What are Gravesend Rotarians and what do they do?
A Rotarian can come from any business or profession from Acupuncturist to Zoo keeper and he or she will work or live locally. The Rotary motto is “Service Above Self” and as part of our personal “hands on” service to the local community:- Every year we take about 100 local people who might otherwise not get out, for visits out into the countryside. Every week for fifteen years, we took local blind people to Dartford to enjoy an evenings dancing. For nearly 20 years we visited schools and have given the school leavers an experience of being interviewed for a job. And also we visit schools and discuss the problems of finance that school leavers might face when they start work. To help parents recognise the first signs of drug or solvent abuse and fight the menace to young children we have produced and distribute Drug Awareness cards to primary school parents. And each year provide a specialised teaching caravan which visits local schools with its own specially trained teacher to instruct
