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SERVICE PROJECTS CHAIR: Dave Berry  808-955-6493  berrysinhawaii@aol.com	Service Project Tips
Presidential Citation 2008-09 Service Project (required) Initiate a local or international service project that reduces child mortality.

 

ROTARY DISTRICT 5000 SERVICE PROJECTS RESOURCES 2010-2011    The following are contacts in the district and at rotary international that will be helpful to you in planning your service projects   THE SERVICE PROJECTS TEAM   COMMUNITY SERVICE                               INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS PDG Roy King       VOCATIONAL SERVICE ROTARIANS AT WORK John Nie   WATER AND HUNGER PROJECTS Samir El-Swaify   808-396-3395                        elswaify@hawaii.edu GRANTS Dave Moncrief  808-236-0842  drm3@hawaii.rr.com OTHER DISTRICT CHAIRS WHO CAN ASSIST YOU WITH PROJECTS LITERACY Gale Warshawski msgale50@yahoo.com   NEW GENERATIONS PDG Claude Thompson                           OTHER RESOURCES   THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S NEWSLETTER – Each month the District Service Chairs will have helpful tips for you on how to identify, implement and complete service projects.   THE DISTRICT WEB SITE -  www.rotaryd5000.org   This is where we can help you share your successful service projects with each other.  Each area of service will have a link on the District Web Site.  We will also have FAQ’s for each area of service. There will also be a list of available International Projects, especially in the area of Water and Hunger.   ROTARY INTERNATIONAL WEB SITE – http://www.rotary.org/   On the Home Page, click on “Service and Fellowship” on the tool bar at the top.  This will give you a menu of many valuable tools.   STARTING A PROJECT – Assessments, Opportunities, Avenues of Service, Resources, International Projects, Partnering.   If you click on “Opportunities” you will get a very valuable tool called “Menu of    Service Opportunities”   PROJECT RESOURCES – Set goals and budgets, Finding volunteers, Publicizing a project, Evaluating a project, Project LINK, Volunteers database.   FUND A PROJECT – Project funding guide, Funding and other organizations, Humanitarian Grants, District Simplified Grants, Volunteer Service Grants, Matching Grants.

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 Five 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.

Click here to find out more about Club Service at District 5000 Rotary.

Vocational Service

This area represents the opportunity that each Rotarian has to represent the dignity and utility of one’s vocation as an opportunity to serve society.  Rotarians promote and foster high ethical standards in business and professions and promote the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations.

Click here to find out more about Vocational Service at District 5000 Rotary.

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.

Click here to find out more about Community Service at District 5000 Rotary.

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.

Click here to find out more about International Service at District 5000 Rotary.

New Generations Service

New Generations Service recognizes the positive change implemented by youth and young adults through leadership development activities such as Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), community and international service projects and exchange programs, such as Rotary Youth Exchange, that enrich and foster world peace and cultural understanding.

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.