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Why wait to register for the Foundation awards banquet?

25 Thursday Oct 2018

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Please don’t miss out on the Awards Banquet!

Tuesday, October 30, the headcount for the Foundation Awards Banquet must be made to Colonial Heritage, and this is being written, on, yikes, October 25th! Please register as soon as you read this on dacdb.com.

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What will happen on the evening of November 8th?  We’ll see the clubs recognized which in 2017-18:

  • achieved $250 + in per capita giving (there are 18 of them)
  • were the top three per capita giving clubs
  • were among the 26 100% Foundation Giving Clubs
  • were among the 25 EREY Clubs
  • were among the 28 clubs with over $1,500 to End Polio Now

There are just a few of the highlights from the evening of celebration the 2017-2018 giving year.

Come and join the celebration of our first Million Dollar Giving Year!

Past District Governor John Padgett and District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair

Bynum & Padgett

PDGs Bynum & Padgett

Chuck Arnason want to thank each and every one of you!

Meanwhile … back at the ranch

31 Tuesday May 2016

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June is a month of deadlines for all things Rotary Foundation

Many of our Rotary colleagues are enjoying the dazzling Rotary International Convention in Seoul, North Korea, but they have left the work of The Rotary Foundation in good hands.

100_0497This week I received an important email from Liz Lazar, our district’s shepherdess (aka Annual Giving Officer Zones 33 & 34) at The Rotary Foundation.  It was replete with useful information.  There have been changes in banner recognitions which she explains carefully, but word is going out on that separately and there will be more info to come.

Today we will focus on the deadlines for getting contributions into The Rotary Foundation so the contributions can be timely processed.  The remainder of this article is Liz’s recap of giving deadlines, addresses, and resources for information on some of the less common methods of giving.  Ken Hodge and I are available if you have any questions.

Thank You For All You Do, District 7600 Rotarians.

–Jim Probsdorfer, District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair

2015-16 Rotary End of Year Deadlines

Credit Cards:   Online via www.rotary.org– must be authorized on or prior to Thursday 30 June 2016, midnight (Central Standard Time).

Note:Sending credit card information by mail is less secure and slower than contributing on-line.  For security purposes, please do not send credit card contributions electronically, rather fax them to 847-328-5260.

Fax: (+1-847-328-5260)—must be received by Thursday 30 June 2016.

Phone: (+1-866-976-8279) – must be received prior to the close of business onThursday 30 June 2016.

Checks*: must be postmarked Thursday 30 June 2016 or prior and received at the Foundation by Wednesday 6 July 2016.

United States:  The Rotary Foundation, 14280 Collections Center Dr., Chicago IL 60693 USA

Canada:  The Rotary Foundation (Canada), c/o 911600, PO BOX 4090 STN A, Toronto, On M5W 0E9, Canada

*Please do NOT send in checks for the 2016-17 Rotary year until Friday 1 July 2016.

Wire transfers: must be initiated prior to Thursday 30 June 2016 and received byTuesday 5 July 2016.

Securities: must be received prior to Thursday 30 June 2016 .

Learn how you can donate stocks, mutual funds, or other securities.

Special gifts: to obtain instructions for Charitable Gift Annuities and Charitable Remainder Unitrusts email plannedgiving@rotary.org or call +1-847-866-3100.

Liz Lazar

Liz Lazar, Annual Giving Officer,                                                                                                           Zones 33 -34 The Rotary Foundation

The “why”- Rotary’s Six Areas of Focus

17 Tuesday May 2016

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Finishing Strong and ‘Beeing’ a Gift to the World:

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Jan, our little Bee

As we approach the end of the Rotary year each club is assessing its giving status.  Will it meet the giving goals set by the now club president when he or she was still the president-elect?  Is the club at 100% of its goal? Nearly there?  Over goal?

At this time of the Rotary year it is good to get reacquainted with ‘why’ we as Rotarians ‘give’ as an important component of our Rotary engagement. Each person’s reason is very personal, but at some level that reason relates to the work that Rotary International does, through it clubs, around the world.

That work is defined by Rotary’s Six Areas of Focus, and of course, each of us can name the all very easily, right?  Well if not …

  • Promoting Peace
  • Fighting Disease
  • Providing Clean Water
  • Saving Mothers & Children
  • Supporting Education
  • Growing Local Economies

Individually, as we give, each of may have one or more priorities within the Six Areas of Focus. There are some opportunities to direct our donations to certain areas depending on the level of giving and the program through which we give, but in the end we know that our donations will be well managed, well spent (some of it coming back to each District for local projects), and that the world will be the better because we give.

Learn more about the Six Areas of Focus

Thank you, Rotarians.

Shoutout to:

Cynthia Gregg  Foundation Advocate, Cynthia Gregg, for reaching out to her clubs and keeping the Advocate Chair informed.