The Vocational activities of the Rotary Club revolves around the following objectives:
- To foster high ethical standards in business and professions – to practise your profession with integrity, and to inspire others to behave ethically.
- To recognise the worthiness of all useful occupations – to help young people to achieve their career goals, and to guide others in their professional development.
- To dignify each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society – Rotarians learn about one-another’s professions and use their skills and expertise to serve the community.
As a part of these activities, the club involves itself in recognising worthy members of our community by presenting the following awards.
- RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) – involves the identification and selection of a worthy young candidate to attend the RYLA week at university – approximate cost was under $1000 per candidate.
- Pride of Workmanship Award – the recognition of a member of the local business community who has excelled in their workplace tasks / activities (approach, attitude, dedication, commitment, responsibility, safety, initiative).
- Stan Spencer Award – a $500 award given to a teacher who is an educational inspirator, in training, service to education, potential for excellence in teaching, care for disadvantaged youth, even a retiree continuing to contribute to the profession.
- Shine on Award – the recognition of a member of the community who is in some way disadvantaged but by their endeavours serves as a “Shining Example” to the Community.
- Community Service Award – the recognition of an individual who provides excellent service to the community and is dedicated to vocational service (Tracy Harris – “Dogs for Kids”, David Bromage – Scouts).
The other major activity the club engages in are holding Vocational Visits – but these are obviously not really a good idea under the current restrictions.
Finally, the last aspect of our activities involves having Vocational speakers to the club, an activity encapsulated by our Guest Speakers arranged every meeting.
Please would our club members assist us in identifying worthy candidates for these awards. Nominations can be forwarded to me (Brynton - brynton@desfab.com.au) along with a brief motivation. This will enable our committee to proceed with the necessary follow-up activities. The more worthy nominees we have in each category the better.
