all about rotary club of hout bay

Mainbeach3HBsmallRotary Club of Hout Bay (RCHB) meets every Tuesday evening - 6.15pm for 7.00pm at the Atlantic Boat Club, Hout Bay Harbour. These are the views from the clubhouse windows, so this is a club well worth a visit.Mainbeach4HBsmall   
 
 
 
  
HISTORY
The club was chartered in 1986 as part of District 9350 under the auspices of Cape Town's Rotary Club of Signal Hill, which acted as "mother" club, whilst during those initial years.
 
THE EARLY YEARS
ABCclubhouseDuring the formative years, when numbers stood at about 20 members, the club was a staunch supporter of Rotary International's "Polio Plus" campaign, Rotary Hout Bay being the first club in the Western Cape Province to answer the international call for polio funding.  

Twenty four presidents later the club is as strong as ever and recently won District 9350's "Best Project" prize,Pastpres continuing its long tradition of "service above self" to the Hout Bay community and surrounding areas.
 
THE FIVE AVENUES OF SERVICE
The club follows the five standard Rotary "Avenues of Service" in providing an outlet for its members and fot providing guidance on how they may best serve both the club and the community at large. The club follows the new administrative principles encouraged by Rotary International.
 
 
Dec09 019Go to any one of the below "Avenues", meet the current director and you will see his or her portfolio.  The club welcomes new members and lays strong emphasis on the creation of good fellowship, strong ties with the community it serves and youth development, particularly from disadvataged families or orphans.
 
Club Services Director is David Heath - for further information about this avenue of service - click here
Vocational/Eucational Director is Fedde Renkema - for more - click here
Community Services Director is David Walker - for more- click here
International Services - Director Mick Feuilherade - for more - click here
New Generations - Director Hans Kuhn - for more - click here
 
Rotary Club of Hout Bay has developed its own strategic plan for the forthcoming years in order to serve best its own community and also follows worldwide the same credo that all 33,000 Rotary clubs follow :
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                                                       The Object of Rotary
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
  • The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service
  • High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying by each Rotarians of an occupation as an opportunity to serve society
  • The application of the ideal of service by every Rotarian to their personal, business and community life
  • The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world-fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideals of Rotary
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