About

History

Yakima Southwest Rotary Club was charted in January 1969. Our first President was Gary Carter who presided over a membership of 31 Rotarians on Charter night. Today we have approximately 100 club members. We are proud members of the Rotary movement and are devoted to enriching lives in our community and beyond.

Our club is in District 5060 which is comprised of 57 clubs with approximately 2,760 members from Prosser, WA to Clearwater, BC.

Rotary Quick Facts

• First Rotary Club was founded by Paul P. Harris in Chicago in 1905
• 37,000+ clubs
• 200+ countries
• 1.4M+ members
• •32 zones & 532 districts

Four-Way Test

The Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, or do is an integral part of the Rotarian way of life:

• Is it the truth?
• Is it fair to all concerned?
• Will it build goodwill & better friendship?
• Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

At Yakima Southwest Rotary, we continuously reflect on these four pillars to ensure the actions we take will have a positive lasting impact on our community. Through this, we have had the honor to fund and support numerous projects and organizations including:

On Rotary District 5330’s website, the numbers ticked up until the final one is displayed – anyway we could do that here?