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Altrusa International,
Inc. of Muncie, Inc, is an international association of professional persons
who volunteer their energies
and expertise in projects dedicated to community
betterment.
We adhere to the
Principles of
Altrusa written in 1917 by
Mamie L. Bass, the first President of Altrusa.
- Altrusa is a builder of
women.
- Altrusa is an
expression of the search for the best in character, in business and in
citizenship.
- Election to Altrusa is
an evidence of confidence which imposes upon the recipient the obligation to
strive to be true to the highest standards of life in her personal and
business relations.
- Altrusa,
in the very
derivation of its name, is committed to the
philosophy of unselfishness, of the joy of giving rather than getting, and
to the search for that happiness which is based upon spiritual worthiness.
- Altrusa is practical
idealism. Its service consists not in saying great things, but in daily
earnest practice of its principles.
- Altrusa commends
to its
members an active interest in public affairs, realizing that the State is
but the individual writ large.
- Altrusa develops true
leadership, concerned with accomplishment and not with recognition.
- Membership carries
with
it no obligation to transact business with other members. It makes no
promise of returns in any commercial species. Its rewards are in proportion
to the loyalty, the unselfishness and the character of the member herself.
- Altrusa expresses
goodwill
for all mankind. It emphasizes the good and lets the evil sink into the
oblivion it merits.
- Altrusa is
democratic;
it knows no class, no favorites, but is founded upon merit alone.
- Altrusa believes that
the way to progress lies not in emphasizing the faults of men and their
failures to give proper recognition, at times, to women in business, but
rather in arousing women to their responsibilities and their possibilities,
so that their accomplishments will blaze the trail for greater things.
- Altrusa believes it is
not enough to be good; Altrusans must be good for something. Each member
must be doing the piece of work that is hers in a way that puts her in the
front ranks of accomplishment.
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