When the thought of giving something back to the society came to my mind I thought, I want to do service and I can do whatever I can in my own little way. Why should I be a part of any organization? Why can’t I just do it on my own in my own community where I can see it myself? But I realized what is it that Rotary brings in. Meeting different people in various seminars and interacting with them gives an idea about how much planning goes into each of the activities undertaken by Rotary. Giving is not as simple as I thought it was.
We need to consider various factors like the level of impact our service brings in the society and the sustainability of the impact etc. I understand that a proper channel is important for the service to reach the right people in an efficient way. Pooling in our efforts towards a common Vision and mission will all the more take us in the right direction. Service through Rotary is totally a different experience altogether. Rotary lends u its brand name. Even a small group like ours gets very well received when we approach someone in regards to any service related activity. People give us their time, listen to us very attentively and would readily help us without having to worry about whether we are genuine. They know they can trust us and this makes a lot of difference.
For instance, We have collaborated with KBN college for conducting competitions in Youth services month. Though it was easy to get in touch with the administration through my network, it was only because of the rotary that they were very willing to collaborate and work together with us without any need of convincing them. They accepted our proposal to span the activities over two days. All it took was a half an hour meeting with them to pull up a wonderful event. I am very thankful for being associated with rotary. I hope the work we have done has made some positive change in the community.
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