The mission of Rotary is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
It started with the vision of one man — Paul Harris. The Chicago attorney formed the Rotary Club of Chicago on February 23, 1905, so professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas, form meaningful, lifelong friendships, and give back to their communities.
Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of its members.
We are truly international. Only 16 years after being founded, Rotary had clubs on six continents. Today, members in nearly every country work to solve some of our world’s most challenging problems.
We’re committed to service, and we’re not afraid to dream big and set bold goals. We began our fight against polio in 1979 with a project to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines. Today, polio remains endemic in only two countries — down from 125 in 1988.
Today, Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create a lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
Rotary members believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s most persistent issues. Our 46,000+ clubs work together to:
- Promote peace
- Fight disease
- Provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
- Save mothers and children
- Support education
- Grow local economies
- Support the environment
We would like to invite you to get involved in our causes and our community.
Gallatin Rotary Club – noon
Gallatin Rotary Club meets at Noon on Thursdays at The Gathering Place.
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Ready for headshots early today! If you are coming to Rotary, smooth out that shirt and give us your genuine smile, you know the one – it causes your eyes to twinkle!
Headshots until Noon and again 1:00-1:15pm (or until the last person has theirs!)
Today’s speaker is Vickie Templeton from My Happy Place Center.
The Gathering Place
Headshots until Noon
11:45am lunch service begins
12:15pm Rotary business begins
12:25pm Weekly program begins with time for Q&A
1:00pm programming concludes
Headshots until 1:15pm
We’ll see you at lunch!
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Memorial Day 2026
Today we pause to remember and honor the women and men of the United States Armed Forces who have given their lives for our nation. We extend our gratitude and sympathies to the family and friends who grieve their death. We pledge our commitment to building collaborative and engaged communities that pay homage to the freedoms defended on our behalf over the years at so great a cost.
May you have a meaningful Memorial Day.
Image Credit: Arlington National Cemetery 2026
Was just thinking, what if you were in the Tennessee wilderness and thought to yourself, "I could turn that hickory tree into a 36" long club and hit stuff with it…"
Anyway the social media team needs more coffee this morning, but today at lunch you could hear from Mark Wilson about the Gallatin Longhunters summer league wood bat team making their debut this summer.
The Gathering Place By Bit-O-Heaven Catering & Events
11:45am lunch service begins
12:15pm Rotary business begins
12:25pm Weekly program begins with time for Q&A
1:00pm programming concludes
We’ll see you at lunch!
#rotarycalendar2026 #rotarycalendar #UpNextForRotary #TellYourRotaryBuddy #GuestSpeakers #ServiceAboveSelf #joinus #LetsGetToWork #PeopleOfAction #rotary #rotaryinternational #rotarydistrict6760 #sumnercounty #sumnercountytn #gallatinrotary #gallatinrotaryclub #gallatintn #LikeFollowCommentShare
