Menu of Service Opportunities

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Menu of Service Opportunities
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Menu of Service Opportunities

• The Menu of Service Opportunities is a
  recommended list of service priorities for clubs
  and districts. The Menu of Service Opportunities
  helps Rotary clubs focus on specific areas of
  concern to all Rotarians when planning service
  projects.

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Menu of Service Opportunities

• Literacy and Numeracy
• Children at Risk
• Preserve Planet Earth
• Urban Concerns
• Disabled Persons
• Health Care
• International Understanding and Goodwill
• Population Issues
• Poverty and Hunger

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Literacy and Numeracy

• Rotary clubs are encouraged to support literacy
  projects, such as reading to children, teaching
  adult literacy classes, and working with
  education professionals to improve literacy in
  schools.

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Children at Risk

• Rotarians are encouraged to focus their
  attention and resources on vulnerable and
  troubled children. Rotary clubs worldwide are
  working to provide education, housing, and a
  safe, secure environment for needy children.

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Preserve Planet Earth

• Rotarians are encouraged to live environmentally
  conscious lifestyles, to increase the number and
  diversity of environmental service projects
  carried out by clubs, and to promote awareness of
  the critical environmental issues affecting their
  communities and the planet.

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Urban Concerns

• Rotarians are encouraged to focus attention on
  areas of concern to all communities, including
  community terrorism, gun violence, domestic
  violence, ethnic and religious intolerance,
  unemployment, lack of recreational facilities,
  hunger, and homelessness.

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Disabled Persons

• Rotarians are encouraged to help prevent
  disabilities through measures taken against
  malnutrition, environmental pollution, inadequate
  prenatal and postnatal care. Additionally,
  Rotarians work on barriers to employment,
  providing job training to persons with
  disabilities.

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Health Care

• Rotarians initiate health care prevention and
  education projects. Working on many fronts,
  projects provide access to health care, build
  supportive environments, teach healthy choices,
  and prevent diseases such as polio, HIV/AIDS,
  malaria, or tuberculosis.

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International Understanding and Goodwill

• International Understanding and Goodwill
  encourages Rotary clubs, in both their local
  communities and communities abroad, to promote
  peace and goodwill through club-to-club contacts,
  international service projects, peace programs,
  and cultural and educational exchanges.

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Population Issues

• Many Rotary clubs focus on projects that help
  the global problem of sustainable development.
  Rotarians are asked to undertake projects that
  directly impact population growth and sustainable
  development.

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Poverty and Hunger

• Rotarians are encouraged to conduct service
  projects to help conquer poverty and hunger in
  communities around the world.

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Resources

• The following resources are available on the RI
  Web site
• Communities in Action
• Menu Of Service Opportunities
• Rotary E-Learning Center