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• Community Service

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Community Service

• Community service is one of the Four Avenues
  of Service. Rotary clubs and Rotarians have a
  responsibility to find ways to improve the
  quality of life for those in their communities
  and to serve the public interest.

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What is Community Service?

• Community Service responds to the needs of the
  local community by encouraging and fostering the
  ideal of service to the personal, business and
  community life of every Rotarian. It provides
  Rotarians with the opportunity to exemplify the
  Rotary motto Service Above Self.

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Community Service Projects

• Community service projects
• Are relevant to the community
• Serve as a learning experience for Rotarians
• Identify a Rotary clubs role in its community
• Determine how Rotarians can help with the
  resources at hand

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Menu of Service Opportunities

• The RI Board of Directors encourages clubs and
  districts to consider the following nine
  community development areas when developing
  projects
• Children at Risk
• Disabled Persons
• Health Care
• International Understanding and Goodwill
• Literacy and Numeracy
• Population Issues
• Poverty and Hunger
• Preserve Planet Earth
• Urban Concerns

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District Structure

• The district Community Service chair
  coordinates and promotes club community service
  projects within the district. The chair
• Works with clubs
• Encourages district-wide participation
• Shares information and ideas with Rotarians in
  the district

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Benefit from RIs Structured Programs

• Consider how Community Service projects may
  benefit from the involvement of one of the RI
  Structured Programs
• Interact
• Rotaract
• Rotary Community Corps
• Rotary Friendship Exchange
• Rotary Fellowships
• Rotary Volunteers
• Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
• World Community Service
• Youth Exchange

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Resources

• The following resources are available on the RI
  Web site
• Community Service section
• Community Service publications
• Community Service staff
• Rotary E-Learning Center

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