The Rotary Club of Petaling Jaya was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur at a preliminary meeting on 19th June 1960 and received its Charter from Rotary International on 6th January 1961 with 35 founding members.
Within the 15 years of its existence, the Club was responsible for providing PJ's urban community with its first public library, for equipping a couple of its children's playground, and starting a kindergarten, while at the national level, it succeeded in launching the National Kidney Foundation, the precursor of the country's first centre for urology and neurology, to mention some of its more spectacular achievements. Over the next 15 years from 1975 to 1990, the Club expanded its service activities to establish regular community support in the form of school nutrition, vocation guidance, youth development through Rotaract and Interact Clubs and bus shelters and pedestrian bridges. Since 1990, the Club has also addressed contemporary local issues of concern for the aged, the handicapped and the poor, the environment, health and international relationships.
More recently, the Club has carried on the Golden Child Project for the terminally ill, the Ten-Pin Bowling for the physically and mentally challenged children and vaccination for hawkers. In 2005, the Club put into action the Super Mum project.
The Club has successfully nominated one Rotary International Director - Tan Sri Datuk James Peter Chin (1997-99) and four District Governors, namely Tan Sri Datuk James Peter Chin (1979-80), PDG Dr N Ganesan (1988-89), PDG David Ho (1996-97) and PDG Dato Dr Low Teong (2001-02).
President Eric Wong is the 50h President of the Club for the Rotary Year 2009/2010.
