Providence Rotary - Our Meetings

The scheduled start time is 12:15, however many members like to arrive a bit early for socializing. The president begins the meeting by leading everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance. Then a different member each week offers a non-sectarian invocation and members of the Music Committee lead the group in a familiar song.

Mealtime is for conversation at the tables. Rotarians are outgoing people, eager to welcome and share experiences with new members.

The brief business part of the meeting includes updates on coming club events, announcements of opportunities for members to take part in various service activities, and the very popular Happy Bucks where members contribute a dollar (or more as they choose) for the opportunity to tell the rest of us what is making them happy at the moment. In Happy Bucks we learn about members' business accomplishments, family milestones and feelings on just about any topic you could imagine.

The final part of the meeting is a presentation by a guest speaker. The Program Committee does a great job in bringing us interesting speakers on a wide variety of topics.

Meetings end promptly at 1:30.

Makeups Around the Area or Around the World

Rotarians are welcome to attend meetings at any of the more than 30,000 clubs around the world. Attendance at any Rotary meeting counts toward your attendance at your home club; this is called a makeup.

For day, time and location of other local meetings where you can make up, click here.

If you are traveling around the country or around the world and wish to make up, you can find information on more than 30,000 Rotary clubs here.