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Why Join Rotary
Membership in Rotary offers a
number of benefits, including:
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Effecting change within
the community
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Developing leadership
skills
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Gaining an understanding
of -and having an impact on - international
humanitarian issues
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Developing relationships
with community and business leaders
To become a member of South
Austin Rotary, contact Jeff Christner, 512-391-5561.
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Membership
Rotary club membership represents a cross-section of the
community's business and professional men and women. The
world's Rotary clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical,
nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and
creeds.
The main objective of Rotary is service — in the
community, in the workplace, and throughout the world.
Rotarians develop community service projects that
address many of today's most critical issues, such as
children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment,
illiteracy, and violence. They also support programs for
youth, educational opportunities and international
exchanges for students, teachers, and other
professionals, and vocational and career development.
The Rotary motto is
Service Above Self.
See a
listing of
South Austin Rotary Member
New Membership Form
Member Orientation
(for potential & new members)
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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.
Vocation 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.
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.
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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