Willow Glen Rotary Club

Once an incorporated city in its own right, Willow Glen is today a uniquely charming neighborhood of San Jose. Like a small town, with its own main street, Lincoln Avenue, Willow Glen has architecturally distinctive single family homes, many of them Victorian and Spanish-style built in the 1920s and 1930s. Gentrification transformed Willow Glen in the 1990s. And even today, it's a diverse community with a rich tapestry of quiet, enjoyable and very livable Silicon Valley attributes.

Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Rotary club members work to address various community and international service needs. Through community service and other means, Rotary club members help promote peace and understanding throughout the world.

The Willow Glen Rotary Club is a subsidiary of the Rotary Club of San Jose. The Rotary Club of San Jose Endowment is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization formed in 1946 by the Rotary Club of San Jose for the purpose of fulfilling the charitable objectives of Rotary or the donor.The Rotary Club of San Jose Willow Glen meets on Thursdays at 12:15 at the Three Flames Restaurant, 1547 Meridian Avenue.

The Willow Glen Rotary Club recently assisted in project of aiding the hurricane-affected areas in Slidell, Louisiana. 2,000 miles away in the Bay Area, Rotarians were horrified by the televised images of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Contact was made as soon as the storm had passed. Specific projects in Slidell, Louisiana were identified and the San Jose Rotary began raising funds to help. After hearing about the Slidell projects, it wasn’t long before other Bay Area Rotary Clubs began to join this hurricane relief effort. A total of 21 Rotary Clubs from Districts 5150 and 5170 contributed to relief efforts in Slidell.

The Trustees of the Willow Glen Rotary Club Endowment Board manage the funds of the Endowment and make grants to assist community and international service projects. The Trustees typically support many different community organizations each year with Community and Partnership Grants that total many thousands of dollars.

Rotary membership is by invitation of local clubs. If you would like to be considered for membership by the Willow Glen Rotary club, complete a Prospective Member Contact Form.