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Where is the world is … ?

07 Thursday Feb 2019

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Foundation Global Grants, National Immunization Days (NID), Rotary 7600 Foundation News

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AG Shel Douglas, Books in English, Brandermill Rotary, Colleen Bonadonna, Costa Rica, Dianna M. Waters, E.M. Miller, End Polio Now, Ghana, Huguenot Trails Rotary, Innsbrook Rotary, James River Rotary, Jeanne Walls, John Delandro, Karin Jimenez, Mike Little, Muriel Hawkins, New Kent Rotary, PDG Stephen Beer, Petersburg Lunch Rotary, Polio Plus, Prince George Rotary, Rotary Club of Richmond, Spirit of 7600

Where will you find D7600 Rotarians?

Last week as we ushered in Peace and Conflict Resolution Month we highlighted work in progress on Water and Sanitation global grant projects in Ghana. District Rotarians Shel Douglas (Prince George) and Past District Governor Stephen Beer (Innsbrook) are on the ground on that series of grants. Yes, you will get a little update.

India:

We also have had a team in India working on preventing polio and vaccinating children. The 7600 Rotarians on that trip are Colleen Bonadonna (New Kent) our district’s Polio Plus Chair, Dianna M. Waters (Brandermill), and Muriel Hawkins (Petersburg Lunch). After two weeks of work, they are getting a little R & R.

Polio Plus Angels, Dianna, Muriel, Colleen

Costa Rica:

We have also learned of a global grant project in Costa Rica spearheaded by the Rotary Club of Richmond, with the Rotary Clubs of James River and Huguenot Trail joining in. This project has been to provide English language books to elementary schools in Costa Rica. Members from the Richmond Club have already been on one or more trips to Costa Rica including, Michael Little, Jeanne Walls, E.M. Miller, and John Delandro. Around the end of March, there will be another trip of local Rotarians to Costa Rica to bring additional books to assist elementary school children in learning and improving their English language skills. Mike Little, Jeanne Walls, Kelly Keene, and Karin Jimenez (James River Club) are scheduled to go on that trip along with Mike’s and Jeanne’s spouses.

Ghana:

The district Rotarians have actually just landed in Accra (about 1 pm our time Thursday) where they will meet with the District Governor on Friday morning. Then the team will have a few hours to shop, rest, read, whatever before they catch their flight back to Virginia. Two pictures sent by Shel captured this writer and are shared here. This is also an homage to our Rotarians in India just about to finish their work there.

Part of the grant project in the Andasi village in Ghana was to install a block of micro-flush toilets. This project builder is a young man trained last year by the grant’s master trainer. Everyone had said that this polio survivor would never be successful. He has proved them wrong!

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  • Block of micro-flush toilets being built

This blog is just a teaser … More in the March Spirit of 7600

All three project trips will be featured in more detail in the March Spirit of 7600. It is an abundance of riches to have many of our District 7600 Rotarians engaged in three different international endeavors, Polio Plus, and two global grants, but how interconnected they are! Doing good in the world.

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How The Rotary Foundation spends its funds

14 Thursday Dec 2017

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News, The Rotary Foundation

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2016-2017 Annual Report, Foundation Funds, Fund Develoopment, General Administration, Global Grants, PDG Bill Pollard, Peace Centers, Polio Plus, Program Operations

The Annual Report

Past District Governor Bill Pollard posted a link to the online Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation 2016-2017  this week on the Rotary D7600 Foundation Committee Facebook page.

A click brought us to this description of how The Rotary Foundation spent its funds. The numbers are amazing:

  • Polio Plus: $108 million
  • Global Grants: $73 million (net of returned funds and other adjustments)
  • District Grants: $26 million
  • Program Operations: $23 million
  • Fund Development: $9 million
  • General Administration: $5 million
  • Peace Centers: $5 million

polio immunizing baby

 

With our giving in District 7600 we are part of the worldwide reach of The Rotary Foundation. What we donate in the 2017-18 year will be of benefit to others in future years.

There is also an incisive report on our efforts to prevent disease and on the status of Pollio Eradication.  Please take the time to take a peek at the Annual Report.

 

 

 

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Fall is upon us … Upcoming Events

05 Tuesday Sep 2017

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News, Rotary Grants, Upcoming District Events

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Colleen Bonadonna, District Conference 2017, Foundation Awards Banquet, November 9 Banquet, Polio Plus, Round 2 District Grants, Silent Aucton

District Conference – Sept 22 – 24:

There is still time to register on the dacdb.com Calendar.  Come for the entire conference or pick a day or a dinner.  There is a lot offered this year.  You can learn more on www.rotary7600, including this nifty schedule of events.  Remember that registration is on dacdb.com Calendar.

Silent Auction at Conference to benefit Polio Plus- Sept 23:

 

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Colleen Bonadonna (L) And Diana M. Waters on 2017 National Immunization Day in India.

Colleen Bonadonna of the New Kent Club and the District Polio Plus Chairs shares this information on the silent auction. Silent Auction at District Conference to Benefit Polio Plus,

Round 2 ($25,000) of District Grant Deadline Oct 2:

The first round of District Grant applications has been approved and there is $25,000.00 remaining in the block grant allocation. Round 2 opened on September 2 with a closing deadline of Monday, 2 October 2017. If you plan to submit an application, please read the directions closely as incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Help is available through your Area Governor, Grant committee members or me. We will review draft applications for procedural deficiencies. Your grant will be evaluated by the committee based on the checklist (2017-18) Final and the selectees will be announced on or about 16 October 2017.

Yours in Rotary Service,
Chuck
District Rotary Foundation Chair

Save the date for the District Rotary Foundation Awards Banquet – Nov 9:

The Banquet will be at the Colonial Heritage Golf Club in Williamsburg on November 9 with light pre-dinner refreshments, music, and a cash bar.  Registration for the Banquet will be available on dacdb.calendar on September 25, 2017.  More details to follow soon. Carol Woodward may be contacted for more details as the details are available.

 

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Facebook live video and learning

08 Tuesday Aug 2017

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News, Training

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Annual Giving, Appaiah Ballachanda, Bill Billings, Chuck Arnason, Colleen Bonadonna, Don Vaught, Endowment, Facebook Live Video, Foundation Workshops, iPhones, Joy Kline, Nancy Barbee, Paul Harris Society, Polio Plus, Sarah Hanbury, Shel Douglas, SuAnne Hardee Bryant, Tablets

The attendees at the Foundation Workshop had an adventure:

The 45 or so attendees at the Foundation Workshop who had brought their smartphones, Rotarians Facebooktablets, or laptops got the chance to engage with live videoing of the topics presented by the superior Foundation leaders on August 5. After turning their volume down on their devices they were invited to join the live videos, adding comments, and posting “#rotary7600”  periodically.  There were a few amusing discoveries, e.g., one must have a Facebook account to join in, but a couple of folks signed up that day.   Others were delighted to see how easy it was to join in on the fun on their smartphones.

None of this would have been possible without the able phone camera work by Sarah Hanbury and Shel Douglas of the Prince George Club, who served as the mentors and videographers at the workshop.  These videos are about 15 minutes or so in length and were videoed by topic.  They can all be seen by scrolling down the District Foundation’s Facebook page, clicking on the big arrow in the middle of the image, and turning the sound up on your device.  OR you can view all of the videos on the ‘Documents & Videos’ tab on this website.

We are also exploring how to upload them to YouTube and to the District Website, but did you know that you can share the videos from Facebook to your own club’s Facebook page or at least the administrators or editors for your club’s page can.  Talk with them about it.

For the moment … here we share one of the videos.  This is Joy Kline Annual Fund Chair for the District Foundation Committee extolling how well the District did this last year in exceeding our giving goals.

A favor please … if you are reading this page and have not done so already … navigate to the top of the page and subscribe by email.  That way you will get a weekly email from this page with the update for the week.  How easy is that?

 

 

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