The RC Of Basel It is oldest club in northwestern Switzerland in Rotary District 1980. When chartered on 20 July 1925 it had twenty five (25) founding members and was the fifth Club to be established in Switzerland. It has been a dual gender Club since 1993, and now has 114 members. The current President is: Daniel Staehelin and the Club meets at the Restaurant Schlüsselzunft, Freie Strasse 25, Basel on Mondays at 12.15pm.
They sponsor a Rotaract Club and are actively involved in long and short term Youth Exchange, special camps during school holidays and camps for the disabled. In addition they are committed to providing special support of young people who need financial assistance in the final phase of their education and have no chance of a proper scholarship. The funding comes from members and this is usually enough for two or three scholarships a year. The Club also provides financial and other support for one-off community service projects which have the goal of combating social distress / poverty and involve individuals or smaller projects