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Alberto Arceo III
RC Bacolod East
District Secretary, RY 2014-15

October 2014

Vocational Service and The Object of Rotary

If we look at the Object of Rotary, the concept of vocational service can be found in the Second Object. This October being Vocational Service Month, let us ask ourselves 3 questions:

  1. What can we do to encourage and foster high ethical standards in our business and professions?
  2. What can we do to recognize the worthiness of all useful occupations?
  3. What can we do to dignify each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society?

There are many answers to each of these 3 questions and the answers will give us an idea as to the vocational service activity that we can do this October.

Some activities that come to mind are:

  • Give each Rotarian in your club a copy of the Rotary Code of Conduct
  • Ask a member of your club to give a classification talk
  • Conduct or sponsor a career orientation for 4th year high school students
  • Organize a tour to a club member’s workplace
  • Mentor young people in order for them to achieve their potential
  • Present a vocational award to someone in community

Lastly, vocational service should not just be during the month of October but every month. In fact, vocational service should be a way of life for every Rotarian.

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.

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