Posted by Laura Elmore
A couple of weeks ago, Bryan was looking for a carpet cleaning service and was drawn to a firm that had the four-way test statements on its website.  He called and, of course, inquired if the owner was a Rotarian, and was surprised to hear no.  The owner explained that his child received a coin at school last year that had those statements on it and since it summarized his business approach, he put it on his website.  When the cleaner came to our home, he proudly showed the coin which he carries at all times.  I encouraged him to look for a Rotary Club in his community, and gave him a coin from our club so he could return the original coin to his son. 
 
Who would have guessed that distributing Citizen of the Quarter coins would lead to the four-way test being promoted as strong business ethics by a non-Rotarian?   Our objective with the Citizen of the Quarter is to encourage those standards among elementary school students, but to see that spread to their parents should stand as further encouragement to see this program continue.  If you would like to work with an elementary school to offer the Citizen of the Quarter, let Rene McGruder or me know and we’ll get you started.