Oakland Sunrise Rotary

Welcome to Oakland Sunrise Rotary

Serving the Oakland Community for over 20 years

Chartered in May 1985, Oakland Sunrise has a growing membership of approximately 28 men & women representing a wide cross-section of businesses and professions. The club is a member of Rotary District 5170 which is comprised of 54 clubs and over 4,000 Rotarians stretching through the Silicon Valley from North Oakland to Watsonville.

Oakland Sunrise meets each Tuesday at 7:30am for fellowship and breakfast with interesting programs of local and global importance. We meet in Oakland at the Lake Merritt Hotel, 1800 Madison Street, Oakland, 94612-4630, 510-832-2300.

The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, was formed on February 23, 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wished to recapture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The name "Rotary" derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices.

Rotary's popularity spread throughout the United States in the decade that followed; clubs were chartered from San Francisco to New York. By 1921, Rotary clubs had been formed on six continents, and the organization adopted the name Rotary International a year later.

As Rotary grew, its mission expanded beyond serving the professional and social interests of club members. Rotarians began pooling their resources and contributing their talents to help serve communities in need. The organization's dedication to this ideal is best expressed in its principal motto: Service Above Self.