These pages explain Rotary in plain language: what it is, how to join a club in Cebu, Rotaract and Interact, The Four-Way Test, official causes, The Rotary Foundation, and related questions people often search for. Facts about Rotary International come from rotary.org, checked in November 2026. Facts about this club come from pages recovered for this site.
Club news and archive retellings are in News & Stories. If you want to visit or ask about membership, email our club president at cardwell.marc@gmail.com.
Guides
What is Rotary? A plain guide
A plain-language guide to Rotary, drawn from rotary.org, with a path to the Rotary Club of Cebu East.
How to join a Rotary club in Cebu
The official Rotary path, then this club's published membership points, without treating every Cebu club as the same.
Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis: how the clubs differ
Three volunteer service organizations, described from their official sites, without a ranking.
Rotaract and Interact: Rotary's clubs for young people
The official age ranges, how the programs work, and local starting points without inventing a sponsored club.
What is a Paul Harris Fellow?
A Foundation recognition for cumulative giving of US$1,000 or more, explained from rotary.org.
The Rotary Foundation and how donations work
Foundation gifts go through rotary.org. Gifts to this club are arranged with the club president.
The Four-Way Test
Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Rotary's causes and areas of focus
Official public causes from rotary.org, kept separate from this club's recovered five-area list.
Volunteering and community service in Cebu, through Rotary
Documented club projects, and practical ways to visit, inquire or give, without an invented volunteer roster.
Working with a Rotary club: partnerships and sponsorship
No invented sponsorship packages. Write to the club president, and see one documented project partnership from 2013.
Service Above Self and Rotary's official mottoes
Service Above Self is the principal motto. Rotary also has a second official motto, with a documented history.
Rotary and the fight to end polio
Official Rotary history, including the 1979 Philippines immunization project, kept separate from this club's own recovered reports.