Membership
Our current President is long-time Rotarian Kevin O’Brien. Our President-Elect is Nancy Wolfberg who will serve from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.
We meet at the Half Moon Bay Library most Thursdays from 12 until 1:30 with evening meetings once a month for a social that rotates between local businesses. We'd love to have you join us for our meetings which include excellent speakers and other programs of public interest. Our calendar is updated to let you know where to find us.
Serving our community. through a variety of different projects and activities is at the heart of our mission. Learn more on the What We Do page. Our Club asks each Rotarian to be involved in our projects, participate in social activities and attend as many meetings as possible. These are great ways to get to know your fellow members, neighbors and friends.
JOIN OUR CLUB
We would love to have you join our club. Use this link to apply for membership: Membership Application-Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay
The Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay is a member club of District 5150 which covers the Bay Area from Menlo Park north to Novato, including Redwood City, San Mateo, San Francisco, and Marin. 41 clubs comprise District 5150, and the District is governed by a District Governor elected by the clubs. Our very own Mitone Griffiths is the 2025-26 District Governor. Yuhui Chen from Menlo Park is the District Governor-Elect and will assume her role in 2026-2027.
Francesco Arezzo, a member of the Rotary Club of Ragusa, Italy, is the Rotary International President for the 2025-26 term. Assuming office on July 1, 2025. The 2025-26 presidential message is "Unite for Good," designed to encourage members to be a unifying force in a divided world. This initiative marks a shift towards consistent, long-term branding rather than annual themes.
Olayinka (Yinka) Hakeem Babalola is the Rotary International president-elect. A member of the Rotary Club of Trans Amadi, Nigeria, he was selected by the Board of Directors to lead the organization for the 2026–27 term
Service Above Self - The Rotarian's Commitment
Service Above Self is what motivates every member of the Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay and every Rotarian around the world.
Click to see this short video about Rotary:
New Member Orientation
Take a few minutes to learn about what it means to be a member of the Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay.
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and to encourage and foster:
- The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
- High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying by each Rotarian of his occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
- The application of the ideal of service by every Rotarian to his personal, business and community life.
- The advancement of international understanding, good will, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional men and women united in the ideal of service.
The Rotary motto is Service Above Self.
Who we are: Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create 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 35,000+ clubs work together to:
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Our Mission
We provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
Vision Statement
Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
Rotary Beginnings
On February 23rd, 1905 in Chicago, Paul Harris and three other businessmen founded Rotary, the original service club. Since they chose to “rotate” the meetings each week from one of their businesses to the other, they chose the name “Rotary” for their new club. The purpose of the club was to broaden their contacts outside of their own particular businesses.
People in the western United States played an important part in the development and growth of Rotary. The next four (4) Clubs were: #2, San Francisco #3, Oakland #4, Seattle #5, Los Angeles Then Rotary moved East: #6, New York #7, Boston Rotary then expanded internationally with the Charter of the Rotary Club of Winnipeg, Canada in 1910, and then with Clubs in London, Dublin, and Belfast in 1911. Today there are over 35,000 Rotary clubs around the world.
The Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay turns 55 in June 2026!
Clubs meet weekly for fellowship and interesting and informative programs dealing with topics of local and global importance. Club meetings and activities also focus on Community Service, Vocational Service, Youth Service, International Service, and Club Service.
