Greater Lawton Rotary Club 
About Rotary and About Us
ROTARY MOTTO—“SERVICE ABOVE SELF”
The Four-Way Test of Rotary serves as an ideal for Rotarians in all aspects of their business, personal and community services lives.  It is memorized by all Rotarians for daily use:

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?

 

 OBJECTIVES OF ROTARY

1.   The development of acquaintances within the Greater Lawton Rotary Club to facilitate and encourage service together.

2.   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.

3.   The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business and community life.

4.   The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

 

 

SOME OF THE GREATER LAWTON ROTARY CLUB SERVICE PROJECTS

ROTC and Scholarships to high school seniors to attend Cameron University.

RYLA: Rotary Youth Leadership camp for incoming high school seniors.

Rotary Elementary Track Meet: This is held annually for all Lawton Elementary School students, and is the LONGEST CONTINUING SERVICE PROJECT OF ANY ROTARY CLUB IN THE WORLD! - Since 1920.  Several current Greater Lawton Rotary Club members participated in the track meet when they were in elementary school, so it is a very popular project of the Club.

Greater Lawton Rotary Club Golf Tournament and fund raiser.

Flag project and fund raiser:  placing American flags in front of houses on major holidays.

Salvation Army's Christmas Angel Tree donation and support.

Salvation Army's Christmas Bell Ringing 

Decathlon Academic Team support at the State Academic Tournament

Rotary International Foundation support by each member (E.R.E.Y.)

Rotary District Water Project to drill water wells in Africa and South America

Donation of library books to selected Lawton Elementary Schools

St. John’s Baptist Church feeding of the needy

Financial Support of the Boy Scouts of America
 

HOW ROTARY GOT STARTED

Rotary was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 23, 1905, by Paul P. Harris, an attorney, and three of his friends:  Silvester Schiele, a coal dealer; Gustavus E. Loehr, a mining engineer; and Hiram Shorey, a merchant tailor.  Paul Harris’ idea was to promote fellowship among business and professional acquaintances.  Because the men met in rotation at each others’ places of business, their club took the name Rotary.  To make the club a representative cross-section of the business and professional community, only one representative of each business or profession was admitted in the beginning.  This was the beginning of the classification principle of membership. 

The original basis of Rotary was fellowship, but service to others became its focus.  Each club determines its own service activities, which it channels through four “Avenues of Service”:  Club Service, Vocational Service, Community Service and International Service. 

 If you are interested in becoming a member of The Greater Lawton Rotary club,
or being a Guest Speaker contact us. 

We meet at the "Wichita Room" in the Shepler Center at Cameron University
Lawton, Oklahoma on Thursdays from 12:00 pm to 1 pm.
          
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