International Service G Promote global goodwill and understanding

for Scouts. Encourage exchange programsamongScouts.

G Provide scholarships, assist young people inearningfeesnecessaryforjamborees,etc.

G Encourage home visits for foreign students,members of Scouting groups and RotaryExchangestudents

G Provide International Scout personnel for the local camp staff – see your local Scoutorganizationfordetails.

G Encourageprogramsandprojectswhichcouldbe used in International Matching grants programs.

G Secureforeign visitors for special appearances atScoutingfunctionsandRotaryClub.

G Promote World Community Service projectsincooperationwithRotaryclubsandScoutsinanothercountry.

G Promote“Pen Pals”

G Scrap booksregardingunitactivities

G Serveashost for foreign visitors forlocalScoutOrganization’sInternationalCommittee

G Sponsor a “foreign student” toattendschoolforoneyear

G Host “get acquainted” meeting for foreignstudentsatlocalcollege

Community Service3 PromoteRYLAamongScouts.

3 Sponsor Scouting Units. Provide manpowerand $ resources for Scouting projects locally,nationally,andinternationally.

3 Urge others to provide community $$$ resources tosupportlocalScoutingefforts.

3 In RotaryDrug Awareness programs, includeScoutsandothersaswell.

3 Select outstanding leaders. Recognize themfortheirvolunteereffortsand inviteasguestsofClub.

3 Assist at Camps –providechaplaincyservicesandothercounselorsduringsummersessions.

3 Utilize Scouts/Guides as nucleus for Interact ClubatHighSchools.

3 DuringService projects include young people from Scouting. Thisencouragesthemto“DoaGoodTurnDaily”.

3 Literacy programs–encourageScoutstoserveas mentors and encourage book collectionprojects.

3 Food Collectionforfoodpantries.Scoutsarealreadydoingthisinmanyinstances.

3 Special disaster aid (collection, sorting &distributionofitems)

3 Santa’sHelperstobuild, paint & repair toys

3 Projectto aid military families

3 Anti-litter campaign

3 Assistwithlocal Blood Drive

3 OrganizelocalFirst Aid contests

3 Sponsor Poster contestsforvariousevents

‘Avenues of Service’

OPPORTUNITIES

SERVICE ABOVE SELF &

TO OUR YOUTH

THROUGH ROTARY

FOR ROTARIANS & SCOUTERS Written by: N. L. ‘Bud’ Allison

TheInternationalFellowshipof

ScoutingRotarianswww.ifsr-net.org

IFSRExecutiveSecretaryPOBox19982

SanDiegoCA92159-0982

(619)917-6338

www.ifsr-net.org

FORMIFSR40MAY2011

Vocational Service Secure Merit Badge counselors for the

hundreds of topics of interest to youth andthecommunitywhicharenecessary forScoutadvancement.

Provide a vocational day at School or other location–askScoutstoassist.

Provide scholarshipscoveringspecificareasofstudy.

Plan joint activities,whichwillshowRotarytoyoungpeopleandvisa-a-versa.

Hold a job fair for Scouts at camp or majorScouting functions giving the young peopleof your area an insight into how businessesfunction.

Use the 4 Way Test to explain ideals andpurposesofRotarytoScoutgroups.

Useyourbusinesstohelpprovideorhelp locate summer jobs or part time work.

Allow Scout Leader employees time off toparticipateinScoutingeventsandtraining(i.e.WoodBadge)andsharecostsrelatedtothesefunctions

Provide Vocational guidancetoScoutdistricts,councils,youthandunits.

Assistunitleadersinproviding Rotary members opportunitiestoinviteScoutmemberstovisitplaces of business to learn about how 4-WayTest can strengthen community interest andrelationships.

THE INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF SCOUTING ROTARIANS SHOULD PLAY A MAJOR ROLE TO BRING ADDITIONAL EMPHASIS TO THE SCOUTING – ROTARY LINKAGE.

Use the Four Avenues of Service

WeencourageeachRotaryClubtostructureprogram& goals to strengthen ties in the community andinclude the Four Avenues of Service.With a littleimagination, these opportunities can aid theClubGoals&thoseofthelocalScoutingleadership.

CLUB SERVICEã Secure CLUB speakers and other programs

from youth and adult members of Scouting.Have club members volunteer to assist withScoutprojects intheirprofessionalandhobbyareasofexpertise.

ã When holding club meetings, conferences,conventions and other events secure the services of Scouts/leaders to assist asrunners, etc. Especially good for opening andclosingceremonies.

ã Seek your friends in Scouting as potentialsformembershipinyourclub.

ã Createjoint fund raising and service projects, whichwillaidbothgroups.

ã Invite Scouts and leaders as guests of your club tomeet and participate in someof yourlocal service projects. Recognize outstandingleaders,bothyouthandadult.

ã Recognize Scouts at Club meetingswhentheyattain the top rank in their program. SpecialcertificatesareavailablefromtheInternationalFellowshipofScoutingRotariansforyouruse.

A Brief History of IFSR

At the Rotary International Convention held inMexico City in 1991, several Rotarians who werealso Scouters met and discussed how to providean outlet for both interests through a fellowshipgroup within Rotary International. It was felt thatbecause of these dual interests and involvement,there should be many opportunities for past andpresent Scouters to further the Scouting/Rotaryidealsandrelationshipsatlocal,regional,national,andinternationallevels.

Thus was born the International Fellowship ofScouting Rotarians (IFSR). Numbering over 1,000members worldwide at the present time, IFSRpromotes the Rotary Motto of “Service AboveSelf”. After approval was received from RotaryInternational, IFSR joined the over 90 differentFellowshipsandActionGroupssanctionedbyRotaryInternational inwhich active Rotariansmay sharetheirinterestsandhobbies.

Like original Scouting, the first such group waslocated in the British Isles (RIBI) and is nowthroughouttheRotaryandScoutingworlds.Canada,EasternRussia(RIDistrict5010),theUnitedStates,Mexico and the Caribbean were formed into theInteramerican Region. The IFSR is structuredalongthe linesof theWorldOrganizationofScoutMovement,whichhassixdistinctregionsorareasfor administrative purposes - Africa, AsiaPacific,Arabian,European,Urasian,Interamerican.

The IFSR is a group of Rotarians dedicated topromote the Scouting Movement internationally.ThisFellowshipoperatesinaccordancewithRotaryInternational policy, but is not an agency of, orcontrolledbyRotaryInternational.