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Because it needs you and you need it. If the "present is a consequence of the past but not at all an anticipation of the future," you and others in Rotaract have a special role for yourselves. The decade, following as a consequence of the decade of the sixties is the second great decade of action. It is time to be, to know, to change and to perfect. It is a time to build bridges to understand new friends, and to rise above the divisions brought on through years of apathy. A way to work toward this understanding and to build this co-operation with others is what Rotaract is all about. "They are planning to build a new hospital, and they want to have special equipment in the surgical wing." The people building the new hospital may not have way to pay for this new surgical equipment. You, as a member of the Rotaract club, may be one of the means through which the money can be raised. You can determine the future! But you are more than a means to raise funds. You are a person who can give of yourself to other persons. In the final analysis, it may be the gift of self that will be you most valuable gift. You can be with elderly persons who are lonely, with young children who are less privileged than you, with the lonely who are afraid, with the sick. In the end, it is the gift of yourself that can determine the future for so many.
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