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About Vail Valley RotaryWhat is Rotary?Rotary is an organization comprised of a diverse group of professional leaders working to address various community and international service needs. Through community service and other means, Rotary Club members help promote peace and understanding throughout the world. Our members are our most important asset. They are the force that allows Rotary to carry out its many humanitarian efforts and achieve its mission. Rotary strives to achieve its objective of "Service Above Self", through activities in five primary areas. These areas are often referred to as the Five Avenues of Service. Avenues of ServiceClub ServiceThis "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. Vocational 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 aging, 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. Youth Service Rotarians undertake activities that help to improve the quality of life for youth in their communities. Particular emphasis is given to helping children, needy families, and those most in need of assistance. Rotarians strive to promote the ideal of service in their personal, business, and community lives. This is the newest area of Service and has been split out of the Community Service Area and given full Director status to Emphasize that while "Mankind is our business... children are our bottom line." |
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