ROTARACT ACTIVITIES

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Early career decisions are critical ones, Rotaract club helps their members make the most informed choices through marketing and management seminars; and career planning programs; and business technology updates. Business and professional support from successful Rotarians help make these programs especially valuable.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
 

Rotaract builds leaders and leaders build strong clubs with effective programs. Towards this end Rotaract clubs organize communication and public speaking seminars, talks on effective club administration, training programs for club officers, workshops that explore ways to organize and promote club projects, informative meetings about Rotary programs and activities.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
 

Rotaract club carry out at least one community service project each year in an effort improve the lives of the people around them. The possibilities for worth while projects are endless. To name just a few: Rotaractors volunteer as tutors in literacy programs support drug abuse prevention programs; offer job training to the unemployed; assist at orphanages and other activities for senior Citizens otherwise work to improve the environment.

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
 

Because Rotaractors want to learn more about other cultures and do their part to promote world peace and understanding, they undertake at least one international service project each year. Such activities take many forms. Rotaractors raise money for international disaster relief programs; make exchange visits with Rotaractors in other countries and host similar visits from other Rotaract club and volunteer their professional skills in international development and assistance projects.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Rotaractors work hard, but they believe in having a good time. They hold barbecues, car rallies, campaign trips, inter club visits, dances, cultural festivals, special lectures, sporting events and more. Sometime these activities are designed to raise money for a club service project. Whatever they do Rotaractors know how to have fun, make friends and make the world a little better in the process.

WHY ORGANIZE A ROTARACT CLUB
 

Today's young people will become tomorrow's parents, professionals, business leaders and community leaders. with the help of programs like Rotaract, they can gain the tools and skills necessary to develop into responsible, productive members of society.
A Rotaract Club is a Rotary Club-sponsored organization of young men and women between the ages of 18 and 30 whose purpose is to provide an opportunity for young men and women to enhance the knowledge and skills that will assist them in personal development, to address the physical and social needs of their communities and to promote better relations between all people worldwide through a framework of friendship and service and whose goals are:

• To develop professional and leadership skills,

• To emphasize respect for the right of others, based an recognition of the worth of each individuals.

• To recognize the dignity and value of all useful occupations as opportunities to serve.

• To recognize, practice and promote ethical standards as leadership qualities and vocational responsibilities.

• To develop knowledge and understanding of the needs, problems and opportunities in the community and worldwide.

• To provide opportunities for personal and group activities to serve community and promote international understanding and goodwill toward all people.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

• Genuine, wholesome and good friendship

• The acquaintance of persons

• Developing true and helpful friends.

• To serve the community

• To develop individual personality.

• Education in methods that increase the efficiency

• FRIENDSHIP

• BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• PERSONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

• LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY

• CONTINUING EDUCATION

• FUN

• PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS

• CITIZENSHIP IN THE WORLD

• ASSISTANCE WHEN TRAVELING

• ENTERTAINMENT

• THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SKILLS

• FAMILY PROGRAM

• VOCATIONAL SKILLS

• THE DEVELOPMENT OF ETHICS

• CULTURAL AWARENESS

• PRESTIGE

• NICE PEOPLE

• THE ABSENCE OF AN OFFICIAL CREED

• THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE