Vero Beach Rotary - Sunrise - Five Avenues of Service

The Object of Rotary is to “encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise.” Rotary is a service organization. Since 1910, the Rotary Motto has been “Service Above Self.”

Rotary strives to achieve it’s objective of “Service Above Self” through activities in four primary areas. These are often referred to as the Four Avenues of Service.

Club Service

This “Avenue” promotes the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service. It involves the activities necessary to make the Club function successfully and achieve its goals.

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Community Service

This “Avenue” relates to the activities that Rotarians undertake to improve the quality of life in their community. Particular emphasis is given to helping children, needy families, the aged, the handicapped, and those most in need of assistance. Rotarians strive to promote the ideal of service in their personal, business, and community lives.

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International Service

In this area, Rotarians strive for the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. International Service Projects are designed to meet the humanitarian needs of people in many lands, with particular emphasis on the most underprivileged children and families in developing countries.

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Youth Activities

The youth of our community are the fabric and hope of the future. In this area Rotarians work to instill leadership through example and special programs such as Rotary Youth Leadership Awards- RYLA, Rotokids - a program for elementary students; Interact - for students age 14 - 18; Youth Exchange, a program that today involves more than 82 countries and over 8,000 students each year. Our club has a strong and continuing working relationship with Youth Guidance and Rotary Camp Florida, activites we support to reach out to our community of less fortunate children.

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Fellowship Activities
This avenue of service is designed to foster deeper friendships among the club members, Rotary's excellence as a service organization or business-networking group may attract members, but fellowship - friendship and good relations among club members - is what helps retain our membership. Without good fellowship is would be difficult for our club to achieve any goals. It is more than an event that occurs throughout the year, it is a part of the fabric of our club.

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Information on this page came from the following sources:

The Object of Rotary page on the Rotary International web site

The ABCs of Rotary by Clifford L. Dochterman, published by Rotary International.