Calistoga

The Rotary Club of Calistoga was chartered on March 10,1924 sponsored by the Rotary Club of Napa

“The first meeting was on February 21, 1924. It was the first meeting of the Rotary Club of Calistoga, 18 members attended... The meeting was brief. The Rotary Charter would be presented on March 10, but they couldn’t wait-they wanted to get started.
They all agreed that Roy McCarthy, the high school principal, would be the first president, and Wilbur Snow, ...the new secretary and treasurer.

A few days later, the San Francisco newspapers would note that Calistoga was the smallest town in the world to have a Rotary Club..."

"One of the Club’s first acts was to sponsor the Rotary Club of St. Helena in 1925.
Other projects in the historical days of the Club include putting up a new flagpole at the high school, providing playground equipment at the school, putting up permanent street signs, sponsoring books for the library and spearheading the Food Bank...”

One of the “most valuable contributions of the Rotary Club of Calistoga to Calistoga is providing numerous scholarships to CHS students...enabling youth to pursue their educational goals and to become invaluable contributing member of society...”

(Source: Napa Valley Rotary Celebrates 100 years-A Century of Service)