COMMUNITY SERVICE
Community service is one of Rotary’s Avenues of Service and it encourages Rotarians to offer service to their communities. Every Rotary club and every Rotarian assumes a responsibility to find ways to improve the quality of life for those in their communities and to serve the public interest.
Community Service:
- Encourages and fosters the ideal of service to the personal, business and community life of every Rotarian.
- Provides opportunities for every Rotarian to exemplify “Service Above Self”.
- Provides a chance to respond to the needs of a local community.
Effective Community Service Projects:
- Are relevant to the community
- Serve as a learning experience for Rotarians
- Help identify a Rotary club’s role in its community
- Respond to real issues
- Offer more than a “quick fix”
- Improve community members’ lives
- Incorporate the abilities of those who are served
- Recognize the contributions of all participants
- Are supported by members of the Club