Rotary Club of London
Club #50, chartered 1 August 1912 - the first Rotary club formally chartered outside North America. Lunchtime meetings near the Square Mile; key in spreading Rotary across the British Isles.
First chartered Rotary club outside North America
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Other goodgym-style run-and-help chapters
The first Rotary club in the world, founded 23 February 1905 by attorney Paul Harris and three friends. Originated the rotating-meeting concept that gave Rotary its name and seeded a global movement of 1.4M+ members.
Club #6, founded 1909 and known as the 'Host Club of America' for visiting Rotarians. Helped draft the original constitution of the National Association of Rotary Clubs in 1910.
First Rotary club organized outside North America (first meeting 22 February 1911), though Dublin's charter arrived after London's. Long-running civic club focused on disability and youth causes in the city.
Chartered in 1920 as the first Lions club outside the United States, making Lions an 'International' association overnight. Still active across the Windsor/Detroit border region.
Second-oldest Kiwanis club (chartered October 1915 with 135 members) and host of the first National Convention in May 1916, where the 16 existing clubs decided to form an international organization.
Long-running Aichi-prefecture Junior Chamber (Jaycees) chapter, now past its 69th year. One of the cornerstone city-level Junior Chambers in central Japan, running leadership programmes, regional projects, and civic campaigns for members roughly aged 20 to 40.