Mission
The Rotary Club of North Philadelphia, “Los Madrugadores” is dedicated to fostering opportunity, health, and resilience by working alongside our neighbors, both locally and globally, through academically-based community service projects. In North Philadelphia, we support education through scholarships, mentorship, and hands-on projects that strengthen neighborhoods and the environment. In extension of our North Philadelphia community, we partner with communities in the Dominican Republic to expand access to clean water, education, and safe spaces for children. Guided by Rotary’s principle of “Service Above Self,” we bring people together to create lasting change that uplifts individuals, strengthens communities, and builds a more compassionate and interconnected world.
Vision
We envision a community where every young person has the opportunity to learn and thrive, where neighborhoods are strengthened through service, and where families everywhere have access to clean water and healthy environments. From North Philadelphia to the Dominican Republic, we strive to build connections that create lasting change, uplift lives, and inspire hope.
The Four-Way Test
From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. One of the world’s most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The Four-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as RI president) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy.
This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The Four-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks the following four questions:
Of the things we think, say or do
first… Is it the TRUTH?
second… Is it FAIR to all concerned?
third… Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
fourth… Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?