Avenues of Service

Club Service
Community Service
International Service
Professional Development

There are other support functions to aid the functioning like Editorial, Public relations, finance and Club development There are two types of Rotaract Clubs: Community-based, in which any youth who is eligible can become a member. Campus-based, in which only the members of that particular institution can become members.

Club Service
 Ensuring smooth functioning of all Club programmes.
 To oversee the responsibilities of the Sergeant-at-arms.
 Any activity which necessitates involvement of Club members such as    organizing or conducting fellowship games to display the talents getting    members to speak on their favorite hobbies at meetings etc.
 To develop/shape/motivate Rotaractors in attending meetings/projects    regularly.
 To assist a Secretary in his regular Club work.
 Membership development with the aim of maintaining balanced Club growth    in age, gender (if possible) and to carry out leadership development    programmes by assigning and guiding Rotaractors who have been assigned    specific tasks. Club Service To co-ordinate joint programmes with neighbouring Rotary/ Rotaract Clubs.


Community Service
 To plan and conduct a few community service projects each year, which will meet the important needs of the community such as literacy promotion ,concern for the aged ( visitt he homes for the aged/destitute/remand home etc.), drug abuse prevention, conduct interesting competitions for students of the local schools and colleges, environmental protection projects etc. Contact your sponsor Rotary Club President and request him to lend the R.I Rotary Club Committee leaflets on community service which will help you to plan your projects better, and will also give you an idea of the committees you can form.
 Create avenues for collaboration with other community support organisations.
 To advertise Rotary and Rotaract ideals for greater community awareness.
 The R.I. Calendar month to be noted is September - Youth Activities Month.


Vocational Service (Professional Development)
The vocational service is the avenue which aims towards promotion of high ethical standards in various business and professions, enlightening the Club members about various career opportunities and vocations, promoting excellence and achievement orientation in various vocations and business by recognizing and honouring the same and motivating the Club members to contribute their vocational skills to the benefit of the Club as well as the community.
 Some of the ways to excel in your role as director for vocational service is by n organizing Group/Pond discussion on various aspects of vocational service, like promotion of Rotary's Four Way Test, Career Guidance, Awareness and Information about various study and employment opportunities.
 Schedule vocational meetings at the vocational places of successful
 industrialists, businessmen and entrepreneurs, which will help your members
to know more about a wide range of vocations. Take the help of your parent Rotary Club President to organize these meetings.
 Honour any outstanding professional businessmen/ entrepreneur who has n excelled in his duties and has proved to be a role model forothers. Here don't concentrate only on the top level executives/ businessmen but even on the middle and lower level persons who have made a contribution to the community.
 With some efforts by your members to get financial sponsorship, you can hold n a vocational training programme for young men and women in various job oriented  disciplines.
  Refer to the R.I. Rotary Club Committee leaflets on vocational service available with your parent Rotary Club President.
  The R.I. designated month to be noted is October - Vocational Service Month.


International Service
 To organize projects with Rotaract Clubs of other districts so as to improve n living conditions elsewhere in the world and also to increase world understanding within the Rotaract Club as well as community.
 To promote member exchanges for limited periods of time for practical and n cultural experiences.
 Develop your ideas and plan projects such as a joint bulletin release with a n Rotaract Club in another country, invite international visitors to address you on interesting subjects, conduct community fund raising programmes for major natural calamities in other countries etc.
 The R.I. calendar months to be noted are n January - Rotary Awareness Month. February - World Understanding Month.

Program Policies
Guiding policies for the Rotaract program come from the RI Board of Directors, which consists of 18 past district governors from around the world, and the RIpresident who is elected annually by the Rotary clubs. Each year the RI president appoints a Rotaract committee whose role is to advise the Board on proposed changes in program policy. Changes to the Rotaract program that would affect the constitution of Rotary International or the RI-prescribed constitution of Rotaryclubs can also be considered and acted upon by the Council on Legislation.

RI Rotaract Committee
Each RI president appoints an international committee to advise the Board on the
Rotaract program. This standing committee includes both Rotarians andRotaractors from around the world. Those who wish to make proposals to theBoard regarding the Rotaract program should work through the RI Rotaract
Committee. Rotaractors interested in serving on this committee should ask aRotarian to submit a letter of recommendation on their behalf to the RI president- elect. All committee appointments are made at the discretion of the president- elect.RI Secretariat and RotaractThe RI Secretariat is made up of RI World Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, USA,and seven international offices in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, India, Japan, Korea,and Switzerland. RI staff are committed to providing excellent service inadministering the Rotaract program worldwide.


World Rotaract Week
the week of 13 March,Rotaract clubs and their sponsors join in a celebration of World Rotaract Week, commemorating the date on which Rotary International officially certified the first Rotaract club. In honor of this week, Rotaract clubs are invited to join with their Rotary club sponsors to carry out partner activities. Those who participate receive recognition from Rotary International.


Outstanding Project Awards During the week of 13 March, Rotaract clubs and their sponsors join in a celebration of World Rotaract Week, commemorating the date on which Rotary International officially certified the first Rotaract club. In honor of this week, Rotaract clubs are invited to join with their Rotary club sponsors to carry out partner activities. Those who participate receive recognition from Rotary International.
 The degre of collaboration between.
 Rotaractors and Rotarians.
 The level of project promation.
 The percentage of club members involved.
 Quantitative and qualitative results of the project.
 project innovation.

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