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About Rotaract

Rotaract is a Rotary sponsored service club for young men and women between the ages of 18 and 30.
Rotaract is a way for young adults, who may not be ready or eligible for Rotary membership, to become involved in the Rotary family and contribute to their communities and world, in keeping with Rotary ideals.
Rotaract helps members with leadership skills, career development, community and international service and the development of good friends and good fun. Rotaract is often described as being like Rotary, but with better parties. Most clubs hold two meetings per month, with one as a business meeting and the other as a social event. The clubs also meet as needed for their service projects and events.
Rotaract clubs engage in local and international service, both independently and working with local Rotary clubs. Members address their communities physical and social needs while promoting international understanding and peace through a framework of friendship and service.
Rotaractors are true “partners in service” and key members of the Rotary family, who work hand in hand with Rotarians.

The Object of Rotary

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
  • FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
  • SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
  • THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
  • FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

The Four-Way Test

The test, which has been translated into more than 100 languages, asks the following questions:
Of the things we think, say or do
  • Is it the TRUTH?
  • Is it FAIR to all concerned?
  • Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
  • Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Community & College Based

There are two types of Rotaract clubs – community based and college based. College/University clubs have a built in recruiting tool and a pool of potential members. These clubs usually only meet during the academic year and therefore have some limits in retaining members (due to summer vacations and the duration of their academic program), and time limits for service/activity commitments.
Community clubs are active year round, but can struggle with membership and leadership continuity due to the mobile nature of the age group and the school/work/life schedules of the members.
““Without goodwill no system can succeed; with it even an imperfect one can scarcely fail.”
— THE ROTARIAN, July 1933



History of the Club

Soon to be published.

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