The Rotary Club of Ridgewood AM

Why Join Your Local Rotary Club?

You win

...by being associated with a well-established service club, made up of some of our communities' leading business and professional people.

. ..by contributing in a meaningful, hands-on way to many worthwhile charitable causes.

...by participating in fellowship and fundraising events where you will make new friends and contacts.

...by joining a global organization whose motto "Service Above Self" is more than words. It is a lifestyle.

Why we join Rotary:

• It offers opportunities for service and leadership
• It fosters friendship
• It provides us with a business network
• It offers opportunities for personal growth
• It links us to an international network of friends.

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Professional Networking

A founding principle of Rotary was to meet periodically to enjoy camaraderie and enlarge one’s circle of business and professional acquaintances. As the oldest service club in the world, Rotary club members represent a cross-section of the community’s owners, executives, managers, political leaders, and professionals – people who make decisions and influence policy.

Service Opportunities

Club members have many opportunities for humanitarian service, both locally and internationally. Service programs address such concerns as health care, hunger, poverty, illiteracy, and the environment. Rotarians experience the fulfillment that comes from giving back to the community.

International Awareness

With more than 31,000 Rotary clubs in over 160 countries, Rotarians gain an understanding of humanitarian issues through international service projects and exchange programs. One of Rotary’s highest objectives is to build goodwill and peace throughout the world.

Friendship

Rotary was founded on fellowship, an ideal that remains a major attraction of membership today. Club members enjoy the camaraderie with like-minded professionals, and club projects offer additional opportunities to develop enduring friendships. Rotary club members who travel have friendly contacts in almost every city in the world.

Good Citizenship

Weekly Rotary club programs keep members informed about what is taking place in the community, nation, and world and motivated to make a difference.

Family Foundations

Rotary sponsors some of the world’s largest youth exchange, educational exchange, and scholarship programs. Rotary clubs provide innovative training opportunities and mentoring for young leaders and involve family members in a wide range of social and service activities.

Social activities give Rotarians a chance to let loose and have fun. Every Rotaryclub and district hosts parties and activities that offer diversions from today’sdemanding professional and personal schedules. Conferences, conventions, assemblies, and social events provide entertainment as well as Rotary
information, education, and service.

Encouraging high ethical standards in one’s profession and respect for all worthyvocations has been a hallmark of Rotary from its earliest days. In their businessand professional lives, Rotarians abide by The Four-Way Test.

Rotary is an organization of successful professionals. Team building, fundraising,public speaking, planning, organization, and communication are just a sampling ofthe leadership skills that club members can exercise and enhance. Being a Rotaryleader provides further experience in learning how to motivate, inspire, and guide others.

Rotary’s classification system ensures that a club’s membership represents avariety of the community’s professional men and women, including leaders inbusiness, industry, the arts, government, sports, the military, and religion. Rotaryclubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.