Avenues of Service
For years, Rotary’s commitment to Service Above Self has been channeled through the Avenues of Service, which form the foundation of club activity.
- Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning of the club. Learn about effective club service in Membership and Training .
- Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards. Observed each October, Vocational Service Month spotlights Rotary club projects related to this avenue, offering opportunity for clubs and districts to use their professional skills in service projects.
- An Introduction to Vocational Service
- Model Project Submission Form
- Vocational Service PowerPoint presentation
- Rotary Code of Conduct (formerly called: Declaration of Rotarians in Business and Professions
- Vocational Service Speeches – International Assembly 2003-2011
- 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. Rotarians can support International Service by sponsoring a project in another country, seeking international project partners to support projects in their own communities, or by personally volunteering at an international project site. Visit the ProjectLINK database to post a project in need of assistance, find projects to support, or learn about successfully completed projects to replicate.
- Youth Service recognizes the positive change implemented by youth and young adults through leadership development activities such as Rotaract, Interact, RYLA, and creating international understanding with Rotary Youth Exchange.