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Who We Are
East Chapel Hill Rotary
Since 1968 it has been our mission to serve our community through service projects, weekly programs, and fellowship.
- 150+ member service organization
- Active in Chapel Hill-Carrboro since 1968
- Interesting and informative weekly meetings – currently hybrid – in-person and Zoom
- Enjoy camaraderie, learn from others and engage in projects locally and/or abroad
- Membership spans businesses, professions, nonprofits, universities, government, and retirees
- Meet new people – diverse, talented, curious, giving, interested, and interesting
Weekly meetings
Fridays 12:45-1:45 pm
Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel
One Europa Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
View our Speaker Calendar and let us know when you would like to visit by completing the Connect With Us form below. Lunch will be on us!
We offer engaging and informative weekly programs and the opportunity to socialize and interact with a diverse group of individuals and community leaders.
Note: We currently offer hybrid club meetings. If you cannot join in person, you can attend our meetings via Zoom. Complete the Attend a Meeting form so we can send you the Zoom meeting link.
What We Do
Serve Our Community
East Chapel Hill Rotary offers a broad range of local service projects and volunteer opportunities, including:
- Teacher Supply Store – annual event where teachers shop for school supplies that the club provides in collaboration with the Public School Foundation (PSF)
- International Medical Mission – annual dental/medical mission to a Central American country
- Bike Night at Christmas House – purchase, assemble, and distribute them to children via Christmas House presented by the Chapel Hill Service League
- SECU Family House dinners – supporting House guests by preparing and serving monthly meals
- Green Team – developing environmental awareness, projects include: cleaning up our community, solar energy for Habitat homes, plantings, composting, and more
Build the Future
- East Chapel Hill Rotary offers numerous programs that engage and support local youth, including:
- Essay and video contests for middle and high school students
- Year-long or summer youth exchange programs for high school students
Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) for high school juniors
150+ Club members
Founded 1968
Club History
1960s
• 1968 – East Chapel Hill Rotary founded
1970s
1973: Meetings moved to the Holiday Inn on Fordham Blvd
1980s
1980: Club membership reaches 100 members
1990s
1995: Fundraisers become main source of funding for projects
2000s
2008: Teacher Supply Store project begins
2010s
2018: East Chapel Hill Rotary celebrates its 50th anniversay
2020s
2019: Green Team founded
East Chapel Hill Rotary Foundation
The East Chapel Hill Rotary Club Foundation has one function: to support East Chapel Hill Rotary Club’s charitable and service projects.
The Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit in order to accept financial contributions as tax-deductible gifts. As a result, the Foundation operates independently from the East Chapel Hill Rotary Club.
Ways to Give
Paul Harris Fellowship
represents a $1,000 gift to the Rotary International Foundation not the East Chapel Hill Rotary Club Foundation. Should you prefer to make the gift to the Club Foundation we will award you one of the many Paul Harris Fellowships that the Club has banked with Rotary International.
Rominger Fellowship
Named for Phil Rominger; the founder of the East Chapel Hill Rotary Club. He was our first president and he made the lead gift of $50,000 when the endowment was established. A gift of $5,000 qualifies one for the Rominger Fellowship. Multi-year pledges are welcome.
The Legacy Society
A relatively new category that has generated a lot of interest. The $10,000 commitment may be completed either as a living gift or at the time of death as stipulated in the person’s will or gift agreement. It is also possible to create a combination of both. The completion of the Legacy gift allows the awarding of two Rominger Fellowships.
The Foundation is honored and privilege to have all gifts and pledges no matter the amount and the timetable.
Dicky Baddour serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the East Chapel Hill Rotary Club Foundation. Please contact Dicky about the Foundation at rabaddour@gmail.com.
$1,000,000 Endowment
Transforming gifts into service projects
The Rotary Foundation
The Rotary Foundation helps fund our humanitarian activities, from local service projects to global initiatives. The Rotary Foundation helps members advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment, and alleviating poverty.
What impact can one donation have?
- For as little as 60¢ a child can be protected from polio.
- $50 can provide clean water to help fight waterborne illnesses.
- $500 can launch an antibullying campaign and create a safe environment for children.
Rotary International
Rotary International supports Rotary clubs worldwide by coordinating global programs and initiatives. Rotary members believe we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s most persistent issues. We provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders. Our 46,000+ clubs work together to:
- Promote peace
- Fight disease
- Provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
- Save mothers and children
- Support education
- Grow local economies
- Protect the environment
1.4 Million global members