Since 1958, the Metro St. Louis InterCity Fellowship has promoted, on a monthly basis, Rotary fellowship among clubs within a reasonable driving distance.
The larger clubs help the smaller ones by swelling attendance/audiences in order to enable topnotch programs.  Rotarians from member clubs have the
opportunity to visit Host Clubs and discover old/new friends and check out "makeup" locations.
For as long as many can remember, this event had been the charge of the late David Essen and it is in his memory that the InterCity Committee is restructuring and offers ever greater experiences for its member clubs.

Membership in Intercity is NOT automatic.  Those clubs who retain membership do so with ever increasing interest in the promotion of Rotary and Rotary Ideals through fellowship with other clubs and Rotarians.  While any club in the Metro St. Louis area can ask to be a member of the InterCity Group, only those clubs who continue to send its members on a monthly basis, retain their membership.  

Each month, the I/C group provides signup sheets which are used to give attendance prizes.  The attendance sheets also act as the group "makeup" card for attendance at the visitor club level.

The District does NOT fund InterCity.  Each Host Club contributes Notice Prep and mailing costs.  Fines and other contributions help to defray badge
and materials costs.  Donations to our famous WORLD BANK help to support our Rotary Foundation in various forms. Paul Harris Sustaining Member donations are made occasionally in the name of someone attending.  Various other attendance prizes are awarded from time to time. Fines are assessed for a variety of "wrongs" from no Rotary pins being worn to a whole lot of other fun things…one person was fined for not wearing green…another for having his/her name in the paper…fines are limited to coins up to a dollar and are all for a good cause.
InterCity Committee also provides the means necessary for each club to RSVP its expected attendance for any upcoming IC meeting and provides dynamic speakers to each host club for the event.  It also, with advice and counsel of the host club, sets the price for the day.

The purpose of IC meetings is fun and fellowship of Rotarians from local clubs throughout the area.  Lunch meetings usually begin at noon and end by 1:30 p.m., including speaker time and award time.  Meetings are on the regular time and day of the Host Club, usually at the SAME PRICE the host club normally charges for its regular meetings.