Avenues of
Service
Based
on the "Object of Rotary" (see below), the Four
Avenues of Service are Rotary's philosophical cornerstone and
the foundation on which club activity is based:
- Club Service
focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the
effective functioning of the club.
- Vocational Service
encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations
and to practice high ethical standards.
- Community Service
covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to
improve life in its community.
- International
Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary's
humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world
understanding and peace.
Object of Rotary
The
Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service
as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage
and foster:
- FIRST. The
development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
- SECOND. High
ethical standards in business and professions, the
recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and
the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an
opportunity to serve society;
- THIRD. The
application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's
personal, business, and community life;
- FOURTH. The
advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and
peace through a world fellowship of business and
professional persons united in the ideal of service
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