The Marlton Rotary Club joined this global fellowship on March 2, 1970, having previously existed as a part of the Medford-Marlton-Vincentown Rotary Club. In the 35 years since, it has been active in working with children in Evesham Township, with the needy elderly, with township beautification projects—and with such worthy international endeavors as orphanages in the Dominican Republic and Romania, International Youth Exchange, and the PolioPlus program.
Marlton Rotary Club is known throughout the district as a friendly, personal gathering of men and women, of diverse ages and ethnicities who truly enjoy one another’s company as they meet each Tuesday for interesting programs and projects that will make their community and world a better place. In short, they meet together, dine together, laugh together, and work together, using the special strengths with which each member has been blessed—for the benefit of others.
The term “Four Avenues of Service” is frequently used in Rotary literature and information. The “Avenues of Service” refer to the elements of the Object of Rotary: Club Service, Vocational Service, Community Service and International Service.
• “Club Service” – involves all the activities necessary for Rotarians to perform to make their club function successfully.
• “Vocational Service” – is a description of the opportunity each Rotarian has to represent the dignity and unity of one’s vocation to the other members of the club.
• “Community Service” – pertains to those activities which Rotarians undertake to improve the quality of life in their community. It frequently involves assistance to youth, the aged, handicapped and others who look to Rotary as a source of hope for a better life.
• “International Service” – describes the many programs and activities, which Rotarians undertake to advance international understanding, goodwill and peace.
When a Rotarian understands and travels down the “Four Avenues of Service”, the Object of Rotary takes on even greater meaning!
• The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
• High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying by each Rotarian of his occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
• The application of the ideal of Service by every Rotarian to personal, business, and community life.
• The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of Service.
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
Rotary is the world’s first service club. The first Rotary club was founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA on February 23, 1905.
Rotary is 1.2 million service minded men and women belonging to 31,610 Rotary clubs in 166 countries.
Rotarians meet weekly for fellowship and interesting and informative programs dealing with topics of local and global importance.
Membership is by invitation and reflects a wide cross-section of community representation.
Rotarians plan and carry out a remarkable variety of humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs that touch people’s lives in their local communities and our world community.
Rotary is the Rotary Foundation, which each year provides some $60 million for international scholarships, cultural exchanges, and humanitarian projects large and small that improve the quality of life for millions of people.
Rotary is PolioPlus, Rotary’s commitment to work with national and international health organizations on the goal of polio eradication by the year 2005, Rotary’s 100th anniversary. More than one half billion children in developing nations have been immunized through PolioPlus grants.
The Marlton Rotary Club meets each Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at Scarturro's Restaurant in Marlton, NJ unless otherwise noted. Scarturro's is located on Route 73 South, just past Evesham Road (just past Target on the right). Visitors are always welcomed and need not make advance arrangements.
View Scarturro's Restaurant homepage for information on the meeting location.
