Tracing back the history of Rotary in the Philippines, it was in RY 1918-1919 when the 1st Rotary Club in the Philippines and in Asia was chartered – The Rotary Club of Manila on June 1, 1919 , when Rotary International adopted a general redistricting in RY 1936-37 , District 81 was created for the Philippines, Mainland China and Hong Kong.

However, during the RY 1938-39, RI created District 81 solely for Philippine Club with PP George Malcom of RC Manila as District Governor. Before the end of Malcom’s term, there was a total eight clubs in the Philippines. During RY 1950-51, the Philippine District number was changed to District 48 a total of 26 clubs all over the country. In 1975, Philippine District 48 was changed to District 385 and PP Hernando Pineda of Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro became District Governor.

By the end of his term, the Philippines had a total of 37 Clubs. Because Philippine Rotary Because Philippine Rotary kept on growing, District 385 was divided during RY 1964-65 creating District 380 for Luzon and Palawan, and District 385 for Visayas, Mindoro and Mindanao. During RY 1974-75, District 385 was divided with Western Visayas, Western and Central Mindanao comprising the old District385 while Eastern Visayas and Mindanao the new District 386. In 1977-78, District 380 was split into District 380 and 382, with the City of Manila’s northern boundary and Pasig River as the dividing line.

Governorship went to PP Ernani Certeza of RC San Juan for District 380 with 49 clubs and PP Teofilo Reyes of RC Manila, District 382, 44 clubs. The other two District by then had a total of 60 clubs for District 385 and 38 clubs for District 386. Eight years later, the redistricting of 382 took into effect with the Bicol Region, Laguna, Batangas and Oriental Mindoro belonging to District 382 with PP Ramon Cumagon of RC Lipa South as the first Governor after District 382 redistricting to 382 and 381, while District 381 with PP Juanito T. Ventura of RC Downtown Manila as the first Govenor. Seven years later, District 382 was transformed to District 3820 with PP Jesus Hernandez of RC Naga as District Governor.