The 82 members of the Bentwood Club look forward to their weekly meetings — enjoying a good meal, friendly fellowship, and to a brief report from some civic or non-profit organization. The real work of the club is done through the numerous ways the members put into practice the rotarian ideal of "Service Above Self."

Programs

Members of the Rotary Club of Brentwood join the 1.2 million rotarians serving worldwide in 32,000 Rotary clubs, meeting in 159 countries. Rotary International is an important non-governmental, non-religious, non-political service organization working shoulder-to-shoulder in serving humanitarian goals in the world.

• Golf Tournament
• CornFest
• Texas Holdem Tournament
• Holiday pancake breakfast
• Police Officers Appreciation BBQ
• Safety Fair Pancake Breakfast
• Trade Club
• Interact Meeting
• Habitat for Humanity — Mexico
• School Pancake Breakfast
• Kohl's Shopping Spree
• District Conference
• East County Historical Society BBQ
• Dictionary Distribution
• Every 15 Minutes
• TGIF

Details for upcoming events and programs can be viewed on our calendar or newsletter pages.

What is Rotary?

According to the Rotary International Headquarters:

Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian aid, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical regions.

Object of Rotary

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Four Avenues of Service

• Club Service: Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the smooth functioning of Rotary clubs
• Vocational Service: Vocational Service involves club members serving others through their professions and aspiring to high ethical standards. Rotarian's, as business leaders, share skills and expertise through their vocations, and they inspire others in the process
• Community Service: Community Service is the opportunity Rotary clubs have to implement club projects and activities that improve life in the local community
• International Service: International Service encompasses efforts to expand RotaryÕs humanitarian reach around the world and to promote world understanding and peace. It includes everything from contributing to Polio-Plus to helping Rotary Youth Exchange students adjust to their host countries

 

The Four-Way Test

From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. One of the world's most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The Four-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as RI president) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy.

This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The Four-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks the following four questions:

"Of the things we think, say or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"