The Object of Rotary
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
* FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
* SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful
occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
* THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
* FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business
and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Avenues of Service
Based on the Object of Rotary, the Avenues of Service are Rotary’s philosophical cornerstone and the foundation on which club activity is based:
* Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning of the club.
* Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards.
* Community Service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community.
* International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary’s humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace.
The Four-Way Test
The test, which has been translated into more than 100 languages, asks the following questions:
Of the things we think, say or do
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Mission Statement
The mission of Rotary International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs, is to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
Diversity and Rotary
Rotary International recognizes the value of diversity within individual clubs. Rotary encourages clubs to assess those in their communities who are eligible for membership, under existing membership guidelines, and to endeavor to include the appropriate range of individuals in their clubs. A club that reflects its community with regard to professional and business classification, gender, age, religion, and ethnicity is a club with the key to its future.
Moving toward the future
In 2001-02, Rotary International began developing a strategic plan to guide the organization as it entered its second century of service. In June 2007, the Board of Directors approved the RI Strategic Plan 2007-10, which identifies seven priorities:
* Eradicate polio.
* Advance the internal and external recognition and public image of Rotary.
* Increase Rotary’s capacity to provide service to others.
* Expand membership globally in both numbers and quality.
* Emphasize Rotary’s unique vocational service commitment.
* Optimize the use and development of leadership talents within RI.
* Fully implement the strategic planning process to ensure continuity and consistency throughout the organization.
Things we have done in last year.
FIRST, We set out to continue all our great projects like:
1. Summer community picnics in Rotary Parks;
2. Holiday Parade;
3 Donation of books to the library in the name of our weekly speakers;
4. Police and fire appreciation lunch and scholarships;
5. Donation of a dictionary to every third grader attending school in the City of Wayne;
6. Bell-ringing and other support for the Salvation Army at Christmas time;
7. Participation in the BPW’s Reality Store at WMHS and John Glenn;
8. Scholarships for seniors at WMHS Upward Bound Students, music students, etc.;
9. Sending WMHS students to RYLA; and
10. Our physical and financial support of the Casa de la Nina orphanage, Maria Mazzarella
School and School at Santa Cruz, in Honduras.
11. Wayne Road Clean-up in Spring and Fall.
SECOND, here’s what else we did:
1. Raised more money than ever in our fundraisers (new and old):
(A) Sold T-shirts at the First Michigan Avenue Cruise last summer - made $1,200 in one afternoon.
(B) Chili cookoff, euchre tournament and trivia live at the Wheelfest, in addition to sale of raffle tickets for the Harley
Davidson motorcycle ($3,800 at Chili Cookoff, Euchre Tournament and Trivia Live), $1,600 for Harley tickets.
(C) Two dueling pianos events in October ($2,400);
(D) Parisian Community Day booklet sales ($1,200);
(E) Bell-ringing for the Salvation Army ($1,500);
(F) Best Friends Forever Tea Party and Fashion Show for Jonah Hurley ($13,000);
(G) Texas Hold’em Millionaire Party at U.S. 12 Bar and Grille ($2,000).
(H) Off to the Races Event ($3,750).
WE RAISED over $30,000 this year: of that, $18,500 came in and went right back out –the Jonah Hurley event, the Salvation army bell-ringing, and Rotary Gives Back scholarships, leaving us with almost $11,500 for other projects.
2. Initiated the following NEW projects:
(A) Teen Court Classroom - renovated a classroom at WMHS to look like a courtroom so we could conduct Teen Court -
a juvenile diversion program - at the high school as part of the regular curriculum of the Business and Personal Law
class. We received a DSG in the amount of $2,400.
(B) Launched the Andy and Elmer Apple Dumpling Adventure story project - 2nd graders learn about the 4-way test and
ethics with a book and a coloring book and lesson plan. We received another DSG in the amount of $2,500.
(C) Partnered with WMHS to provide personal care items for students living in group homes and shelters.
(D) Set up and ran a train display at the Wayne Historical Museum to draw more visitor.
(E) Sponsored a fundraiser for Jonah Hurley, a 4-year-old suffering from Neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer.
(F) We hosted a Pizza and Pita Party for Seniors and Disabled Adults living at the Wayne Tower Apartments; and we
donated a Wii for their general purpose room so they could get some exercise while having fun.
(G) We are sponsoring the second annual College Fair at Wayne Memorial High School.
(H) Put together Welcome Packets for new residents of Wayne, containing a ton of great information about our wonderful
city, including information about our club!
(I) Collected used cell phones for a program that gets phone cards to U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan;
(J) Collected used children’s books for the Red Wagon project;
(K) Provided refreshments for a First Step reception at their new facility in Wayne;
(L) Added to our existing scholarship program by allowing prior year recipients to apply for a second year scholarship.
3. Three members of our club went to Honduras in February; and the Club has agreed to host an in-bound Youth Exchange student in January, 2010.
4. We won awards:
(A) The Hugh Archer Award for excellence for our Teen Court Classroom project;
(B) A Rotary International Significant Achievement award for the Teen Court Classroom.
(C) A Hedke award for our efforts in the area of Membership.
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
* FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
* SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful
occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
* THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
* FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business
and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Avenues of Service
Based on the Object of Rotary, the Avenues of Service are Rotary’s philosophical cornerstone and the foundation on which club activity is based:
* Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning of the club.
* Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards.
* Community Service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community.
* International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary’s humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace.
The Four-Way Test
The test, which has been translated into more than 100 languages, asks the following questions:
Of the things we think, say or do
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Mission Statement
The mission of Rotary International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs, is to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
Diversity and Rotary
Rotary International recognizes the value of diversity within individual clubs. Rotary encourages clubs to assess those in their communities who are eligible for membership, under existing membership guidelines, and to endeavor to include the appropriate range of individuals in their clubs. A club that reflects its community with regard to professional and business classification, gender, age, religion, and ethnicity is a club with the key to its future.
Moving toward the future
In 2001-02, Rotary International began developing a strategic plan to guide the organization as it entered its second century of service. In June 2007, the Board of Directors approved the RI Strategic Plan 2007-10, which identifies seven priorities:
* Eradicate polio.
* Advance the internal and external recognition and public image of Rotary.
* Increase Rotary’s capacity to provide service to others.
* Expand membership globally in both numbers and quality.
* Emphasize Rotary’s unique vocational service commitment.
* Optimize the use and development of leadership talents within RI.
* Fully implement the strategic planning process to ensure continuity and consistency throughout the organization.
Things we have done in last year.
FIRST, We set out to continue all our great projects like:
1. Summer community picnics in Rotary Parks;
2. Holiday Parade;
3 Donation of books to the library in the name of our weekly speakers;
4. Police and fire appreciation lunch and scholarships;
5. Donation of a dictionary to every third grader attending school in the City of Wayne;
6. Bell-ringing and other support for the Salvation Army at Christmas time;
7. Participation in the BPW’s Reality Store at WMHS and John Glenn;
8. Scholarships for seniors at WMHS Upward Bound Students, music students, etc.;
9. Sending WMHS students to RYLA; and
10. Our physical and financial support of the Casa de la Nina orphanage, Maria Mazzarella
School and School at Santa Cruz, in Honduras.
11. Wayne Road Clean-up in Spring and Fall.
SECOND, here’s what else we did:
1. Raised more money than ever in our fundraisers (new and old):
(A) Sold T-shirts at the First Michigan Avenue Cruise last summer - made $1,200 in one afternoon.
(B) Chili cookoff, euchre tournament and trivia live at the Wheelfest, in addition to sale of raffle tickets for the Harley
Davidson motorcycle ($3,800 at Chili Cookoff, Euchre Tournament and Trivia Live), $1,600 for Harley tickets.
(C) Two dueling pianos events in October ($2,400);
(D) Parisian Community Day booklet sales ($1,200);
(E) Bell-ringing for the Salvation Army ($1,500);
(F) Best Friends Forever Tea Party and Fashion Show for Jonah Hurley ($13,000);
(G) Texas Hold’em Millionaire Party at U.S. 12 Bar and Grille ($2,000).
(H) Off to the Races Event ($3,750).
WE RAISED over $30,000 this year: of that, $18,500 came in and went right back out –the Jonah Hurley event, the Salvation army bell-ringing, and Rotary Gives Back scholarships, leaving us with almost $11,500 for other projects.
2. Initiated the following NEW projects:
(A) Teen Court Classroom - renovated a classroom at WMHS to look like a courtroom so we could conduct Teen Court -
a juvenile diversion program - at the high school as part of the regular curriculum of the Business and Personal Law
class. We received a DSG in the amount of $2,400.
(B) Launched the Andy and Elmer Apple Dumpling Adventure story project - 2nd graders learn about the 4-way test and
ethics with a book and a coloring book and lesson plan. We received another DSG in the amount of $2,500.
(C) Partnered with WMHS to provide personal care items for students living in group homes and shelters.
(D) Set up and ran a train display at the Wayne Historical Museum to draw more visitor.
(E) Sponsored a fundraiser for Jonah Hurley, a 4-year-old suffering from Neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer.
(F) We hosted a Pizza and Pita Party for Seniors and Disabled Adults living at the Wayne Tower Apartments; and we
donated a Wii for their general purpose room so they could get some exercise while having fun.
(G) We are sponsoring the second annual College Fair at Wayne Memorial High School.
(H) Put together Welcome Packets for new residents of Wayne, containing a ton of great information about our wonderful
city, including information about our club!
(I) Collected used cell phones for a program that gets phone cards to U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan;
(J) Collected used children’s books for the Red Wagon project;
(K) Provided refreshments for a First Step reception at their new facility in Wayne;
(L) Added to our existing scholarship program by allowing prior year recipients to apply for a second year scholarship.
3. Three members of our club went to Honduras in February; and the Club has agreed to host an in-bound Youth Exchange student in January, 2010.
4. We won awards:
(A) The Hugh Archer Award for excellence for our Teen Court Classroom project;
(B) A Rotary International Significant Achievement award for the Teen Court Classroom.
(C) A Hedke award for our efforts in the area of Membership.
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