About

Rotary in Grande Prairie dates back to it’s charter on January 22, 1951. See our original Charter Membership list from 1951. Here are the minutes from the first organizational meeting.

The club originally met at the York Hotel, from there it went to Joe’s Coffee Shop (corner of 100 and 100, downtown, Golden Star Restaurant, Grande Prairie Inn and finally the Quality Inn (now named Paradise Inn).

The Rotary Club of Grande Prairie has sponsored the: Fort St. John club, Swan City Rotary Club (who in turn sponsored the Sunrise Club), Grande Prairie After Five Club, Grande Cache Rotary Club, Sexsmith Interact Club, Rotaract Club of Grande Prairie and the Interact Club at the Composite High School.