Israel's Rotary Clubs Seek Mutually Beneficial Partnership with Volunteer EMS Organization to Help the Community

Jerusalem - March 30th, 2016 - Jacob Strulovich, Rotary Israel’s Director of Professional Development Programs, Rotary Israel’s Director of Professional Development Programs, has been dreaming of building closer connections with United Hatzalah, Israel’s national volunteer EMS rescue squad due to the commonalities shared by both organizations. “Rotary was founded on the basis of business meetings and the first agenda that built the organization was four professionals that wanted to help each other. A lawyer helps an accountant who helps a businessman. Later on the international rotary organization decided that it wanted to expand its work and create projects that give back to the community.” According to Strulovich these projects often focused on large issues that affected the international community as well as local projects. “One of the biggest international projects of ours is the eradication of polio. We are systematically going into third world countries and vaccinating the people in every country we come to in an effort to eradicate polio. Another project of ours is to ensure that everyone has clean water, no matter where they live.” On the local level, Strulovich said that the Rotary clubs are also choosing local projects that are making a difference in their communities. “All around the world are trying to give back to the community. So to in Israel. We want to give back to the community and that is the main reason we chose to work together with Unite...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Industry News Administration and Leadership Source Type: news