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Avenues of Service
We channel our commitment to service at home and abroad through the Avenues of Service, which are the foundation of club activity.
 
  1. Julie Paxton, Club Service Director:  The 1st Avenue of Service, involves action a member should take within his or her club to help it function successfully.  Through CLUB SERVICE, we have fun, build lasting friendships, and make sure that our club runs well.  Club Service is regarded by many Rotary leaders as the most important part of the Club mechanism because without a vitally functioning club, little else can be performed via the other Avenues of Service!  Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the smooth functioning of a Rotary club!
     
  2. PP Cheri Wegner, Vocational Service Director:  The 2nd Avenue of Service, has the purpose of promoting high ethical standards in businesses and professions, recognizing the worthiness of all dignified occupations, and fostering the ideal of service in the pursuit of all vocations.  Through VOCATIONAL SERVICE, we volunteer our professional skills to serve others and promote integrity in everything we do.  Vocational Service calls on every Rotarian to work with integrity and contribute their expertise to the problems and needs of society.  The role of members includes conducting themselves and their businesses in accordance with Rotary's principles.  Learn more in An Introduction to Vocational Service and the Code of Conduct.
     
  3. Rob Salas, Community Service Director:  The 3rd Avenue of Service, comprises varied efforts that members make, sometimes in conjunction with others, to improve the quality of life of those who live within the club's locality or municipality.  Through COMMUNITY SERVICE, we address local needs and work with our community to bring lasting improvements.  Community Service encourages every Rotarian to find ways to improve the quality of life for people in their communities and to serve the public interest.  Learn more in Communities in Action: A Guide to Effective Projects.
     
  4. PP/PADG Vic Camacho, International Service Director:  The 4th Avenue of Service, comprises those activities that members do to advance international understanding, goodwill, and peace by fostering acquaintance with people of other countries, their cultures, customs, accomplishments, aspirations, and problems, through reading and correspondence and through cooperation in all club activities and projects designed to help people in other lands.  Through INTERNATIONAL SERVICE, we meet humanitarian needs around the globe and promote world understanding and peace.  International Service exemplifies our global reach in promoting peace and understanding.  We support this service avenue by sponsoring or volunteering on international projects, seeking partners abroad, and more.
     
  5. Carina Fejerang, Youth Service Director:  The 5th Avenue of Service refers to the youngest generation in the family of Rotary.  Youth Service recognizes the importance of empowering youth and young professionals through leadership development programs such as Rotaract, Interact, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) and Rotary Youth Exchange.  Others are service-minded young people involved in Rotary club and district activities.  Through YOUTH SERVICE, we work with young people to help them become the next generation of leaders, visionaries, and peacemakers.  Youth Service became Rotary's 5th Avenue of Service in 2010. It is defined in article 5 of the Standard Rotary Club Constitution:  Youth Service recognizes the positive change implemented by youth and young adults through leadership development activities, involvement in community and international service projects, and exchange programs that enrich and foster world peace and cultural understanding.  Rotary clubs are committed to involving youth and young adults in their vocational, community, and international service projects, and to providing programs and resources that support them.
     
  6. Misaki Toves, The Rotary Foundation Director:  The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International was established in 1917 as an endowment fund.  It was named The Rotary Foundation by the 1928 convention.  In 1931, it was organized as a trust, and in 1983 established as a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of the State of Illinois, USA.  The Rotary Foundation is operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes by the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation in accordance with the Foundation's articles of incorporation and bylaws.  The Mission of The Rotary Foundation is to support the efforts of Rotary International in the fulfillment of the Object of Rotary, Rotary's Mission, and the achievement of world understanding and peace through local, national, and international humanitarian, educational, and cultural programs.