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