ROTARY 101 Rotary International District 5000 WEBSITES FOR

ROTARY 101 Rotary International District 5000

WEBSITES FOR MORE INFORMATION Rotary’s International: rotary. org District 5000: rotaryd 5000. org

WHAT IS ROTARY? Rotary is an international membership organization • that enhances communities • improves lives locally and across the world • works on international projects that address today’s most pressing challenges. Being a member is an opportunity to take action and make a difference, and it brings personal rewards and lifelong friendships in the process.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL VISION STATEMENT

5 OUR MISSION We provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.

6 ROTARY’S MOTTO Service Above Self

7 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.

8 OUR STRUCTURE Rotary Clubs - unite dedicated people to exchange ideas, build relationships, and take action. Rotary International - supports Rotary clubs worldwide by coordinating global programs and initiatives. The Rotary Foundation - helps fund our humanitarian activities, from local service projects to global initiatives.

DISTRICT 5000 – HAWAII STATS 1, 500 53 7 30 2 Rotarians Clubs, including 2 eclubs (online) Rotaract Clubs (from age 18) Interact Clubs (12 -18 years old) Community Corps 9

THE STATS – ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 37, 000 10, 000 25, 000 537 34 270 Rotary Clubs 1, 200, 000 Rotarians Rotaract Clubs 183, 00 Rotaractors Interact Clubs 566, 00 Interactors Districts Zones Countries 10

PAUL HARRIS – FOUNDER OF ROTARY Born in Wisconsin, attended Princeton University and began his law practice in 1896 in Chicago. In 1905, he organized the first Rotary club in fellowship and friendship. First service project was to construct public toilets 11 in Chicago, the first step into the world’s first service club,

IN THE BEGINNING… On February 23, 1905, Paul Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele and Hiram Shorey gathered at Loehr’s office in Room 711 of the Unity Building in downtown Chicago. This was the first Rotary Club meeting. They decided to call the new club “Rotary” after the practice of rotating meeting locations.

13 TOLERANCE OF DIFFERENCES Our founder Paul Harris has repeatedly iterated: “Rotarians respect each other‘s opinions and are tolerant and friendly at all times. Catholics, Protestants, Moslems, Jews, and Buddhists break bread together in Rotary. ” And it is this tolerant attitude that prompted the Rotary International to adopt the following statement in 1933: “Rotarians in all countries should recognize these facts (differences), and there should be a thoughtful avoidance of criticism of the laws and customs of one country by the Rotarians of another country. ” Tolerance is a key to understanding among different peoples and nations.

14 THE FIRST YEARS 1905 -Chicaco 1905 -1910 -San Francisco, then Oakland, Los Angeles and Seattle. 1910 -The National Association of Rotary Clubs in America 1912 -Winnipeg, Canada. Name change: International Association of Rotary Clubs. 1912 -Rotary Club of London chartered 1916 -Cuba 1918 -south America 1919 -Philippines 1920 -India 1921 -South Africa 1922 -Name changed to Rotary International By 1925, Rotary had grown to 2, 106 clubs worldwide with 110, 500 members.

15 WOMEN IN ROTARY 1912 -Discussed in Ireland 1976 -Rotary Club of Duarte in Duarte, California admitted three women as members 1978 -Rotary International revoked the Club’s charter. The Duarte Club filed suit in the California courts, Rotary International then appealed the decision to the U. S. Supreme Court. 1987 -Rotary International then removed the gender requirements for club charters 1987 -The first female club president was Silvia Whitlock of the Rotary Club of Duarte Women currently account for 15% of international Rotary membership (22% in North America). District 5000 – 44% of our District is Female

FIRST WOMAN DISTRICT 5000 GOVERNOR 2000 -2001 Linda Coble 16

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18 THE ROTARY FOUNDATION In 1917, Rotary President Arch Klumph announced his idea for an endowment fund dedicated to “doing good in the world. ” Today, The Rotary Foundation helps clubs and districts work together to perform meaningful, sustainable service. Our toprated, award-winning Foundation has spent more than $3. 7 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects that help people in need around the world get clean water, medical care, literacy classes, and other essentials

19 ROTARY’S $20 MILLION TO FIGHT COVID • • • Ventilators in Italy Masks in China, India, Pakistan Medical supplies in Hong Kong Thermometers in Sri Lanka $155 k to Red Cross in Korea D 5000 - Disaster Grant • • • $5 k to RC of Hanalei for Kupuna CSA Box Program $5 k to Maui Clubs for the Maui Foodbank $5 k to Hawaii Island for the kupuna and ohana meal program $5 k to Oahu Windward clubs for emergency care packages $5 k to Oahu Leeward clubs for hygiene/care packages

20 District 5000 Grant $ (including club and World Fund matching funds) 2019 -2020: $419, 000 2020 -2021: $306, 000 subhead

21 PEACE FELLOWSHIPS Each year, Rotary awards up to 130 fully funded fellowships for dedicated leaders from around the world to study at one of our peace centers. The 2022 -23 application will be available in February, 2021 for 50 fellowships for master’s degrees and 80 for certificate studies at premier universities. Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan University of Bradford, England University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

22 ERADICATING POLIO WORLDWIDE Rotary works with partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), • World Health Organization (WHO) • U. S. Centers for Disease Control • Prevention (CDC) • United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Governments of the world Rotary’s contributions to the global polio eradication effort now exceed $1. 6 billion, including matching funds from the Gates Foundation. Since 1988, more than 2 billion children have received oral polio vaccine, and we’ve achieved a 99. 9 percent reduction in polio cases. It may be considered the greatest humanitarian service the world has ever seen, and every Rotarian can take pride in the achievement!

23 Unless we eradicate polio, within 10 years, as many as 200, 000 new cases could occur around the work each year. No child anywhere is safe until we’ve completely eradicated polio from this Earth. Donations pay for 150, 000 health workers who are in 60 countries, vaccinating 400 million children each year. every child.

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25 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT HOLGER KNAACK Rotary Club of Herzogtum Lauenburg. Mölln, Germany,

26 Rotary isn’t just a club for people to join, but rather “an invitation to endless opportunities. ” “We believe that our acts of service, big and small, create opportunities for people who need our help, ” “Everything we do opens another opportunity for someone, somewhere, ” said Knaack.

OUR CAUSES Rotary is dedicated to seven areas of focus to build international relationships, improve lives, and create a better world to support our peace efforts and end polio forever. 27

SEVENTH AREA OF FOCUS 28

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30 DISTRICT 5000 LEADERSHIP District Governor Chief of Staff Assistant Governor District Secretary District Treasurer Finance Chair The Rotary Foundation Membership Chair Public Image District Governor Elect District Governor Nominee Naomi Masuno (West Honolulu) Sonya Mendez (West Pearl Harbor) 11 Assistant Governors Beth Hoban (Honolulu Sunset) Bede Cooray (Windward Oahu) PDG Laurie Yoshida (Kauai) PDG Laura Steelquist PDG Nalani Flinn (Waianae) Janet Kelley (Waikiki) Sandy Matsui (Kaneohe) Randy Hart (Hilo)

31 FIVE AVENUES OF SERVICE Club Service Vocational Service Community Service International Service Youth Service

32 CLUB SERVICE Club Service focuses on making clubs strong. A thriving club is anchored by strong relationships and an active membership development plan. • • Club program –meetings, speakers Member communications Website Social events

33 VOCATIONAL SERVICE A personal commitment to represent one’s vocation or occupation to fellow Rotarians, and to exemplify the characteristics of high ethical standards and the dignity of work. • improve business relations while improving the quality of trades, industry, commerce and the professions. • offering young people career guidance, occupational information and assistance in making vocational choices. • Rotary clubs recognize the dignity of employment by honoring exemplary service of individuals working in their communities. • Vocational talks and discussion of business issues

COMMUNITY SERVICE Community Service encourages every Rotarian to find ways to improve the quality of life of people in their communities and to serve the public interest. • • Assess the situation Select projects Plan the projects Take action 34

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36 INTERNATIONAL SERVICE 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. International Service fulfills Rotary's mission of "advancing international understanding, goodwill and peace" throughout the world through the delivery of projects and programs in one of seven focus areas. International Service offers Rotarians an opportunity for international fellowship with an important difference– humanitarianism. • • works with local clubs to develop international projects design global grants of higher quality and greater scale by leveraging local Rotarian expertise establishing connections between clubs in the district and a host or international partner creating a network of local experts to help with project planning and the grant process Recent D 5000 global projects: Pediatric Orthopedics Vocational Training Team in Uganda, Rotary Eye Care Center in India, Chunder Drinking Water Project in Nepal, Baliguan Island Desalination Unit and Community Toilet in the Philippines, Mangingisda Elementary School Water Refilling Station in the Philippines.

37 YOUTH SERVICE Youth Service recognizes the importance of empowering youth and young professionals through leadership development: • Rotary Youth Exchange promotes international understanding and lifelong friendships by letting young people see another part of the world. Exchanges can be long-term or short-term. Short-term exchanges last from a few days to several months and often take place when school is not in session. Students typically stay with a local family in the host country. During a long term exchange, students spend a year in another country, attending school and living with host families. • Interact clubs for 12 -18 years old the chance to work together and have fun while learning about service and promoting international understanding. • Rotaract clubs (18 years old - no upper limit) that emphasize the importance of leadership and community involvement. • Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA). In an informal atmosphere, groups spend several days in a challenging program of leadership training, facilitated discussions, inspirational addresses, and social activities designed to enhance personal development, leadership skills, and good citizenship

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ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS ROTARIAN ACTION GROUPS Rotarians’ interests and hobbies are as diverse as they are. Two types of international groups offer Rotarians ways to pursue interests they have in common with other members worldwide: • Rotary Fellowships- recreational or vocational interests • Rotarian Action Groups-focus on specific service areas. 39

ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS Rotary Fellowships consist of members who share a common interest in recreational activities, sports, hobbies, or professions. These groups help expand skills, foster vocational development, and enhance the Rotary experience by exploring interests while developing connections around the world. Are you interested in a particular subject? Visit the group's website or email it to learn more. 4 x 4 vehicles, Amateur Radio, Antique Automobiles, Bathhouse, Beer, Bird Watching, Bowling, Canoeing, Caravanning, Chess, Computer Users, Convention Goers, Corporate Social Responsibility, Cricket, Cruising, Cultural , Heritage, Curling, , Cycling, Doctors, Doll Lovers, Draughts (Checkers), E-Clubs, Editors and Publishers, Educators, Environment, Esperanto, Ethics, European Philosophy, Executive Managers, Fishing, Flying, Genealogists, Golf, Gourmet Cooking, Hiking, Home Exchange, Honorary Consuls, Horseback Riding, Internet, Italian Culture, Jazz, Latin Culture, Lawyers, LGBT, Magicians, Magna Graecia, Marathon Running, Metalhead, Military Veterans, Motorcycling, Music, Old and Rare Books, Past District Governors, Peace Fellows, Photographers, Police and Law Enforcement, Public Health, Quilters and Fiber Artists, Railroads, Recreational Vehicles, Rotary Global History, Rotary Heritage and History, Rotary Means Business, Rotary on Pins, Rotary on Stamps, Rowing, Rum, Russian Culture, Scouting, Scuba, Shooting Sport, Singles, Skiing, Social Networks, Strategic Planning, Surfing, Table Tennis, Total Quality Management, Travel and Hosting, Triathlon, Water Polo, Wellness and Fitness, Whisk(e)y, Wine, Yachting, Yoga, Young Rotarians. New: Rotary Fellowship of Gin. Contact Gintastic Ted Faigle for info (RC of Poipu Beach)

ROTARY ACTION GROUPS Independent, international, Rotary affiliated groups whose members have expertise and experience in a particular area of specialization. Aligned with Rotary’s priority to increase humanitarian impact, they use their knowledge and passion to help clubs and districts plan and carry out impactful service projects. Each group oversees its own governance, membership, and activities in accordance with RI policies. Addiction Prevention www. rag-ap. org AIDS and Family Health www. rfha. org Alzheimer’s and Dementia http: //adrag. org/ Blindness Prevention www. rag 4 bp. org Blood Donation www. ourblooddrive. org Clubfoot www. rag 4 clubfoot. org Diabetes www. rag-diabetes. org Disaster Assistance www. dna-rag. com Domestic Violence Prevention www. ragfamsafe. org Endangered Species www. endangeredrag. org Environmental Sustainability www. esrag. org Food Plant Solutions http: //foodplantsolutions. org Health Education and Wellness www. hewrag. org Hearing www. ifrahl. org Hepatitis www. ragforhepatitiseradication. org Literacy www. litrag. org Malaria https: //ram-global. org Mental Health http: //ragonmentalhealth. org Microfinance & Community Development http: //ragm. org Multiple Sclerosis www. rotary-ragmsa. org Peace www. rotarianactiongroupforpeace. org Polio Survivors and Associates www. rotarypoliosurvivors. com Population and Development www. rifpd. org Slavery Prevention https: //ragas. online/ Water and Sanitation www. wasrag. org

ROTARY FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE • Rotary Friendship Exchange gives participants opportunities to explore new cultures and discover diverse perspectives. • Participating in an exchange is a wonderful way to make new friends, establish international service partnerships, and strengthen international understanding. 42

43 THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION The Rotary International Convention takes place each May or June and welcomes all members and their families. It’s generally held in a different world city each year and is attended by 20, 000 to 40, 000 people. The convention is an opportunity to celebrate Rotary and to network and connect with Rotarians from around the world. Future conventions: 2021 – Taipei 2022 - Houston 2023 - Melbourne 2024 - Singapore 2025 - Calgary

DISTRICT CONFERENCE- MAY 14 -16, 2021 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS IN HILO! 44

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL’S STATEMENT DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSING As a global network that strives to build a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change, Rotary values diversity and celebrates the contributions of people of all backgrounds, regardless of their age, ethnicity, race, color, abilities, religion, socioeconomic status, culture, sexual orientation, and gender identity. 45

THE FOUR-WAY TEST Early Rotary members emphasized the importance of acting responsibly and ethically and using our professions as an opportunity to serve. In 1932, The Four-Way Test was developed by Herbert Taylor, a Rotary Club of Chicago member It underscores Rotary’s value of integrity. The Four-Way Test has long served as an ethical guide for members to live by in their personal and professional relationships

Of the things we think, say or do THE FOUR WAY TEST – ADOPTED IN 1943 First Is it the TRUTH? Second Is it FAIR to all concerned? Third Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Fourth Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? Fifth Will it be FUN! (a D 5000 addition) 47

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