EVERYTHING IS JUST UGH.
Forever ago, Leah's dad, John Rusevlyan, spoke at Forum. He's the immediate past president of the Rotary Club here in Florence. He also works at Whikert Realtors. He told us a little about his life in Arlington, then about how he just got up and left for Colorado out of the blue with no job. Next, he said that after Leah was born, they finally ended up here in Florence.
So, as we all know, the realtor business isn't what it was before. Due to the "recession" it has gotten pretty tough to be in that field. I can only imagine starting any type of business during tough economic times is hard; therefore, it is necessary that we know where we are going, making no waste of our resources. Then came the inevitable call to get involved.
So Rotary started a looooong time ago, 1905 to be exact, by Paul Harris in Chicago. It's actually the first service club in the world. It serves primarily as a fellowship/ networking opportunity. There are responsibilities that come with a membership of Rotary, such as:
The object of rotary is to set high standards, to apply service experiences to real life, to advance international understanding (hence the diversity statement above), and to further goodwill and peace. This club is internationally connected so as to alleviate poverty, improve health and help good education flourish. Speaking about health, did you know that Rotary was one of the principal backers of the eradication of polio? Cool, huh?
So about applying what members of Rotary learn to real life; they should ask themselves:
Forever ago, Leah's dad, John Rusevlyan, spoke at Forum. He's the immediate past president of the Rotary Club here in Florence. He also works at Whikert Realtors. He told us a little about his life in Arlington, then about how he just got up and left for Colorado out of the blue with no job. Next, he said that after Leah was born, they finally ended up here in Florence.
So, as we all know, the realtor business isn't what it was before. Due to the "recession" it has gotten pretty tough to be in that field. I can only imagine starting any type of business during tough economic times is hard; therefore, it is necessary that we know where we are going, making no waste of our resources. Then came the inevitable call to get involved.
So Rotary started a looooong time ago, 1905 to be exact, by Paul Harris in Chicago. It's actually the first service club in the world. It serves primarily as a fellowship/ networking opportunity. There are responsibilities that come with a membership of Rotary, such as:
- Keeping and promoting membership
- Service projects
- Developing leadership
- Supporting the foundation
- and the biggie: PARTICIPATION.
The object of rotary is to set high standards, to apply service experiences to real life, to advance international understanding (hence the diversity statement above), and to further goodwill and peace. This club is internationally connected so as to alleviate poverty, improve health and help good education flourish. Speaking about health, did you know that Rotary was one of the principal backers of the eradication of polio? Cool, huh?
So about applying what members of Rotary learn to real life; they should ask themselves:
- Is it the Truth?
- Is it fair to all concerned?
- Does it build good will and friendship?
- Is it beneficial to all concerned?
Mr. Rusevlyan left us with this: Don't wait for an opportunity, get involved! (Yep. That's what all this volunteering was for.)
No comments:
Post a Comment