Welcome to the Rotary Club of Port Perry

The Rotary Club of Port Perry is part of Rotary International. Rotary is a global network of business and professional leaders.

• Through volunteer service, Rotary members build friendships and enlarge their circle of business and professional acquaintances.
• Rotary clubs are non-political and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
• Rotary is one of the largest and most influential international humanitarian service organizations in the world.
• As volunteers, Rotary members have been serving the needs of communities worldwide since 1905.
• Today, the 1.2 million women and men of Rotary belong to more than 33,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas.

Some of the projects we’ve supported over the last 10 years

• Scugog Memorial Public Library expansion $100,000
• Port Perry Hospital Foundation Endoscopy Suite $100,000
• Durham College $60,000
• Rotary Boardwalk $107,000 (including a $60,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation)
• Scugog Arena Ice Pad $30,000
• Town Hall 1873 $30,000
• Operation Scugog $10,000
• Kent Farndale Bursary for the Arts $6,500
• Polio Plus $6,000
• Port Perry High School Bursaries $5,000
• Cartwright High School Bursary $5,000
• Port Perry Scout Hall improvements $5,000
• Special Olympics $5,000
• Reflection Park $5,000
• Shelter Box $3,000

Past Projects

• Rotary Gazebo in Palmer Park
• Accessible and safe walkways to the elevated boardwalk constructed by the Club in 2006 through Rotary Park along the easterly shoreline of Lake Scugog
• Food drive for Operation Scugog
• Rotary Boardwalk Earth Week clean-up

Annual Events

• Aquarama – the annual fundraiser pits teams of five riders against the clock on a short course on the lake. The event has raised over $170,000 during the past 17 years.
• Seniors Christmas Dinner for over 200 Scugog seniors and individuals with disabilities.
• Dinner/Auction to fund various local and international projects.  This event has raised close to $250,000 in the past 10 years.
• Emiel van den Kroonenberg Charity Golf Tournament has been an annual event since the Club began 30 years ago.
• Participation in the annual Scugog Santa Claus parade