About Rotary

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 worldwide. In more than 160 countries worldwide, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 30,000 Rotary clubs.

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, non religious, 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.

The Rotary motto is Service Above Self.

About Our Club

The Rotary Club of Smithtown was founded on February 11, 1958. It serves the Smithtown and St. James areas of the Town of Smithtown. Its over sixty members keep the club involved in all aspects of the local community.

Service Above Self, the principal motto of Rotary International is exemplified by the club's commitment to Rotary's Four Avenues of Service:

Community Service

Vocational Service

International Service

Club Service