Community ServiceCommunity Service

COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

Community service is one of the Four Avenues of Service Community service is one of the Four Avenues of Service which encourages Rotarians to offer service to their which encourages Rotarians to offer service to their communities. communities.

Every Rotary club and every Rotarian assumes a responsibility Every Rotary club and every Rotarian assumes a responsibility to find ways to improve the quality of life for those in their to find ways to improve the quality of life for those in their communities and to serve the public interest. communities and to serve the public interest.

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What is Community Service?What is Community Service?

Encouraging and fostering the ideal of Encouraging and fostering the ideal of service to the personal, business and service to the personal, business and community life of every Rotarian.community life of every Rotarian.

Opportunities for every Rotarian to Opportunities for every Rotarian to exemplify “Service Above Self”.exemplify “Service Above Self”.

A chance to respond to the needs of a A chance to respond to the needs of a local communitylocal community..

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Community Service ProjectsCommunity Service Projects

Are relevant to the community Are relevant to the community Serve as a learning experience for Rotarians Serve as a learning experience for Rotarians Identify a Rotary club’s role in its communityIdentify a Rotary club’s role in its community Determine how Rotarians can help with the Determine how Rotarians can help with the

resources at handresources at hand

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Opportunities Opportunities Highlights for 2010-Highlights for 2010-

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1.1. Complete a Complete a significant significant signature community signature community service projectservice project involving involving virtually all your active virtually all your active membership and document membership and document it via video or pictures. it via video or pictures.

2.2. Conduct one or more Conduct one or more successful fundraising successful fundraising eventsevents in order to fund the in order to fund the meaningful projects in your meaningful projects in your community. community.

3.3. Undertake a community Undertake a community service project that falls service project that falls within one of the within one of the six areas of six areas of focus in the Foundation focus in the Foundation Future Vision plan Future Vision plan

4.4. Spend more time and Spend more time and money on money on Rotary projectsRotary projects than funding other than funding other organizations projects that organizations projects that don’t have a clear don’t have a clear involvement of Rotary involvement of Rotary (partnerships that recognize (partnerships that recognize Rotary are great). Rotary are great).

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5.5. Conduct a Conduct a community needs asscommunity needs assessment essment to determine the to determine the appropriate service appropriate service projects for your projects for your community. community.

6.6. Apply for a Apply for a District Simplified GraDistrict Simplified Grantnt..

7.7. Conduct a Literacy Conduct a Literacy projectproject

WHAT ARE SOME COMMUNITY WHAT ARE SOME COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES?SERVICE ACTIVITIES?

Project for Thanksgiving / Project for Thanksgiving / ChristmasChristmas

Hunting safety programHunting safety program Collection of toys forCollection of toys for

HolidayHoliday First aid program/bloodFirst aid program/blood

DriveDrive Salvation Army – Bell Salvation Army – Bell

Ringing Ringing ““Meals on Wheels”Meals on Wheels”

Highway cleanup projectHighway cleanup project Developing a communityDeveloping a community

parkpark Repairing and paintingRepairing and painting

community homescommunity homes Volunteering to helpVolunteering to help

local Boys’ or Girls’local Boys’ or Girls’ Police-communityPolice-community

RelationsRelations Supporting a “Habitat forSupporting a “Habitat for

Humanity” projectHumanity” project

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THANK YOU!THANK YOU!HAVE A GREAT YEARHAVE A GREAT YEAR