Avenues of
Service
Based
on the "Object of Rotary", the Five 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.
- New
Generations recognizes the positive change implemented
by youth and young adults involved in leadership development
activities, community and international service projects,
and exchange programs that enrich and foster world peace and
cultural understanding.
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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