1. Community Service

2. COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES Community service is one of the Four Avenues of Service which encourages Rotarians to offer service to their communities. Community service is one of the Four Avenues of Service which encourages Rotarians to offer service to their communities. Every Rotary club and every Rotarian assumes a responsibility to find ways to improve the quality of life for those in their communities and to serve the public interest.

3. Community Service Community Service What is Community Service?  Encouraging and fostering the ideal of service to the personal, business and community life of every Rotarian.  Opportunities for every Rotarian to exemplify “Service Above Self”.  A chance to respond to the needs of a local community.

4. Community Service Community Service Community Service Projects  Are relevant to the community  Serve as a learning experience for Rotarians  Identify a Rotary club’s role in its community  Determine how Rotarians can help with the resources at hand

5. Community Service 7 Service Opportunities Highlights for 2010-2011 1. Complete a significant signature community service project involving virtually all your active membership and document it via video or pictures. 2. Conduct one or more successful fundraising events in order to fund the meaningful projects in your community. 3. Undertake a community service project that falls within one of the six areas of focus in the Foundation Future Vision plan 4. Spend more time and money on Rotary projects than funding other organizations projects that don’t have a clear involvement of Rotary (partnerships that recognize Rotary are great).

6. Community Service Service Opportunities Highlights for 2010-2011 5. Conduct a community needs assessment to determine the appropriate service projects for your community. community needs assessment community needs assessment 6. Apply for a District Simplified Grant. District Simplified GrantDistrict Simplified Grant 7. Conduct a Literacy project

7. WHAT ARE SOME COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES?  Project for Thanksgiving / Christmas  Hunting safety program  Collection of toys for Holiday  First aid program/blood Drive  Salvation Army – Bell Ringing  “Meals on Wheels”  Highway cleanup project  Developing a community park  Repairing and painting community homes  Volunteering to help local Boys’ or Girls’  Police-community Relations  Supporting a “Habitat for Humanity” project

8. COMMUNITY SERVICE THANK YOU! HAVE A GREAT YEAR