Straightforward Thoughts - Antonio Hallage

The tree of Rotary’s service Planting a tree has been since a long time a characteristic act in big Rotary’s events, as a symbol of the good we wish to humanity.

In adherence to the tree symbol we could bring into prominence some other symbols that could allow us to understand the beauty and the interconnection of institutional elements that we have developed along our organization’s history.

The ROOTS of the tree of Rotary’s service can be identified as our CORE VALUES. Service, fellowship, diversity, integrity and leadership, are as the roots that support a tree, give stability to this tree, and guarantee its permanent nutrition and perpetuity. Our core values are enriched when they are taken as role model of Rotary’s service and feed it back with the diversity of Rotarian’s expertise, with the fellowship derived for the weekly companionship and co-participation in projects, with the integrity of conduct of Rotarians in their public and private life and with proactive leadership, directed to do good to the community we serve, utilizing the individual talents to the collective good.

It is attributed to the CAULIS the same importance we give to our AVENUES OF SERVICE, that summarize the philosophy of action of our organization and that provide them with structure as the caulis of the trees, through the Rotarian’s action in their clubs. Through the philosophy of action that we provide to the various Avenues of Service and the robust way that we trace and structure our plans, is how we will be differentiating, like in the trees, a thin structure, flexible as the caulis of a palm tree, or the robust, resistant and millenary caulis of the cedars of Lebanon. It is because e of this that the content of the Avenues establish in the various areas of service: 53