Rotary Club of Gibraltar: Gibraltar Rotarians in April

Object of Rotary

The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service to the community as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

1) The development of acquaintance as an opportunity of service.
2) High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
3) The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business and community life.
4) The advancement of international understanding

Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses & Professions

The Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses & Professions was adopted by the Rotary International Council on Legislation in 1989 to provide more specific guidelines for the high ethical standards called for the the Object of Rotary.

As a Rotarian in Business or Profession I am expected to:

*Consider my vocation to be another opportunity to serve.

*Be faithful to the letter and to the spirit of the ethical codes of my vocation, to the laws of my country and to the moral standards of my community.

*Do all in my power to dignify my vocation and to promote the highest ethical standards in my chosen vocation.

*Be fair to my employer, employees, associates, competition,customers, the public and all those with whom I have a business and professional relationship.

*Recognize the honour and respect due to all occupations which are useful to society.

*Offer my vocational talents to promote opportunities for young people, to work for the relief of the special needs of others and to improve the quality of life in my community.

*Adhere to honesty in my advertising and in all my representations to the public concerning my business or profession.

*Neither seek from nor grant to a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normallyaccorded others in a business or professional relationship.

Message For Prospective Members

Rotarians are business & professional leaders who take an active role in thier communities while greatly enriching their personal & professional lives.

A Rotary Club contains a diverse group of professional & business leaders from the community that the Club serves.

Membership in a Rotary Club offers a number of benefits, including:
* effective change within the community
* advancing business & professional contacts
* developing leadership skills
* gaining an understanding of & having an impact on
international humanitarian issues through Rotary

Monday, April 15, 2013

Gibraltar Rotarians in April

The Rotary Club of Gibraltar have been busy this month both socially and raising funds for charity.

President Jennifer Stentiford and Rotarian Sylvia Leay started the month by their annual delivery of Easter eggs to the sick children in the Rainbow Ward of the hospital and to the children of the Women in Need refuge.

This was followed by a very successful Car Boot Sale in aid of the George Pusey Memorial Fund held on Saturday, 6th April at the Bayside Road car park. There were many participants as well as browsers and shoppers looking for a bargain. Over £600 was raised.

On Saturday 13th April the Rotarians held their Spring Ball in the Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club. The evening was well attended. Among the guests were Commodore and Mrs Clink, Father Mark Jackson, Command Chaplain of British Forces Gibraltar and his wife, Mayor Anthony Lima and his wife Carmen, Captain of the Port , Mr Roy Stanbrook, his wife and of course Mrs Emily Adamberry-Olivero, Director of Gibraltar Clubhouse Project.

It was an evening of elegance and style with good food and wine. Entertainment included Casino style table games with many prizes generously donated by several local restaurants and businesses to whom Rotary is very grateful. Everyone enjoyed dancing to the music and singing of Peter Charles until the early hours of the morning. All funds raised from the evening will be donated to Mental Health Charities in Gibraltar .

One of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of the Paul Harris Fellowship Award to Mrs. Penny Pilley (see below for details)

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ROTARY PRESIDENT JENNIFER STENTIFORD'S PAUL HARRIS AWARD SPEECH SAT 13^th APRIL 2013

“Commodore and Mrs Clink, your Worship and Mrs Lima, Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our special charity event in aid of Mental Health. Also a special welcome to our friends from the Rotary Club of Bromley. I hope you are all enjoying yourselves so far.

Tonight is a very special occasion for one of our club members although they don't yet know it. They are about to receive a Paul Harris Fellowship Award.

Paul Harris, with three business colleagues, was the founder of Rotary in 1905. His vision being to form a Club that would encourage fellowship amongst the business community. Little did these four men realise that they had created the first Rotary Club. The name Rotary was derived from the early practice of rotating meetings amongst members' offices.

Today there are 1.2 million members in 200 different countries throughout the world in 34,000 clubs. In 1957 the Paul Harris Fellowship was established in his honour to express appreciation to persons who have contributed outstanding service to the Rotary cause.

Penny, the Rotary Club of Gibraltar recognises your outstanding service as our Club Secretary. You have gone over and above your position as secretary working tirelessly on behalf of the club, often burning the candle at both ends for the benefit of us all. Penny's approach to any problem is "nothing is too much trouble".

Therefore, it gives me great pleasure to present to you on behalf of the Trustees of Rotary Foundation, the emblems of a Paul Harris Fellow which are the certificate and a lapel pin together with a "gong" from the Club.

Ladies and gentlemen, please congratulate the newest Paul Harris Fellow - Penny.”