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SERVICE ABOVE SELF

Club 58601 in District 5890

Definition of Rotary:

Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards and help build goodwill and peace in the worlds.

 

Object of Rotary:

To encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise:

  • development of acquaintance as the opportunity for service

  • the promotions of high ethical standards in business and professions

  • through service of one's personal, business and community life

  • the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace

Rotary Motto

Service Above Self

 

Community Contributions

  • Since the inception of our club in February of 2002, we have contributed $21,408 to local and international charities to include $4,000 in local scholarships through January 2005…..

  • For the Rotary year 2004 – 2005, we have contributed $8,124 through January 2005.  A Rotary year is July 1 through June 30

  • Our club membership has also contributed an all-time giving of $14,065 to The Rotary Foundation

 

Attendance

Regular attendance is essential to a strong and active Rotary club.  Rotary stresses regular attendance because each member represents his own business or profession and thus the absence of any member deprives the club of the values of its diversified membership and the personal fellowship of each member.

 

The 4-Way Test

  1. Is it the TRUTH?

  2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

  3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

  4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

 

Four Avenues of Service

  • Club Service

  • Vocation Service

  • Community Service

  • International Service

 

New Member Sponsorship

  1. Invite a prospective member to several meetings

  2. Accompany the prospective new member to one or more orientation/information meetings

  3. Introduce new member to other club members each week for the first month

  4. Invite the new member to accompany the sponsor to neighboring clubs

  5. Ask the new member and spouse to accompany the sponsor to the club's social activities

  6. Urge the new member and spouse to attend the district conference

  7. Serve as a special friend to assure the new member becomes an active Rotarian.

 

Women in Rotary

In 1989 the "male only" provision was eliminated from the Rotary International constitution.  Since that time, women have become members and leaders of clubs and districts throughout the world.

 

Some Rotary "Firsts:

  • Club Meeting was in Chicago, IL on February 23, 1905

  • Regular luncheon meetings were in Oakland, CA chartered in 1909

  • Convention was in Chicago, IL in 1910

  • Club outside the United States was chartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1910

  • Club outside of North America was chartered in Dublin, Ireland in 1911

  • Club in a non-English speaking country was in Havana, Cuba in 1916

  • Established Paul Harris Fellow recognition in 1957 for contribution of $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation

  • Club banner to orbit the moon carried by astronaut Frank Borman