Established in 1957, the Rotary Club of Shillong is easily the best known voluntary service organization of the state. It has played and important role in the life of the people of Meghalaya. It is one of the 37 clubs of Rotary District 3240 which includes the entire Northeast, Sikkim, North Bengal and some portion of West Bengal.

The Rotary Club of Shillong has made sustained efforts to identify itself with the needs and expectations of the people of Meghalaya and has been initiating many projects which have gone to meet some of the felt needs of the society.

It is not easy to pen on the myriad projects the club has undertaken over the years. However, some of the notable contributions of the club are as follows:

• Its first project was of providing a water pump to Pomlum, a forlorn village in Upper Shillong way back in 1957. The Club renewed its contact with Pomlum in 1993 by donating some desks, benches, water filters and black boards for the Pomlum High School.
  
• The first immunisation project of the Club was started in the mid seventies. The project is still continuing and helping in providing immunization against fatal diseases.
  
• It has donated two mortuary vans which are maintained by the State Police Department.
  
• It has been looking after the Hindu Mission Orphanage in Garikhana, Shillong and has provided basic amenities for the inmates.
  
• The club has constructed 5 Bus Sheds in and around Shillong which has benefited the Shillongites a great deal.
  
• The Club has been carrying out a number of activities in the Sweeper's Colony at Mawlonghat. An Adult Literacy Centre has been started where about 110 adults are attending evening classes. An Immunization Programme has already been completed which has helped a large number of children and adults.
  
• A deep Tube Well has been dug by the Shillong Rotary Club at Wathapbru and has thus provided a long term solution for the acute water shortage in the area.
  
• The Rotary Club of Shillong has been holding various activities to raise funds for the suffering people of Meghalaya. Prominent among these ventures are:
  
  • "Run for cyclone relief" for the people of West Khasi Hills in collaboration with HTWCO. The Club collected Rs.1.50 lacs as aid for the cyclone hit people.
    
  • The Club donated Rs.1.00 lac for the flood Relief Fund for the floods of Meghalaya.
    
  • Our Club has donated Rs.1.00 lac for the establishment of a Cancer Detection Centre.
    
  • Rs.1.00 lac was collected and given to the Nazareth Hospital in Shillong for the setting up of an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
    
  • The much desired Mother Teresa Leper Colony was set up at Nongpoh with funds raised by our Club, Shillong Rotary and Rotaract Clubs are at the service of the colony inmates.
    
• The Rotary Club of Shillong has set up a Mobile Blood Bank in which the Blood Group and Rh factor of all the Rotarians have been recorded and copy sent to all the hospitals. This has been a life saving project of the club.
  
• The Club has an Oxygen bank with two Oxygen Cylinders. This has benefited people who need Oxygen at odd hours.
  
• For the first time since its inception the Rotary Club of Shillong had the privilege of hosting the District Conference of District 3240 during February 25-27, 1994. This involved a wide posse of intellectuals and men who matter in Shillong addressing the gathering, as well as rekindling the spirit of unity and togetherness among the members of District 3240, a spirit which subscribes to the very ideals of Rotary.
  
• A number of Polio Plus camps have been organized in several far flung areas, thus playing a part in moulding fine, healthy individuals as India marches into the 21st century.
  
• The Rotary Club of Shillong has kept the beacon of education shining bright by way of the Adult Literacy Centre at Safai Karamchari Colony. It has also supplied furniture to this centre as well as to some others schools imparting education to the needy.
  
• The Club supplied clothing items to the inmates if the Hindu Anath Ashram, a move which was duly acknowledged by the same.
  
• The Rotary Club of Shillong acted like a helpful elder brother to the nascent Rotary Club of Jowai and left no stone unturned in expediting the handing over of the Club Charter in May 1995.