A little news you can use!
SuAnne Hardee Bryant (R) Grants Chair
Clubs, have the members you assigned to work on your 2018-19 district or global grant application register for the Grant Management Seminar (GMS) which will be held on March 24, 2018, Registration is at the dacdb.calendar by scrolling down to the March 24th date. It will again be held at the Colonial Heritage Club in Williamsburg, Virginia. It will be from 8:30 until Noon and the price of $25 includes a Full Southern Breakfast.
It is important that a club send at least a couple of grant assigned people so that if one person moves, gets sick, or goes off on a honeymoon, there is another club member who knows the drill.
Last year a very well known club was declined on the first pass. Why? Because the grant writer had not submitted the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding). Why? Because the grant writer was not one of the three people from the club who attended the GMS. Happy ending though, the club received its grant on the second pass.
Remember that the grant application process is totally online. No FEDEX, no faxes, no personal hand deliveries to the Grants Grants Chair. If you want money for that special project, accept all the training and suggestions you can get.
A GMS webinar will be held in April but it is still in the planning stages and the registration is notyet available for it.
breakout that this writer particularly enjoyed was the Engaging Humanity in India – National Immunization Day (NID) presented by Colleen Bonadonna (New Kent) and Cora Huitt (Bon Air). The breakout was a sensual visit to a typical NID in India. From soft lights, incense, tea, bindis, and actual photographs from NIDs in which Colleen and Cora had participated, the session was a sampling of the adventures volunteers experience on NIDs. These two 7600 Rotarians demonstrated that it is not only our donations, but the time volunteered by Rotarians by which we Embrace Humanity.
Who should register? Register if you are a club membership chair or a member of a club membership committee. Register if you are a club Rotary Foundation chair or a member a club Rotary Foundation committee. Register if you are a committed club member and want to learn more about how to help your club excel in one of these areas. Register if you are a newer Rotarian and just want to learn anything you can about the greater world of Rotary. Register if just want to get out of your Saturday rut. Isn’t it boring spending every Saturday mowing, golfing, watching cartoons, shopping, or sleeping-in. Sleep is overrated, by the way. Register if just want to spend some great time with other Rotarians. We are such an optimistic, humane, and witty bunch of folk.
SuAnne Hardee Bryant will be presenting on these and other grant related topics on Saturday, March 19 at the Colonial Heritage Country Club in Williamsburg. It is a morning-only seminar leaving plenty of time for golf or shopping in the afternoon. There is limited time to register so do so now at dacdb.com. Have a debit or credit card handy. More details are available when you register.
