• SERTOMA is an organization of business and professional people knit together in bonds of personal friendship and united in the idea of service to their community.
  • SERTOMA was founded in Kansas City in 1912 and is the second oldest service club in the United States.
  • SERTOMA is an international organization with clubs in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
  • SERTOMA is one of the fastest growing civic organizations in the country with over 650 clubs and 25,000 members.
  • SERTOMA stands squarely for the preservation of individual freedom and free enterprise.
  • SERTOMA supports allegiance to our country and its constitution and belief in its everlasting endurance through law and order.
  • SERTOMA, through its Service To Mankind Awards, gives recognition to outstanding citizens for humanitarian, heroic, or other notable activities performed in their communities.
  • SERTOMA promotes high principles of business and professional ethics.
  • SERTOMA promotes patriotism and a better understanding of the meaning of “Freedom” to middle-school aged students through its National Heritage Day Essay Contest.
  • SERTOMA encourages and supports the involvement of young people in service to their community through the SERTEENS program.
  • SERTOMA promotes speech and hearing programs.
  • SERTOMA clubs raise more than $20 million for local community service projects. Through these projects, as well as grants and scholaships, Sertoma clubs return those funds to their respective communities — and they have loads of fun doing it while building life-long friendships.
  • SERTOMA is a 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 not-for-profit international organization