Rotary Designated Months

Rotary has desinated months to help clubs Develop meeting agendas, projects, or public image campaigns based on these special occasions.

The Concept is to give all the clubs of the District a Ready Reckoner of the types of Service Projects, which could be indulged, during the Year, and help plan the activities of the year, mostly based on the Rotary Calendar i.e. Rotary Designated Months.

Rotary has desinated months to help clubs Develop meeting agendas, projects, or public image campaigns based on these special occasions.

July – New Leadership Month

Start of new Rotary officers’ year of service.

Tree Plantation
Reduce, Re-Use, Re-Cycle Waste

August – Membership & Extension Month

Membership and New Club Development Month, a time to focus on Rotary’s continuing need for growth, to seek new members and form new clubs.

Update your classifications list and circulate amongst members and accordingly fill up the Vacancies
Educate members about membership Procedure
Induct New Members
Invite Retractors to join Rotary
Consider inviting Local Personalities to be Inducted as Honorary Members
Organise Seminar on Club level & a Public meeting inviting non rotary friends and Rotary Alumni to emphasis Advantages of Joining Rotary

September – Basic Education & Literacy

Area of Focus : Basic Education and Literacy Month, Promote Liteacy and It’s a time when Rotary clubs and districts highlight Rotaract by joining in projects with their Rotaract clubs.

Initiate Adult Education class
Involve Youngsters / College Students as Teachers
Initiate E-Learning / Happy School Projects
Distribute Libraries
Develop Traffic park for Children
Arrange Traffic Awareness Lectures in Schools & Colleges

October – Economic and Community development

Area of Focus : Economic and Community Development Month. This month also includes : International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on the 17th and World Polio Day on the 24th of October.

Develop Micro Credit system
Organise Awareness Seminar on Self-Employment at Colleges/Universities
Organise Trade Exhibitions
Organise Buyers-Sellers meet
Take up Entrepreneurship Development Program
Organise Consumer Forum, a Public Meeting

November – The Rotary Foundation Month

Rotary Foundation Month. Clubs and Districts call attention to the programs of The Rotary Foundation and frequently cultivate additional financial support for the Foundation by promoting contributions for Paul Harris Fellows and Sustaining Members.

December – Decease Prevention and Treatment

Area of Focus : Disease Prevention and Treatment Month.This month includes : World AIDS Day on the 1st and International Day of Disabled Persons on the 3rd of December

Organise Medical Camp – Health Awareness for Eye Care / Dental Care
Providing equipment such as Artificial Limbs, Wheel Chairs and Calipers to the Physically Challenged Peoples i.e. Polio Sufferers
Provide low-Income, underinsured or underinsured Persons with the knowledge , skills, an opportunities to improve their diet, physical activity and other life habits to prevent, delay, or control, chronic diseases
Initiate Actions to Prevent and control Diabetes, Heart Diseases, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors

January – Vocational Services

Vocational Service Month During this period, clubs highlight the importance of the business and professional life of each Rotarian. Special activities promote the vocational avenue of service.

Distribute Four way Test
Distribute Vocational Awards to outstanding individuals, Arrange Vocational Visits
Awareness seminar on career guidance, Organise / Arrange in Plant Training
Start Vocational Education / Skill Guidance Centre. Start Part Time Consultancy centre
Helping Physically Challenged people to gets jobs

February – World Understanding Month

Vocational Service Month During this period, clubs highlight the importance of the business and professional life of each Rotarian. Special activities promote the vocational avenue of service.

Organise ‘MUNA’ (Modal United Nations Assembly) at College Level
Engage in reconciliation of broken families, restoring relationship
Help How people can live in peace with their families and their neighbours
Assist Young Single mothors whoare victims of sexually abused through training them with self-help projects. e.g. Opening small business that may help them with their children

March – Water & Sanitation

Area of Focus: Water and Sanitation Month. This month also includes the World Rotaract Week from the 7th until 14th of March.

Create awareness on water Conservation by Street play / Banners / Literature Distributions / Seminars at club level and for local community, Rain water harvesting awareness
Clean Drinking Water at Railway Stations, Bus Stations, Schools or Public Places, Re-user of waste Water
Create Public Toilets Facilities, Create Awareness on Sanitation at Schools – Colleges – Economically Backward Areas
Create Sewage / Concealed Drainage system, Bore Wells, Building Check dams
providing Carriers (Transportation Systems) to carry water pots

April – Maternal & Child Health

Area of Focus: Maternal and Child Health Month. This month also includes the Birthday of Paul Harris on the 19th of April.

Address the issue of Mal nutrition’s in Children and Pregnant Women
Develop a Hygiene Education program for school going children
Conduct Awareness Seminars
Provide Low-income, Underinsured women with the knowledge, skills and opportunities to improve their diet, physical activity, and other life habits to prevent, delay, or control chronic diseases
Promote School Health
Promote the adoption of physical activity in early child care centres, schools and work sites