About Us

• Be widely recognized as the Lead organization in getting difficult projects done
• Be the most highly respected and trusted Club
• Apply exceptional commitment to needed community projects
• Be the Club that everyone wants to join
• Effective stewardship of donated funds
• Represent a solid cross section of the community
• Continuously develop new members and new ideas

Our club was chartered in 1946 with 21 members. This was long before the Tyee Plaza, Ostler Foreshore Park, Discovery Harbour landfill reclamation works.  In those days the waterfront was close at hand, the old Island Highway often ran alongside the high tide mark with the highway frequently blocked with winter storm debris being tossed onto the road.  Seaplanes would land in the bay (foreshore area) adjacent to the old Willows Hotel, which along with all the Rotary meeting gear, was destroyed by fire in 1963.  In May of 1948 the first Rotary beach cleanup was undertaken.

Throughout our history, members have continuously adopted the theme that Rotarians are committed to "putting something back into the community."  This has resulted in millions of dollars and tens of thousands of volunteer hours into projects for the citizens of Campbell River.

Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. In more than 200 countries worldwide, approximately 1.3 million Rotarians belong to more than 34,000 Rotary clubs.  Find out more about Rotary at Rotary Basics.

The Rotary motto is Service Above Self.  Rotary has a number of guiding principles  including The Four-Way Test and Object of Rotary.

Rotary club membership represents a cross-section of the community's business and professional men and women. The world's Rotary clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.

The main objective of Rotary is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world. Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today's most critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy, and violence. They also support programs for youth, educational opportunities and international exchanges for students, teachers, and other professionals, and vocational and career development.

Although Rotary clubs develop autonomous service programs, all Rotarians worldwide are united in a campaign for the global eradication of polio. In the 1980s, Rotarians raised US$240 million to immunize the children of the world; by 2005, Rotary's centenary year and the target date for the certification of a polio-free world, the PolioPlus program will have contributed US$500 million to this cause. In addition, Rotary has provided an army of volunteers to promote and assist at national immunization days in polio-endemic countries around the world.

The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is a not-for-profit corporation that promotes world understanding through international humanitarian service programs and educational and cultural exchanges. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and others who share its vision of a better world. Since 1947, the Foundation has awarded more than US$1.1 billion in humanitarian and educational grants, which are initiated and administered by local Rotary clubs and districts.

VIEW HISTORY

The Four-Way Test

Followed by Rotarians worldwide in their business and professional lives, The Four-Way Test was created by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932. It has since been translated into more than 100 languages and is used by organizations and individuals throughout the world.

Object of Rotary

First formulated in 1910 and adapted through the years as Rotary’s mission expanded, the Object of Rotary provides a succinct definition of the organization’s purpose as well as the club member’s responsibilities.

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

FIRST The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

SECOND High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

THIRD The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;

FOURTH The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

The Rotary Code of Conduct

As a Rotarian, I will
1. Exemplify the core value of integrity in all behaviors and activities
2. Use my vocational experience and talents to serve in Rotary
3. Conduct all of my personal, business, and professional affairs ethically,
encouraging and fostering high ethical standards as an example to others
4. Be fair in all dealings with others and treat them with the respect due to them as
fellow human beings
5. Promote recognition and respect for all occupations which are useful to society
6. Offer my vocational talents: to provide opportunities for young people, to work
for the relief of the special needs of others, and to improve the quality of life in
my community
7. Honor the trust that Rotary and fellow Rotarians provide and not do anything
that will bring disfavor or reflect adversely on Rotary or fellow Rotarians
8. Not seek from a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normally accorded
others in a business or professional relationship

Club Grace

The Club Grace below was recited for many years at each Club meeting:

Bless our club oh Lord we pray;
bless us one and all today.
Bless Thy bounty here prepared;
which in fellowship is shared.
Lord to Thee our thanks we give,
bless us as we strive to live,
dedicated heart and mind,
to the service of mankind.

Past Presidents

Rotarians of the Year - Rotary Club of Campbell River

Community Projects (Click Here for more Details)

• 2018-19 - Charstate Garden Shed
• 2018-19 - Seawalk Extension
• 2017-18 - Spit Viewing Platform at Dick Murphy Park
• 2016-17 - John Perkins Scooter Shed
• 2015 - Elk Falls Suspension Bridge
• 2015 - Senior Centre Tables, Rivercity Players Fire Safety, Nunns Park Scoreboard, Maritime Heritage Centre Sound System
• 2013-15 - CR Aquarium
• 2013 - Splash Park
• 2013 - Art Gallery Upgrades
• 2012 - Baikie Island Trail Bridge
• 2011 - Walter Morgan Shed Roof, Head Injury Society Building upgrade, Laughing Willow Garden Shed
• 2010 - Cari Infant and Toddler Centre Upgrades, 50th Parallel Monument upgrade, Search and Rescue equipment
• 2008  - Rotary Seawalk Completion
• 2008 - Rotary Beach Park upgrade, Raven Trail cleanup, Willow Point Interpretive Centre, Quinsam River trail bridges
• 2007 - Tidemark Theatre sound system, Paradise meadows Centre
• 2006 - Centennial Pool Upgrades
• 2001-04 - Maritime Heritage Centre
• 2001 - Ken Forde Park & Public Boat Launch
• 2000-01 - Yuculta Lodge Gardens
• 1997-98 - Centennial Park Playground
• 1996-97 - Beaver Lodge Forest Bridge
• 1996 - Cari Infant and Toddler Centre upgrades
• 1995-96 - Phase 1 of the Rotary Seawalk
• 1993-94 -CR Museum additions and archives
• 1991-92 - Cari Infant and Toddler Centre
• 1990 - Discovery Pier Wheel Chair Ramp
• 1989 - Wheel Chair Accessible Fishing Platform
• 1987 - Discovery Fishing Pier, Ripple Rock Trail
• 1985-87 - CR Museum Steam Donkey
• 1981-82 - Quinsam Nature Trail
• 1974-76 - Original 50th Parallel Monument, Our Place Centre
• 1966 - Trails on the banks of the Campbell River
• 1960 - Rotary Beach Park
• 1954-56 - Centennial Swimming Pool
• 1948-50 - Rebuild Scout's Hall
• Donations to The CR Hospital Foundation - March for Children
• Since 1986 - Bursaries to CR students
• Since 1969 - hosting of over 100 Exchange students
• and many other Community Projects over the years