-Salem. In later years the presidents of the Downtown Rotary were subjected to cajolery by either the district governor or by their counterparts from other clubs in the district. This invariably happened at a district conference, where the prevailing question was "Why haven't you started another club in Winston-Salem?"

In June 1967, president-elect Jim Gray attended the district conference prepared to listen to any argument that would probably arise about forming a second club in Winston-Salem. ... more

"On the night of February 23, 1905, the first meeting took place at Gus’ office in the Unity Building.

Silvester and Paul had dined together at an Italian restaurant on Chicago’s near north side. Gus, by prearrangement, had invited a personal friend, Hiram Shorey, a merchant tailor, a native of the village of Litchfield, in the State of Maine, to whom he had previously introduced Paul.

The meeting was enlivened by the relation of personal experiences, after which Paul unfolded the general purposes of his plan." Paul P. Harris, "The Founder of Rotary" on page 95 More....