“It’s time for your voice to be
heard. Be an accomplice no more in your Rotarians’ Service. Drive your own cars”.
PP Ramon Dacayo, a Rotary
Coordinator from the Rotary International, coached and empowered the
Rotaractors all over the Philippines to play fair in the bestowed games of
Rotary’s Advocacies and Awareness during the 2016 Pilipinas Rotaract Convention
at L’ Fisher Hotel, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.
According to this equally vibrant
advocate, rotaractors who are empowered have the knowledge and ability to lead.
It was not always that rotaractors received input like this considering that
everyone are too damn busy for many important things which was why it was
overwhelming to get to hear someone from the same frequency and degree of
enthusiasm in service in a plenary session.
Service
PP Dacayo in letting the crowd of
rotaractors discover the meaning of ‘priceless gift: True Service”, introduced
the concept of service marketing- an endeavour of promotion in economic
activities.
After World War, a revitalizing history
of the Philippines, there were only Three (3) working economic sectors- the
manufacture, agriculture and service. During that time Manufacturing Companies
boomed and, in fact, comprises somewhat the total GDP of the country; And there
is a need to feed the people which made Agriculture never gone out of the
picture; lastly, the service, which made the balance.
Surprisingly, the Service Sector
ranked 1st and rated 57% in 2013 report as there was the rise of
call center agencies, BPO and other customer services all over the market.
It
was also quite funny and mind blowing when he joked with a picture projected on
the screen which shows one customer with a bank teller having a pen leashed at
the front desk. People trusted banks for safekeeping their hard-earned money,
but these banks can hardly trust you out with the use of their pens.
The kind of service presented above
carries a price tag just like anything else. But in rotary, it does not require
anything in return.
So, what then is Rotary Service to a
Rotaractor? He answered by presenting the 1st public service of
Rotary which was rooted in vocational service, a toilet, by the Rotary Club of
Chicago, which was originally institutionalized not for service but to
fellowship. Every rotaract club is encouraged to have its substantial projects
and Rotarians do not want to undermine that. Then, PP Dacayo, enumerated
services that Rotaractors may indulge in, Rehabilitation and Painting, Proper
Hand Washing, Mentoring, Football, Bowling and Golfing Management, and the list
goes on.
Priceless
Gift: True Service
Being priceless is having a value
beyond all price; invaluable. For entrepreneurs, a customer’s need is always an
opportunity to earn but for rotaractors, a community’s need is always an
opportunity to serve and help.
The meaning of True Service, as he
revealed before he ended his speech, is when you give something to a person
whom you do not know and yet you give.
ProCon
2016
This 5th National
Convention of Rotaractors was very blessed to have PP Ramon Dacayo who gave
meaning and challenge to the Rotaractors. Everyone is a gift to the world. What
will make rotaractors precious gifts is when it give its time and attention.
The world needs more time and attention. The world needs more Rotaractors.
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