ABOUT DISTRICT 3870

Rotary reached Mindanao with the organization of the Rotary Club of Davao in RY 1938-1939, the same year when the Commonwealth of the Philippines became the lone Rotary International District. Rotary spread to Northern Mindanao when the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro was chartered on April 22, 1948, making it the oldest Rotary Club of District 3870. 

Rotary District 3870 was created by action of the Board of Directors of Rotary International in RY 1983-1984. It, however, started as a separate administrative district of Rotary International in RY 1984-1985. It was carved out of District 3850 which then comprised the whole of Panay Island, Negros Occidental and the greater part of North, Central and Western Mindanao. 

Significantly, District 3870 now remains as the only district that is solidly Mindanao among the 10 Rotary district in the Philippines. It embraces the North and Central Mindanao and covers the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Malaybalay, Valencia, Gingoog, Iligan, Marawi, Cotabato, Kidapawan and the provinces of Camiguin Island, Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Cotabato And Sultan Kudarat. 

The story of District 3870 is the story of growth of Rotary in the Philippines and particularly in Mindanao. 

Clubs would fall out through the succeeding year. What was once familiar clubs fell out one by one from district map. The pain of loding clubs a was somehow eased as new clubs came into being. In RY 1985-86, the Rotary club of Cagayan de Oro North, Marawi West, Northern Bukidnoon and Ocean Port Medina were chartered. The following year, the Rotary club of Balingasag, Isulan, Metro Kidapawan , Ticala Clveria, Metro Iligan , South Central Iligan, Camiguin Island and Initao. RC Initao, unfortunately met its early death as a club. Rotary year 1987-1988 added 3 new clubs, the Rotary Club of Malabang, Midsayap Metro and the Cagayan de Oro East Central. While the Rotary Club of Malaybalay was re-instated. 

RY 1989-1990 saw the birth of rwo more clubs, the first all woman Rotary Club in District 3870, the Rotary Club of Iligan Maria Cristina (the second all woman in the Philippines) and RC Iligan West Rotary year 1990-91 added the Rotary Club of East Urban, the second all women club of the district. From RY 1991- Up to the present, the list of Rotary clubs had grown with the creation of RC Far  East Cagayan de Oro, RC Golden East, RC Carmen Valley West, RC South Central and RC PIEMO, RC Pikit, RC Kalayaan and RC Cagayan de Oro Centerpoint. 

The Rotary International District 3870 of the Philippines is composed of the Clubs located at the Central - Northern part of the island of Mindanao.

This District include all clubs based in the following places:

                                    Bukidnon   Sultan Kudarat

                                   Misamis Oriental   Maguindanao

                                     Lanao del Norte   Camiguin Island

                                     Lanao del Sur           Cagayan de Oro

                                      North Cotabato

Rotary Clubs of District 3870