Fast Facts about Greenville Rotary

The Rotary Club of Greenville is the original and largest Rotary Club in South Carolina.  Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Atlanta, it was organized January 7, 1916 as Rotary Club # 205. Greenville leads District 7750 in fundraising, both locally through its Roper Mountain Holiday Lights project, and internationally through contributions to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. It is one of the 50 largest Rotary clubs in the world.

The club has sponsored many landmark projects in the Greenville community, including the orignal Textile Hall, Furman's original gymnasium and Manly Field, Rotary Lake at Camp Greenville, a YMCA Health Center, and the Rotary Family Literacy Center at the YWCA.

Most other Upstate SC Rotary Clubs trace their roots back to Greenville, which directly sponsored 14 of the clubs in District 7750:

 
Club
          Charter Date
  Anderson June 1, 1917
  Easley May 20, 1937
  Fountain Inn February 14, 1937
  Greenville East January 27, 1956
  Greenville Evening February 11, 2003
  Greer-Lyman-Taylors April 6, 1953       Became inactive and reorganized June 26, 1980,
                         sponsored by Pleasantburg
  Newberry April 1, 1920
  North Greenville January 10, 1955
  Pleasantburg May 10, 1961
  Seneca July 1, 1928
  Simpsonville September 14, 1961
  Spartanburg April 1, 1916
  Union April 30, 1923
  Walhalla December 28, 1927