The West Salem Rotary Club has approximately 50 members. As a centennial project our Club installed a wading water fountain in a local park. The fountain includes a number of water features which are on a timer and spout or shoot streams of water that the kids can run through and play in during hot summer days. Over time our club has added benches to the fountain area, a partial fence to keep the water balls and other toys from being launched into the road and purchased new playground equipment for the park. It is very rewarding to drive by the park after a long day at work and see all the children playing in the fountain and on the new playground equipment. Our club has helped create happy childhood memories and experiences for many children in West Salem through these improvements to what was once a run down park.
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:
Mission
The mission of Rotary International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs, is to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
Moving toward the future
In 2001-02, Rotary International began developing a strategic plan to guide the organization as it entered its second century of service. In June 2007, the Board of Directors approved the RI Strategic Plan 2007-10, which identifies seven priorities:
* Eradicate polio.
* Advance the internal and external recognition and public image of Rotary.
* Increase Rotary’s capacity to provide service to others.
* Expand membership globally in both numbers and quality.
* Emphasize Rotary’s unique vocational service commitment.
* Optimize the use and development of leadership talents within RI.
* Fully implement the strategic planning process to ensure continuity and consistency throughout the organization.