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There
are three types of activities within the Rotaract
Program that all clubs undertake in varying degrees:
- professional
development
- leadership
development
- service
projects
... which in turn
involve:
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Organizing,
coordinating, and participating in local
community service projects
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enjoying social events, having fun,
and make new friends here and overseas
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participating in international humanitarian
aid projects
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organizing seminars and guest speakers
to aid their own professional development
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taking on various levels of responsibility
as part of their leadership development
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using various opportunities to hone
their public speaking skills
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Rotaract
Clubs in District 7450 have participated in an
exciting array of service projects and activities
over the last few years and some of them are as
follows:
- helped local
merchants decorate the downtown streets for
the holidays
- raised money
for the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation by fielding
a volleyball team in a tournament
- cleared invasive
vines at an environmental education center;
competed for and won first prize for the most
vines cleared
- traveled to
India to participate in Rotary’s National
Immunization Day
- repaired donated
bicycles, distributed them to underprivileged
children, and taught them to ride
- raised money
at a talent show to build a school for Tsunami
victims in cooperation with a Rotaract club
at the site of the disaster
- mentored and
tutored high school students in residence
at an ABC house
- visited with
low income elderly at Easter time and distributed
personal gift baskets
- traveled to
Mexico over Spring break to build houses for
the poor
- wrapped holiday
presents to distribute to underprivileged
children
Some
of the events planned for the Spring 2007 by local
clubs are:
- a fund-raising
evening for families at an indoor miniature
golf facility to purchase a clean water system
for an African village
- a business
card exchange for Rotaractors and Rotarians
to be held at International House in Philadelphia
- for all district
Rotaractors, a Spring workshop, service day,
and fund-raiser "coffee house" with
musicians from the Philadelphia area - to
raise money for PolioPlus
- a six-mile
walk against hunger to fund-raise for Philadelphia-area
food banks
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