THE FOUR-WAY TEST

Early Rotary members emphasized the importance of acting responsibly and ethically and using our professions as an opportunity to serve. Honoring our commitments, however bold, is an ideal characteristic of a Rotarian. In 1932, The Four-Way Test was developed by Herbert Taylor, a Rotary Club of Chicago member and 1954-55 RI president, to guide his attempt to save a faltering aluminum company. Rotary later adopted it and it underscores Rotary's value of integrity. The Four-Way Test has long served as an ethical guide for members to live by in their personal and professional relationships.

 

OBJECT OF ROTARY

In Rotary's first decade, members set out guiding principles that evolved into what is now known as the Object of Rotary. They added the advancement of peace in 1921 and made the language more gender-neutral in 1989 and 1995.

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:

FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.

SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society.

THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business and community life.

FOURTH:  The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

While your club may not emphasize all of these principles, understanding them puts your club experience into perspective and adds meaning to being a part of this organization.

 

 

 

 

 

Cliff Whitfield - 13 years

Frances Bowers - 2 years

Linda Goodall - 2 years

 

Birthday and Anniversary wishes go out to:

Absolutely no one this week. 

 

 

 

 

 

Satellite meeting winner was Laura Downing and she gave her money back to the club.

Lunch meeting winner was Randy Klein but unfortunately he drew the 10 of Diamonds! The POT STILL LIVES everyone and that stack of cards is getting small!

 

Sergeant at Arms - Matthew Trottier and he has been voluntold that he is the Sergeant at Arms for April.

- fines everyone a $1 if their name tag was not placed over their heart

- gave Tom a $1 fine because he was wearing Nancy's name tag

- fines Tom another $1 because he showed up for Rotary on Monday by mistake

- Matt payed his fine owed from last week

- Laura voluntarily payed a fine in the satellite club for forgetting to introduce guest Peter Gill

 

- Mark Scott had corrective eye surgery and is pleased with the results

- Tony Telford is happy the girls weekend went well for those in attendance

- Tony had a sad buck for his uncle who unfortunately contracted the flesh eating disease

- Laura was happy she attended Friday night shuffle board

- Laura is sad she fell while on the treadmill but is happy she is standing 

- Jack Nolan had $2 because he golfed with celebrity Larry Walker who will be entered into the Canadian Hall of Fame this year. He paid another happy buck at the satellite meeting!

- Paula Hill-Coulson had a wonderful girls weekend and is happy all managed to drive out and get home safe

- Tony T because Cathleen started back to work this week and another because he spent all day Saturday trying to fix his sled and it wouldn't run. But he took a break, had a couple hot totties (maybe more) and when he went out Sunday morning, it started right up!

 

 

 

- picnic in the park did not happen thanks to rain

- Charter night at the Mariposa Inn was successful with almost 50 people in attendance

- last minute Social exploration at the Arcade at the Old MCabes was an epic fail

- Euchre/games night is now Feb 8th

- will be exploring how to tackle a tour of the SS Kewatin. We can either have a mass group tour or possibly a few smaller Evening Picnic tours. Will look at the logistics of both

- possibility of a lunch tour at the Coldwater Mill and/or Quayles Brewery. Will be flushed out with programming

- goal is to have some event once a month. Any and all ideas welcome

- will have Presidents night in June

- will be having a committee meeting in February

 

- Club Service: initiatives include, better communication of the club's activities to the community through more vigorous marketing and PR efforts; boosting fellowship through club social events; encouraging leadership development through greater promotion of the District's Rotary weekend and bringing back Rotary 101

- Vocational Service: initiatives include conducting more classification talks and offsite meetings, development of a mentorship program and an annual Four Way Test essay contest for high school students.

- Community Service: recommendations include increasing involvement in hands-on projects, allocating funds for a specific purpose and participating in community project.

- International Service: the recommendation is to develop a game plan. We must decide on an area of focus and develop criteria for our international giving.

- New Generations: there was agreement to initiate or continue participation in the various youth programs (Rotaract, Interact, Youth Exchange and RYLA), but the club should learn more about them.

 

- Adventures in Citizenship underway. information has been sent out to the schools and we are awaiting applications. so far one has been submitted

- Georgian College Scholarship. We have not been contacted yet but we will touch base on the timing of this

- RYLA dates for this year are May 1-3rd so we have some time to get the info to the schools. It was decided to send 3 students again this year and have the schools chose the students.

- High School Dale Bernard Awards will be done in May and was decided to let the school chose the recipients as they know where the need is.
- No new news about Rotaract or Interact at this time

- Student Success is on hold due to the work to rule and revolving strikes at the schools

 

- Guardian Angels Christmas Wish Dinner. We are an original and continuous sponsor of their event that provides a full dinner for over 300 people. They are extremely grateful and tell us that knowing they can count on us has been key to continuing the dinner for the last 21 years.

- Loonie Lunch. This is a weekly hot lunch served at St. James Anglican Church. In addition to the donation we were hands-on in early December with a small team helping to serve and clean up. We helped feed and serve 113 people that day and donated more to the Loonie Lunch in previous years. Doing a repeat donation and hands-on is consideration for sometime in the spring.

- Salvation Army Christmas Program we have supported in previous years. They provide food hampers and children's toys for local families (done through job in assessing family eligibility for the support) 

- Back in September donation of $500 for Abby Cronk so she could go overseas for specialized scoliosis surgery that is not available in Canada. She had the surgery in October and from what we hear, she is progressing well in the recovery journey.

- In conjunction with Orillia Matters and their initiative called 'Random Acts of Kindness' we helped Chris Bellchambers replace his extensive lego collection after is was stolen from the park where he was working with some children. We sponsored $175 purchase.

- Independent Living Services: Money goes directly to people who can't afford mobility and accessibility equipment. This is a Simcoe County charitable organization with aging and mobility specialist and they provide a very streamlined path for those in need of this type of assistance. Our donations will go strictly to people in Orillia and the immediate area. They also provide us detailed reports on who our support ends up assisting.

- The Lighthouse. We have committed to their 'FEED 50' program which we also did last year. This involves a full dinner for 50 where we will buy the food, prepare, serve and clean up. Our date is Tuesday March 3rd and we are looking for volunteers. Our costs for the meal are likely to be in the $250 range and we will also expect to make a donation of $250