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The Phillipsburg Rotary Club will fly an American flag for 2 weeks in November in front of St. Lukes Warren Hospital at 185 Roseberry Street in honor of your hero.
Another Great Day on the Greens! 2026 Golf Outing
Important Dates
October:
October 28 at 6:00 at Pizza Village Café #4: Betsy’s speaker; Paul Graebener on Ranked Choice Voting; Flags for Heroes orders are due. Swearing in our new member, Kristina Hahn and Christopher Stiles will do his Classification.
October 30 or 31: Installation of Flags for Heroes at 9:00 AM at St. Lukes Warren
October 31 at 1:00: Boo Bingo; Easton Rotary fundraiser
November:
November 4 at 12:00 pm; Frank speaks about the Foundation; at Pizza Village Cafe #4
November 7 at 9:00: Operation Chillout at Centenary College
November 9-13: Meals at Home deliveries
November 11th at 12:00 pm; La Bella Via, Veterans' Day Luncheon.
November 14 from 10-12: Volunteer at ROL Food Pantry AND Flags for Heroes down
November 17 at 12:00 at Cisneros: Board Meeting
November 18 at 12:00 at Harkers: Pre-Thanksgiving joint meeting with Easton Rotary celebrating the traditions
November 25: NO MEETING; Happy Thanksgiving! Go LINERS!
Other important dates:
November 18 at 12:00 at Harkers: Joint meeting with Easton Rotary for Pre-Thanksgiving game
December 16 at 6:00: Holiday Party at Harkers
April 19, 2027 at 6:00: Corks & Forks at Architects
History of Rotary
"Whatever Rotary may mean to us, to the world it will be known by the results it achieves. "
Paul Harris
Rotary founder
Paul P. Harris, the founder of Rotary, was a lawyer who established his business in Chicago in 1896. On the evening of February 23, 1905, Paul P. Harris, at the age of thirty-seven, asked three friends to meet with him. He presented a problem that had been on his mind for some time: How might they as a group enlarge their circle of business and professional acquaintance? Would there not be a mutual benefit in sharing fellowship with representatives of other vocations?
Out of the discussion that followed came the idea of a club whose membership would be limited to one representative from each business and profession. Meetings were to be held at each member’s place of business. Since this arrangement meant that meetings would have to be held in rotation, the name ROTARY was suggested and adopted.
Paul Harris was the third president of the Chicago club and the first president of the National Association of Rotary Clubs formed in 1910. He was President Emeritus of Rotary International at the time of his death in 1947. During the time he served as President, he was also prominent in civic and professional work.
Rotary continued to grow and when the first Rotary Convention was held in Chicago in 1910, there were sixteen clubs with 1,500 members. Today, there are 34,216 clubs with 1.2 million Rotarians throughout the world making up Rotary International. Women were first welcomed into the Rotary in 1989. Rotary International just celebrated its 119th Anniversary.