{"id":186,"date":"2013-07-17T14:40:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T14:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.throtary.org\/downtown\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2013-09-23T15:26:42","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T15:26:42","slug":"membership-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.throtary.org\/downtown\/membership-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Rotary&#8217;s Mission <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rotary International sets out a clear objective. We, as Terre Haute Rotary, share these same goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.<\/li>\n<li>High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian\u2019s occupation as an opportunity to serve society.<\/li>\n<li>The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian\u2019s personal, business, and community life.<\/li>\n<li>The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What it Means to be a Rotarian<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0A Rotarian believes in Rotary and in what Rotary stands for. \u00a0 Above all, Rotarians believe in \u201cService Above Self.&#8221; \u00a0Being a Rotarian means maintaining high ethical standards in one\u2019s business, one\u2019s profession, and in one\u2019s personal life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Being an Rotarian means having the opportunity to experience the warm fellowship of a Rotary Club which can greatly expand one\u2019s circle of acquaintance, foster lifelong friendships, and help one do for his or her community what he or she might never accomplish alone. \u00a0Being a Rotarian means to be actively involved in the affairs and service projects of one\u2019s club. \u00a0Rotarians look for ways to get involved. \u00a0Rotarians demonstrate the strength of their commitment to Rotary in the service they render to their club, through their club to the community, and through the Rotary Foundation to people throughout the world. \u00a0Being a Rotarian is a way of life and can be a satisfying lifelong adventure for those who are willing to give of themselves to enjoy and benefit from all that Rotary has to offer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8211;JIM BOYD, Membership Committee<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>10 Reasons to Become a Rotary Member<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rotary&#8217;s Mission Rotary International sets out a clear objective. We, as Terre Haute Rotary, share these same goals: 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 of each Rotarian\u2019s occupation as an opportunity to serve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.throtary.org\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.throtary.org\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.throtary.org\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.throtary.org\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.throtary.org\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.throtary.org\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/www.throtary.org\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.throtary.org\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}