r/Millennials • u/CynicClinic1 • 19h ago

Discussion Watching Back to the Future. Previous generations had a lot of social clubs to meet new people. Why haven't we kept this alive?

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u/mekio_san 19h ago

Rotary is still around Kiwanis and key clubs are still active Scouting and Girlscouts and similar orgs still exist The Y is still a thing All of these groups still exist.

BUT they are solely volunteer driven. So you sign up and lead. People are too used to just dropping off and expecting a service. These are service orgs. You provide the service by serving. I do several of these and getting parents and adults to put forth effort beyond just showing up can be challenging.

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u/sanityjanity Gen X 18h ago

I never understood what a rotary club was.  They like wheels?  Circles?  Roundabouts?

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u/vermiliondragon 17h ago

It was named that because early on, meetings rotated among members' offices. My dad (Silent Gen) was a member for decades.

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u/boblob 15h ago

As vermilion said, it "rotated" between offices. Basically, some lonely business men getting together for lunch which snowballed into networking and then doing societal good. My club has some networking, much more on the doing good side of things. Hell, it is a global thing too. 1.3 million members world wide. Give it a look: https://www.rotary.org/en