Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Business Journal Q3 2015 | Page 52

MCheyenne Community Rotaract:

Engaging Young Professionals in the Community

By: Jera Schlotthauer, Treasurer - Cheyenne Community Rotaract
As Rotaract has
grown over the
years, many of
its members
have discovered
it is a club that is
unconditionally
devoted to its
community and to
the professional development and growth of its members within
Cheyenne. When new members join, they are encouraged to
attend business meetings, local charity based presentations,
and joint events with other Rotary clubs in the area. They are
invited to partake in local and international service projects
and to join in assemblies aimed to educate Rotarians of the
Nearly eight years ago, an ambitious and inspired group of
principals and purposes of Rotary. Members meet leaders of
students were about to finish their schooling with LCCC in
the community within their career fields and grow with others
Cheyenne. They had been a part of the college’s Rotaract
on the same occupational track. With each activity, they
Club but could feel, as they
are also encouraged to
were about to walk the stage,
“When you join, you are committing to discover their own personal
the weight of importance for
your community while investing in your path and purpose to better
the community to have a core
own professional development and the community. Overtime,
of young professionals that
becoming part of a movement that members become true
continued to give back as they
supports humanitarian efforts you have “partners in service,” key
began their careers. These
members of t H