Four Avenues of Service
As a guideline for Rotary
Club programmes, RI has developed the Four Avenues of Service for Rotary
clubs. They are:
- Club Service –
Rotary’s first Avenue of Service involves actions a Rotarian must take
within the club to help it function successfully.
- Vocational Service
– Rotary’s second Avenue of Service. It includes promoting high ethical
standards in businesses and professions, recognizing the worthiness of all
useful occupations, and fostering the ideal of service in the pursuit of
all vocations. The role of the club includes developing projects that help
members contribute their talents to meeting society’s needs. The role of
Rotarians includes conducting themselves and their businesses in
accordance with Rotary principles and responding to projects their clubs
develop.
- Community Service
– Rotary’s third Avenue of Service comprises varied efforts that Rotarians
make to improve the quality of life within their club’s locality or
municipality.
- International Service
– Rotary’s fourth Avenue of Service comprises all the things that a
Rotarian can do to advance international understanding, goodwill and peace
by getting acquainted with people of other countries, their cultures,
customs, accomplishments, aspirations, problems – through personal
contacts, travel and attendance at conventions, through reading and
correspondence, and through cooperation in all club activities and
projects – including those of The Rotary Foundation – that will help
people in other lands.
To assist
clubs in planning a balanced programme incorporating activities from each of
the Four Avenues of Service, RI awards a Presidential Citation to
those clubs who meet the annual criteria. |
