Grandville Rotary Club began with twenty men meeting in the fall of 1938 to organize a Rotary Club with the sponsorship of the Zeeland Rotary Club.  On November 4, 1938, the first meeting was held in the Grandville High School gym (on Ottawa Avenue) with two hundred in attendance.  The first officers of the club were:  Grant MacEachron, President; W.J. Davies, Vice-President; J. John Pope, Secretary; and Henry Alkema, Treasurer.

Meetings have been held at the Masonic Hall, Burch Hotel, Crackles's Grill, Grandville Congregational Church, Kenmar House, By-Pass Motel, Sunnybrook Country Club, Gerribbes, D&W Food Center, Lands Inn, Day's Inn, Rivertown Crossings Mall and Carrabba's.

Two Grandville Rotarians have been elected Rotary District Governors: Herrick Gibson and Doyle Hoopingarner.  The Grandville Rotary Club has awarded more than 55 Paul Harris Fellows.