Welcome
Welcome to the Dublin Worthington Rotary. The Club was chartered in 1974. From the original group of thirty-five, the club has grown to over one hundered twenty five members representing a progressive cross section of the community’s business, vocational, and professional interests.
Dublin Worthington Rotarians raise funds for service projects which include purchasing holiday gifts for needy families, donating books to area schools, assisting families in crisis, and providing college scholarships to local high school graduates each year. Weekly meetings feature guest speakers who address the club on various topics of interest. Club social events occur on a regular basis and include gatherings like Rotary after Hours and holiday dinners. We invite you yo learn more about our club through this site or being a guest at one of meetings.
News/Announcements
- 4.08.2008: Club Organizer software beta is released to the club.
About Us
The Dublin Worthington Rotary Club was chartered in 1974. From the original group of thirty-five, the club has grown to over one hundered twenty five members representing a progressive cross section of the community’s business, vocational, and professional interests.
Rotarians are concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. One of the world's most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The Four-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy. This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary International in 1943, The Four-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks the following four questions:
Of the things we think, say or do:
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"
Locally, Dublin Worthington Rotarians are active raising funds for service projects which include purchasing holiday gifts for needy families, donating books to area schools, assisting families in crisis, and providing college scholarships to local high school graduates each year. Weekly meetings feature guest speakers who address the club on various topics of interest. Club social events occur on a regular basis and include gatherings like Rotary after Hours and holiday dinners. We invite you yo learn more about our club through this site or being a guest at one of meetings.
If you are intersted in attending a meeting or joining the Club, click here to email us.
Meetings
The Dublin-Worthington Rotary Club meets weekly on Wednesdays at noon. Meetings feature guest speakers who address the club on various topics of interest. From civic leaders, to academics, to business professionals, the speakers are sometimes provocative and always informative. In addition to guest speakers our meetings include a hot buffet Italian lunch, Club business and typically adjourn around 1:15 pm. Our meetings are held at La Scala restaurant at 4199 W. Dublin-Granville Road in Dublin, Ohio click here to see a map. Rotary Members as well as guests are welcome. If you are interested in attending a meeting and don’t know a member, contact us by clicking the email link below.
Dress is business and business casual attire. The cost of lunch is $10.
Projects
The Dublin Worthington Rotary Club is very active in the two communities it serves (Dublin & Worthington, Ohio) and internationally. Below are some highlights of our service projects:
In the community:
- Financed and built the “All Children’s Playground” at the Worthington Community Center and the Rotary pavilion at Linworth Park.
- Volunteer time and money in support of the “Dowd Education Center” at the Homeless Families Foundation.
- Assist with adult literacy programs.
- Provide holidays gifts for those less fortunate.
In support of youth:
- Provide over $10,000 annually in scholarships for high school graduates in Dublin and Worthington
- Volunteer time and money to “Kids Voting”.
- Tutor elementary school students.
- Purchase books for school libraries.
- Sponsor an area high school Rotary service club.
Internationally:
- Partnered with a Rotary club in the Dominican Republic to build a medical clinic for an impoverished neighborhood.
- Supplied an ambulance for a remote village in the Dominican Republic.
- Provide financial support for Rotary International programs in an effort to increase world peace understanding.
Membership
Rotarians represent a diverse group of business and professional leaders who desire to be involved in service and humanitarian projects. It is through these efforts that Rotary clubs internationally can effect change in the lives of their members, individuals in their communities, and people around the world.
The Dublin Worthington Rotary Club helps to enrich the lives of its members in many ways. Joining the club is a great way to meet other men and women who hold similar values. New friendships are fostered at weekly club meetings, planned social events, and through participation in local and international service projects sponsored by the club. As a member, there are specific time, professional and monetary requirements. If you are interested in learning more about membership, we suggest you join us for a few meetings as a guest, experience our particular club and determine if we're a fit. Please email us by clicking here and we'll be in touch with you.
Service
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.
Rotarians follow the Four Avenues of Service
Based on the Object of Rotary, the Four Avenues of Service are Rotary's philosophical cornerstone and the foundation on which club activity is based:
- Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning of the club.
- Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards.
- Community Service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community.
- International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary's humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace.
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