Avenues of Service - Overview

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The Object of Rotary is to “encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise.”  Rotary is a service organization.  Since 1910, the Rotary Motto has been “Service Above Self.”

Rotary strives to achieve it’s objective of “Service Above Self” through activities in four primary areas.  These are often referred to as the Four Avenues of Service.  Our club has chosen to separate the aspects of service to Youth as a separate area (avenue) of Service that in other clubs is addressed under the avenue of Community Service.

Club Service

This “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.

Click here to find out more about Club Service at Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise.

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 aged, the handicapped, and those most in need of assistance.  Rotarians strive to promote the ideal of service in their personal, business, and community lives.

Click here to find out more about Community Service at Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise.

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.

Click here to find out more about International Service at Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise.

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.

Click here to find out more about Vocational Service at Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise.

Youth Service

This area provides the opportunity members of our club to work specifically in the area of service to children and youth in our community.  We work with a number of educational institutions, community organisations and other not for profit organisations focussing on the needs of children and youth in our community and in other parts of the world.

Click here to find out more about Youth Service at Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise.

A majority of the information on this page came from the following sources:

The Object of Rotary page on the Rotary International web site

The ABCs of Rotary by Clifford L. Dochterman, published by Rotary International.