While it was interesting hearing from Charlie Barnett on The Rotary Foundation and the tremendous support the Foundation can give via District and Global Grants back to the Clubs, the process we are currently going through via our Sub Committee on our two international projects, one in Kenya and one in East Timor, is indeed a challenging one.
In Kenya, through So They Can, we are being challenged defining the project, and calculating a funding model, as the potential cost is some $43,000; with the AFAP project on agricultural sustainability in Bobonaro in East Timor, the current challenge is with the local Rotary Club and their changing leadership as they need to have an input into the Global Grant Application.
All that being said, we are still quietly confident that we can get these projects up and going, mainly due to the strong depth and experience within our club of resolving these issues and being able to obtain the necessary grants to make these projects achievable.
Cheers,
Ian
OUR SPEAKER ON MONDAY 27 JUNE
Our Guest Speaker will be Terry Davies who is the Corporate Manager for Australian Rotary Health, a member of the Rotary Club of Penrith Valley & our District's Community Service Chair in 2015-16.
Australian Rotary Health is one of the largest independent funders of mental health research within Australia.
We also provide funding into a broad range of general health areas, provide scholarships for rural medical and nursing students, as well as Indigenous health students. Australian Rotary Health provides funding into areas of health that do not readily attract funding, and promotes findings to the community.
Australian Rotary Health is a project of the Rotary Districts of Australia and is supported by Rotary Clubs. We have a broad vision to improve the health and wellbeing of all Australians.
BBQ ROSTER
Our next BBQ at Bunnings Artarmon is on Saturday 2 July.
Our first meeting back at the Crows Nest Hotel! Did you enjoy it? Some teething issues posed a challenge but will be attended to!
Our guest speaker was Charlie Bennett who is a Twice Past President of our Mosman club and will be District 9685's City North Zone Coordinator for The Rotary Foundation in 2016-17.
He introduced us to The Rotary Foundation and particularly to the way it can help with our projects. We commend the following article which summarises the opportunities in more detail.
The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of The Rotary Foundation who share its vision of a better world.
The Rotary Foundation was created in 1917 by Rotary International's sixth President, Arch C. Klumph, as an endowment fund for Rotary "to do good in the world". It has grown from an initial contribution of US$26.50 to more than US$245 million contributed in 2007-08. Its event-filled history is a story of Rotarians learning the value of service to humanity.
The Rotary Foundation's Humanitarian Programs funds international Rotary Club and District projects to improve the quality of life, providing health care, clean water, food, education, and other essential needs primarily in the developing world. One of the major Humanitarian Programs is PolioPlus, which seeks to eradicate the polio virus worldwide.
GIVING
Main avenues:
Annual Fund – personal & club donations; invested for three years, then returned to district for club projects
Endowment Fund
Polio Plus
Donations to the Annual Fund are tax deductible – go to rotary.org/give
In 2014-15 The Rotary Foundation put 92% of the funds into Rotary Programs - 2% administration, and 6% promotion.
RECOGNITION
Centurion membership for individual donations of A$100 a year – a district program
Paul Harris Fellow recognition for donations of US$1,000 by or on behalf of an individual – not an award but often given as a gift in recognition of service
Individual donations or commitments of US$1,000 a year become Paul Harris Society Members
Major donor recognition at $10,000 - $25,000 - $50,000 - $100,000 - $250,000
RECEIVING
District Grants
Educational and Humanitarian activities consistent with the mission statement “To do Good in the World”
For smaller activities or projects, local or international – to be completed within the Rotary year
Managed by District with grants up to $6,000 for International projects; $3,000 within Australia subject to a 100% match with club funding
Global Grants
For larger, longer term projects of at least $30,000 up to $200,000
Sustainable, measurable outcomes, Alignment with the six areas of focus, District and clubs must be qualified
2014-15 figures
Funds raised in our District US$343,520
Received by District from The Rotary Foundation US$425,839
EXAMPLE OF A GLOBAL GRANT
Club raises $10,000 – matched at 50%
District funds $10,000 (say our own D9685 $6,000 plus $4,000 from overseas district) – matched at 100%
Matching by The Rotary Foundation $15,000 – the minimum global grant
Saturday 2 July is the first of our scheduled BBQs at Bunnings Artarmon for the next six months.
It will be the 1st of 13 occasion that Bunnings customers will have the opportunity to taste how great are our snags! The aroma simply brings the crowds.
Fundraising is integral to the success of any charitable organisation. The Rotary Club of Crows Nest is no exception.
In addition to the regular barbecue at Bunnings, Artarmon, the club coordinates the sale of Melbourne Cup Trifecta tickets to other clubs to assist in their fundraising.
These events not only help us raise money to assist others, but it also increases awareness in the community of Rotary and our Rotary Club of Crows Nest.
Our members have great fun being chefs and shop attendants every few weeks and the club as a whole owes all its volunteers a debt of gratitude. We look forward to seeing you again at Bunnings in the next six months and thank them for the opportunity.
There certainly is more to Rotary than just great sausages.
Some time ago, Vernon Song proposed to his fellow Rotarians at the Rotary Club of Chatswood Sunrise that they explore the possibility of supplying HippoRollers to a village in South Africa where women and children traditionally cart buckets from local water sources to their homes - 20 litres (20 kgs!) carried either on the head or by hand. Yet one HippoRoller can carry 90 litres, All the weight is in the barrel and it's easily pushed or pulled.
This week the fund-raising bore fruit: thirteen HippoRollers were delivered to the rural community of Mathibestad, northwest of Pretoria. No longer are backs and necks strained; one trip to water replaces four; children can instead attend school. Chatswood Sunrise, the "boutique" Rotary Club of the three in Willoughby, is pleased to be " a gift to the world" as it "serves humanity." And they have had fun doing it as well!
(Once the exchange rate is taken into consideration - payment is in USD - each HippoRoller costs around $AUD200)
Our Guest Speaker will be Terry Davies who is the Corporate Manager for Australian Rotary Health, a member of the Rotary Club of Penrith Valley & our District's Community Service Chair in 2015-16.
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The Rotary Foundation
Some time ago, Vernon Song proposed to his fellow Rotarians at the Rotary Club of Chatswood Sunrise that they explore the possibility of supplying HippoRollers to a village in South Africa where women and children traditionally cart buckets from local water sources to their homes - 20 litres (20 kgs!) carried either on the head or by hand. Yet one HippoRoller can carry 90 litres, All the weight is in the barrel and it's easily pushed or pulled.
