Benefits of Rotary

Can you have fun while giving back to your community? Can you gain fulfillment in helping others? Can you make new friends and build professional relationships while doing this?

If you’ve had the chance to investigate the Rotary International Web site at www.rotary.org/en/AboutUs/JoiningRotary/BenefitsOfRotary then you may have seen some of the benefits of joining rotary there. If you have not then you may want to know how Rotary can benefit your life.

One thing that Rotary can do is provide a source of networking. Although the main focus is on service, an original goal of Rotary was to allow club members to meet periodically and enlarge their circle of business and professional acquaintances. Rotarians represent a cross-section of their community’s business owners, executives, managers, political leaders and professionals.

You can network while making a difference. Club members have many opportunities for humanitarian service, both locally and internationally. Service programs address concerns like health care, hunger, poverty, illiteracy, and the environment. Rotarians regularly experience the fulfillment that comes from giving back to the community.

You gain new relationships while influencing those familiar with you to participate in your activities. Rotary sponsors some of the world’s largest exchange and educational programs. Rotary clubs provide innovative training opportunities for young leaders, and they involve family members in a wide range of social and service activities.

In their business and professional lives, Rotarians abide by The Four-Way Test:

“Of the things we think, say or do:

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?”

To find out more about the Kingston club you can go online to www.kingston-nkrotary.org or be a guest at one of their Wednesday meetings at noon in the Kingston Cove Yacht Club.