What Rotary Means to The Community
A few of the benefits accruing to the Community
THE ROTARY CLUB…..
- Tends to make the community a friendly one by promoting genial fellowship and thoughtfulness of others;
- Helps to obliterate factions by providing a common meeting ground and appealing to unselfish motives;
- Cooperates with and thereby strengthens other local organizations;
- Is a group striving to develop a spirit of whole-hearted cooperation in the handling of questions of public welfare;
- Is a non-partisan, non-sectarian group in a position to win popular support for plans for community betterment, however initiated;
- Serves as a training ground for constructive leadership – an invaluable asset to the community;
- Can, through Rotary contacts, in the interests of its community avail itself of the experience of hundreds of other towns and cities in improving themselves; and
- Links the community into a chain of many thousands of other communities in 167 countries all having Rotary clubs, thus giving it world affiliations and keeping it in the main-stream of world progress.
What Rotary Means to Club Members
A few of the benefits accruing to the Club Members,
THE ROTARY CLUB…
- Affords members an opportunity to express in a practical way those nobler desires found in everyone who wants to make a contribution to the betterment
of the society; - Gives members a new and increased opportunity to express in action their desire to be helpful to others;
- Widens constantly the members’ circle of friends;
- Increases members’ knowledge of business and professions other than their own, and gives them a sympathetic understanding of the problems of others;
- Encourages and supports members in their efforts to conduct their business/profession according to the highest stands of correct practice;
- Serves as an ideal means for developing members’ talents and capacities to the utmost – (many members have found new interests and new activities through the Rotary Club);
- Gives members a friendly contact and hearty welcome in almost every important city in the world;
- Increases member’s knowledge of world affairs and gives them a keener appreciation of the true character of other peoples; and
- Gives members the satisfaction of participating in a movement, which is building international understanding.