Helpful Links
Rotary information and administration
District 7730 website
Rotary District 7730 comprises 50-plus clubs, mostly in southeastern North Carolina, but several of them virtual clubs that meet online. Most of the regional clubs are direct descendants of the Wilmington club. The district website has useful information about district officers and committees, officers of other clubs, and a calendar of other events. NOTE: Our District 7730 is in the midst of merging with District 7720, which covers the state's northeastern area. The new entity will be called District 7725.
District and club database
This password-protected site offers information for club members' use. Usernames are typically email addresses, and passwords are derived from Rotarians' member numbers, found on the mailing label for the monthly Rotarian magazine.
Herman Blizzard Archives
A former president of this club and a former district governor, the late Herman Blizzard accumulated a large archive of documents, photographs and artifacts concerning the club's history. It is now housed in the Special Collections Library at UNC Wilmington's Randall Library. A portion of the archives are now available online.
The Rotary Foundation
This non-profit provides the financial muscle for Rotary's projects world-wide. The Rotary Foundation has earned the highest marks from Charity Navigator for integrity and low administrative overhead.
Wilmington Rotary Club Constitution and By-laws
These are the essential documents that govern our club. They are derived from standards set by the world-wide Rotary movement that apply to all clubs.
Wilmington Rotary Club Strategic Plan 2021-24
As the club entered its second century, members drafted a guide to our goals, priorities and program objectives. In 2021, a new, updated plan was adopted, aimed at the coming three years.
Partners and organizations we have supported
Access of Wilmington and the Miracle League
Boys & Girls Homes of North Carolina
Cape Fear Literacy Council
Coins for Alzheimer's Research Trust: The CART Fund
Communities in Schools of Cape Fear
Community Boys and Girls Club
Coomacka (Guyana) Village Community Development Council
Georgetown, Guyana Rotary Club
GLOW Academy (Girls Leadership Of Wilmington)
Good Shepherd Center
Historic Wilmington Foundation
KIVA Microfunds
Mission of Hope/Archer Hatfield Hospital, Rotifunk, Sierra Leone
Nourish NC
Salvation Army, Wilmington
Schools where our Literacy Committee conducts Together We Read
D.C. VIrgo Academy
Alderman Elementary School
Step Up Wilmington (formerly Phoenix Hometown Hires)
Voyage of Wilmington (formerly the Blue-ribbon Commission on the Prevention of Youth Violence)
Williston Middle School
Historical resources
Rotary legacy presentation
This slide show, produced as part of our 2015 centennial celebration, documents the many family connections between members of club during its hundredth year and their ancestors. NOTE: Several of the members shown in the slide show have since died or left the club.
Achieving diversity: how Rotary welcomed women and people of color
For too long, Rotary had a reputation as a white men's club. As late as the 1980s, Rotary International refused to allow women to become members. This article, researched for the club's centennial, outlines how our club began the process of diversifying its membership. It was written in 2015 by Mimi Cunningham, who was the club's first woman president in 1994-95.
See additional details about the club's founding and early history, and a digital facsimile of our 100th anniversary history publication, from April 2015. Go to Club History.
