Neighbors Serving Neighbors: The Ruritan Guide to Stronger Communities

Neighbors Serving Neighbors: The Ruritan Guide to Stronger Communities celebrates the people, traditions and practical knowledge that make Ruritan service possible.This book explores Ruritan's history, mission and organizational structure while offering useful guidance for building stronger clubs, recruiting and retaining members, improving meetings, developing leaders, telling the Ruritan story and conducting successful fundraisers. It also features practical fundraising blueprints that clubs can adapt to meet the needs of their own communities.Written for current Ruritans, prospective members and anyone committed to local service, this book demonstrates how fellowship and goodwill become meaningful action.Every community has needs. Every neighbor has something to contribute. When people work together, small acts of service can create a lasting legacy.