rotary district 5170 international and community projects

Rotary UMay 16, 2013

Share Success – Rotary ShowcaseHumanitarian Service Projects:

+ Community Service

+ International Service

AGENDA

• Intro of your D-5170 resource people (1)

• Types of service projects (1) -2• Character4istics and Examples of Community Service

projects (18)-20

• Characteristics and Examples of International Service projects (13) -33

• How to get started with an International Service project (3) -36

• Available District and Rotary Foundation grant money (2) -38

• Questions (5)

Your D-5170 Resource People

Community Avenue of Service Chair:

Ginny Lear (Palo Alto)

International Avenue of Service Chair:

Jeboy Koshy(Fremont Warm Springs Sunrise)

Plus other program &/or project chairs

Community Service

• Presented by Bruce Barsi, Mountain View Rotary

• Let’s get started and make it a winner!

• Examples from MV Rotary’s “Cops and Gobblers” project

Cops and Gobblers

What’s The Need?

• How to identify

– Club member(s) passion

– Community input (schools, city, social service, etc)

– Other clubs’ projects

• Is it doable?

– Member interest and commitment

– Funding

– Manageable scope

Who’s Gonna Do It?

• Visioner – Passionate member takes lead

• Organizer – Needs to plan & get things rolling

• Asker – Finds the funding

• Inspirer – Involves the masses

• Promoter – Gets the word out

• Spread it out

• Don’t all have to be Rotarians

Partners

• Look to the community, i.e., Challenge Team, Community Roundtable

• Ask family and friends to help

• Other Rotary Clubs

• Don’t forget the Interacters

• Folks benefiting from the project

• Volunteer groups, i.e., GoVoluntr, One Brick, HandsOn Bay Area, even Craigslist

How Do We Pay For It?

• Figure out how much you need – a budget

• Clubs funds

• Fundraiser

• District Designated Funds (DDF)

• And everywhere else – businesses, foundations, other clubs (Kiwanis and Lions too!), community groups, individuals

• People want to give to a good cause, just ask!

Get It Done

• Take the plunge

• Try to stay on schedule

• Make sure folks have something meaningful to do

• Ask for feedback

• Be flexible; change things if you need to

• Don’t stress out about it; it won’t go totally as planned; but it’ll be great anyway

• HAVE FUN!!!!!

And Then What?

• Debrief – what went right and what needs to get better

• Feedback from partners

• Say thanks you to all – Very Important!

• Do we want to do it again? Can we?

• If yes, start planning now

• Think succession unless you want it for life

Show It Off!

• Let the media know in advance – they love this stuff

• Send out a press release with photos

• Follow up with a phone call

• Add it to “Rotary Showcase” on the RI website

• The “District Showcase” is coming soon

• Your partners and participants will spread the word for you

Partners For Elder Generations

Presented by

David Smith(Los Altos)

Presented by

David Smith(Los Altos Rotary – Partners for Elder Generation Chair)

The mission of the Partners for Elder Generations (PEG) committee is to support

and enhance the quality of life of 50+ individuals.

• For the last 3 years the PEG Committee has organized and promoted an Encore Event in late March

• The catalyst was a talk by Laura Carstensen, Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity

• Her message – You have been given a gift of 30+ years of life so plan to use it wisely

Encore Event – Two Primary Goals

• Bring together 26 non-profit organizations that primarily serve the local communities and rely on volunteers for their service goals

• Engage “young seniors” (50+) to get involved and identify a passion to make the world a better place and pursue healthier lifestyle

BudgetRevenue - $7,500

• Donations of $500 - $2,000 from four organizations

• Donation of $2,000 from the Town of Los Altos Hills

• City of Los Altos facilities at no charge & Senior Center Staff Partnership

• Raised $800 by organizing focus group sessions for a technology startup

Expenses ($6,700)

• Advertising

• Lunch

Non-Profit Displays Program (with Lunch) 120 – 160 Attendees

2012Panel of Encore Careers

Making an Impact

2013Alex Tarics – World’s Oldest

Living Olympic Gold Medalist

International Project Characteristics

• Driven by an International club as Host Club

• Partner w international club as Sponsoring Club

• Typically Sponsoring Club only does funding

• Minimum Total project cost $30K and max $200K

• Minimum required Global Grant $15K

Two Examples of Successful International Projects

Faces of Hope - Guatemala Presented by Don MacKenzie (Palo Alto University)

Adopt a Village - UgandaPresented by Lorena Tuohey (Morgan Hill representing Area 6)

Faces of Hope

Guatemala

Presented by

Don MacKenzie(Palo Alto University)

CindyScotts Valley Rotary

TomLos Gatos Morning Rotary

RoseSan Leandro

Rotary

Jose

Elder4 months - 16 months

Oliver

Faces of HopeDistrict 5170 Rotarians & Guatemala Metropoli Rotary Club

working with:Surgecenter of Palo Alto

Obras del Hermano Pedro Hospital

Adopt a Village

Uganda

Presented by

Lorena Tuohey(Morgan Hill, representing Area 6)

Uganda

From KampalaTo Lira

25 each of heifers, chickens and piglets

400 mosquito nets

500 each of notebooks, pencils and pens

1,000 tree seedlings

25 water harvesting tanks

2 deep drilled water wells

How to get started with a project

International Service• Form a committee in your club

• Befriend an international club

• Learn of a community need in their community

• Form a partnership with that club to devise a project to address that need (be sure it fits one of 6 TRF “Area of Focus”)

• Seek out other D-5170 clubs to join you

• Develop a budget & apply for matching GG from TRF

DDF Grant Money Available for Approved Projects

• All D-5170 clubs are allocated DDF• Two types of grants:

District Grant (DG): For Community project or small International projects Global Grant (GG) : For International projects ($30k - $200)

• Clubs determine % of DDF going to DG and GG; check District Allocation sheet for your club

• Global grants are matched by TRF • For TRF Grant application ask for help from your

Foundation Chair , Grant Resource Leaders and District Foundation committee.

Rotary Showcase

When your project is completed,

Post it on the District’s

“Rotary Showcase”site

Rotary UMay 16, 2013

Share Success – Rotary ShowcaseHumanitarian Service Projects

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