Club Background

Club Background

Rotary Club of Chatham

Our club was chartered on May 26, 1978. Presently we have 30 members, 26 active and 4 honorary. Five of our original charter members are still active in the club. Our district is 7810, which includes 28 Rotary clubs in New Brunswick and 12 in the State of Maine.

We are a very energetic club and try to support our community as much as possible. We have a tent rental business that generates funds for club use, a travel draw that provides our club funds for community projects and a Christmas auction. In the past we jointly held the Rotary Fund Run with the Newcastle Club that raised well over one million dollars for various medical equipment required by the Miramichi Regional Hospital. The two Rotary Clubs hosted the Fund Run for 11 years and donated the money to various worth while projects in our community. The Fund Run has been turned over to the Canadian Cancer Society.

In May the two Rotary Clubs hold the Honors and Awards Night. We present Paul Harris Fellowships and a Vocational Service Award to a non-Rotarian who exemplifies outstanding qualities in his/her chosen vocation. The recipient, in turn presents an award on behalf of the Rotary Club, to the high school graduate who best emulates those same qualities.

Community Service

Each year the Rotary Club of Chatham honors a distinguished citizen by presenting a Vocational Service Award to a non-Rotarian who exemplifies outatanding qualities in his/her chosen vocation. The recipient in turn presents an award on behalf of the Rotary Club to the high school graduate who best emulates those same qualities. The Club also takes part in the annual Spring Litter Cleanup and actively supports the local Literacy Council.

Service To The Elderly

The Rotary Club of Chatham has provided wheelchair-accessible vans for local seniors and spearheaded a Lifeline project for seniors. As well, they contributed towards installation of an elevator in a seniors apartment complex.

Sevice To Youth

The Rotary Club of Chatham presents a scholarship annually to a local high school graduate valued between $1,000 and $3,000. The Club also sponsored a Dinner Theatre in support of a local drama group, which had been invited to represent Canada at a competition in Japan. The Club also purchased a computer system for the Chatham Library.

Service To The Disabled

The Rotary Club of Chatham has actively supported and sponsored various youg people to the annual Camp Rotary at Grand Lake, N.B. and dedicated its 1998 Fund Run proceeds to the Miramichi Physically Disabled & Handicapped Association.

International Service

Each year the Rotary Club of Chatham sponsors a Paul Harris Fellow in support of the Rotary Foundation. They also contributed to the polio (eradication) Plus Program and have hosted several Group Study Exchange groups involving young adults from various parts of the world.

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