The Rotaract Program

1
The Rotaract Program

• ,

2
The Rotaract Program

• What is the Rotaract program?
• How does a Rotary Club benefit from sponsoring a
  Rotaract Club?
• What are a Rotary Club's obligations to a
  Rotaract Club?
• Tips for successfully building up a Rotaract
  Club
• Pitfalls to avoid
• Rotaractors making a difference

3
What is Rotaract?

• The purpose of Rotaract is to provide an
  opportunity for young men and women to enhance
  the knowledge and skills that will assist them in
  personal development, to address the physical and
  social needs of their communities, and to promote
  better relations between all people worldwide
  through a framework of friendship and
  service.Source Standard Rotaract Club
  Constitution Article 2

4
What is Rotaract?

• The 5 goals of Rotaract
• To develop professional and leadership skills
• To emphasize respect for the rights of others,
  and to promote ethical standards and the dignity
  of all useful occupations
• To provide opportunities for young people to
  address the needs and concerns of the community
  and our world

5
What is Rotaract?

• The 5 goals of Rotaract
• To provide opportunities for working in
  cooperation with sponsoring Rotary Clubs
• To motivate young people for eventual membership
  in RotarySource Standard Rotaract Club
  Constitution Article 2

6
Benefits of Rotaract

• Mentor dynamic young men and women
• help shape the community's future
• next generation of Rotarians
• Valuable partners-in-service
• new ideas alternate viewpoints
• more help for your projects
• access to younger networks

7
Benefits of Rotaract

• Rotaractors are the enthusiasts who dare to try
  and explore. Rotarians are the practitioners of
  Rotary philosophy. By working together, they
  inspire each other and their horizons are
  broadened.
• 
  Florence Hui Rotary Club
  of Macau District 3450,
  Macau Former Rotaractor
  who joined Rotary in
  July 2005

8
Obligations to Rotaract

• Training
• Incoming Rotaract Club officers must be provided
  with training by the district
• Multidistrict training for DRREs
• Funding
• chartering a club
• club district officer training
• Rotaractors should fund everything else

9
Obligations to Rotaract

• Meetings The sponsoring club is encouraged to
• send a Rotarian to a Rotaract meeting once a
  month
• invite Rotaractors on at least a quarterly basis
  to their meetings and events

10
Building a Rotaract Club

• Read the Rotaract Handbook(available from
  rotary.org downloads)
• Another good resource is the Extension Manual by
  Rotaract in Great Britain Ireland(available
  from rotaract.org.uk)
• Visit other Rotaract Clubs
• Meet with your district's DRR and DCHR
• Source a suitable venue for club meetings

11
Building a Rotaract Club

• Identify potential Rotaractors (18 28 years)
• Family members
• Employees / work colleagues
• Members of other associations
• Any young adults you come across in day to day
  activities
• Extended networks

12
Building a Rotaract Club

• Identify club leaders
• Start planning activities
• Joint Rotary / Rotaract projects
• Events of other Rotaract Clubs
• Projects ideas through internet resources
• Help form their own identity
• Club t-shirts, website etc

13
Pitfalls to Avoid

• We don't sponsor a Rotaract Club because...
• There aren't any colleges in our area
• We're busy enough with our other projects
• We're a small club fighting for our survival

14
Pitfalls to Avoid

• Relationship damagers
• Treating Rotaractors as children
• Instructing / taking over rather than advising
• Expecting help / support from Rotaractors but not
  giving any in return

15
Pitfalls to Avoid

• A comment we often hear from Rotarians is, 'We
  tried Rotaract and it failed. All the members
  coupled up and left or got other jobs and
  left at once.' It is the role of a responsible
  sponsoring Rotary club to help Rotaractors to
  constantly recruit new members. Without
  constant and consistent strong Rotary support,
  the Rotaract club will not survive for long.
  Source RGBI Rotaract FAQ for Rotarians

16
Rotaract in Action

• Sustainable Recycling ProgramRotaract Club of
  Northern Caribbean University
• Promoting Recycling of Plastics
• Engaging community on and off campus
• Partnering with national agencies
• Promote the Rotaract Program

17
Rotaract in Action

• Park Clean Up
• Rotaract Blue Cayman Islands/ Rotary Central
• Promoting Environmental Awareness
• Addressing the needs of the community
• Partnering with sponsoring Rotary Club

18
Rotaract in Action

• ANNUAL INTER HOME SPELLING BEE COMPETITION
• Rotaract Club of Kingston Jamaica
• Fulfils Rotary Mandate of Promoting Literacy
• Excites children about learning and literacy
• 8th Annual Staging of event (2010)
• Over 100 participants from
• children's homes and places of safety
• Corporate Jamaica funding partners

19
Rotaract in Action

Shaken Not Stirred Rotaract Club of East
Nassau/ Rotary Club of East Nassau Joint
Fundraising Event Fully Coordinated effort of
Rotaractors and Rotarians Over US 50,000
raised!!!! for Rotaract and Rotary
projects
20
USEFUL RESOURCES

• www.rotaract.org
• http//www.rotaract.org.uk
• The Rotaract Handbook

21

• THANK YOU