A Rotary Community Corps (RCC) is a group of nonRotarians who share our commitment to service. RCC members plan and carry out projects in their communities and support local Rotary club efforts. Nearly 9,000 RCCs in 92 countries are working to develop future leaders. Learn about the role of RCCs in community development, how to establish an RCC, and how to partner with RCCs on projects.

1. Rotary Community Corps:
Community Solutions for
Community Challenges

2. Moderator:
Yinka Babalola

3. You Will Learn
• What are Rotary Community Corps (RCCs)
• How to sponsor and grow a successful RCC
• How to leverage RCCs to
 Strengthen Rotary’s network
 Develop future leaders
 Conduct effective service projects
 Ensure project sustainability

4. What Are Rotary Community Corps?
• They meet
regularly and plan
and implement
local projects.
• Teams of non-Rotarian men and women who
work in partnership with Rotary clubs to
improve their communities.

5. What Are Rotary Community Corps?
 illiteracy
 lack of safe
water
 hunger
 inadequate
housing
 pollution
RCC projects address a wide array of needs in
their community, such as:

6.  Take a minute to think about
problems facing your community
POLL QUESTION
 Share your findings with the
audience

7. RCCs: Flexible Partners in Service for Rotary
• Each RCC is sponsored by a Rotary club. The
sponsor club acts as its partner in service.
• RCCs may exist for the duration of a single project
or go on indefinitely to address various local needs.
• RCCs are everywhere
 in urban and rural
communities
 in developed and
developing countries

8. Who can join RCCs?
• An entire village, neighborhood, or community
association that wants to work together, or a diverse
group of service-minded individuals.
• RCCs offer
disadvantaged and
underrepresented
groups an opportunity
to empower
themselves and their
community.

9. Benefits of working with RCCs
Identify local needs
Community members take the lead in deciding what their
community needs
Develop leaders
Rotarians help RCC members develop leadership skills.
Foster change
RCCs are motivated to produce real, lasting results as they live in
the community that is being served
Sustain impact
RCCs can exist beyond the duration of a project, ensuring that
progress is maintained even if the sponsoring Rotary clubs are no
longer directly involved.

10. How to start a Rotary Community Corps?
• Tell your club about the RCC program and its
benefits
• Research the need for establishing an RCC
• Guide the process of forming an RCC once the
club(s) has agreed to sponsor one
• Identify & recruit at least 10 members for your
RCC from the community
• Introduce the RCC members to your club and
discuss ways of collaboration on service projects

11. Register your Rotary Community Corps with RI
• Find resources and application materials
at:
www.rotary.org/rcc
• Contact RI staff for questions
(rotary.service@rotary.org)
• This presentation is available through the
convention mobile app

12. Kirk Driskell
Rotary Club of Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
Rosemary Mukogo
Rotary Club of Highlands, Zimbabwe
Kam Breitenbach
Rotary Club of Parker, Colorado, USA
Doris Ensomo
Rotary Club of Makati-San Antonio, Philippines
Gary Smith
Rotary Club of Port St. Lucie, Florida, USA
Our Panel Today

13. Questions?

14. This presentation and others
from throughout the convention
are available through the
convention mobile app and on
SlideShare at
www.SlideShare.net/Rotary_International.

15. ROTARY
COMMUNITY
CORPS
Why Rotary Community Corps?
“Rotary Community Corps are local. They are part
of the community and help mobilize the commu-
nity. They ensure that local needs are met. And
most significantly, a Rotary Community Corps has
a vested interest in its own success. Their members
have to live with the results of their work; their
commitments are the basis for sustainability. Rotary
grant projects that establish Rotary Community
Corps help to ensure that the project’s impact lives
on in the community long after Rotary’s direct
support ends.”
— Ron Denham, past district governor and founder of the
Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group
For more information on Rotary Community
Corps and how to start an RCC, visit
www.rotary.org/rcc or contact your district
RCC chair or Rotary International staff at
rotary.service@rotary.org.
Take Action
A Rotary Community Corps can be formed any-
where a Rotary club is active. Reach out to people in
your community, ask them what challenges they’re
facing, and empower them to take action. Once
you find a core group of prospective members,
complete an RCC Organization Form (available on-
line) and submit it to Rotary International to official-
ly charter your group.
779-EN—(316)

16. Community Solutions for
Community Challenges
Rotary Community Corps (RCCs) are teams of men
and women who work in partnership with Rotary
clubs to improve their communities. Each RCC is
sponsored by a Rotary club and, as with Rotaract
and Interact clubs, the Rotary club acts as its
partner in service.
Some RCCs are created to undertake a specific
project, while others tackle larger, more en-
trenched problems on an ongoing basis. RCCs
set their own goals based on their communities’
specific needs. As representatives of the popula-
tion being served, RCC members bring enthusi-
asm, creativity, and sustainability to the projects
they design and implement. They offer community
solutions for community challenges.
Membership in an RCC is open to any adult in
the community who shares Rotary’s commitment
to service but is not a Rotary member. The RCC
model is flexible and can mobilize volunteers from
all walks of life. Meetings typically take place once
or twice per month and dues (if any are set) tend
to be minimal. This flexibility encourages diversi-
ty in membership and allows members to focus
solely on service projects. RCCs also provide their
members with opportunities to collaborate with
Rotarians and develop valuable leadership skills.
RCC Activity Around the World
RCCs are active everywhere Rotary is present: in urban
and rural areas, and in both developed and developing
countries. Here are a few examples of RCC activities:
• Japan: The RCC of Handa works with local schools
to organize disaster-preparedness classes for youth
of all ages. Activities include first aid, building porta-
ble toilets, and emergency food preparation.
• Kenya: The RCC of Cura Village near Nairobi es-
tablished a home for children whose parents have
died of AIDS. Many of the children are HIV-positive
themselves.
• United States: The RCC of Parker, Colorado, pro-
vides a powerful growth and enrichment experience
for the teens and adults with special needs who
belong to it.
• Guatemala: The RCC of Peña Blanca is working to
establish a community water system and a local
health center for their neighbors in a rural
community.
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