Core Principles of Rotary

Five Avenues of Service are the foundation upon which all 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.

Youth Service

acknowledges the positive change implemented by youth and young adults to enrich and foster world peace and cultural understanding.

The Four Pillars of Rotary

Fellowship

The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.

Ethics

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.

Service

The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life.

Peace

The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Rotary International Causes and Programs

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