The Long Beach Island Rotary Club is a chapter of Rotary international. The Volunteer organization is dedicated to providing humanitarian service, promoting high ethical standards, building goodwill, sharing in fellowship and working for peace throughout the world since 1905.

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The Essence of Rotary is “Service Above Self” and the LBI Rotary Club was founded in 1950 to embody this ideal.  Our club serves the community by donating over $80,000 a year in support of, but not limited to:

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• St Francis Community Center

• Southern Ocean Medical Center

• LBI Fire and Ambulance Organizations

• Compassion Cafe

• ARC of Ocean County

• New Waves Swim Team

• Family Promise

• Interfaith Health & Support Service 

• Friends of Southern Ocean Animal Shelter

• Lighthouse Film Festival

• Annual LBI Christmas Parade

• Alliance For a Living Ocean

• Other Community

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In addition, LBI Rotary supports Southern Regional High School and Long Beach Island Schools by awarding scholarships of over $35,000 each year to deserving students and sponsoring student activities and programs such as Interact, RYLA, student exchange, band activities, class trips, and the annual Christmas party for LBI kindergartners.

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The Long Beach Island Rotary Club, which comprises over 30 individuals from diversified business and professional vocations, meets every Thursday at 12:15pm at Nardi’s Tavern and Grille located at 11801 Long Beach Boulevard in Long Beach Township.

Long Beach Island Rotary offers membership to men and women who are willing to dedicate themselves to the ideals of Rotary and who are willing to commit to ” Service Above Self.”