Rotary Foundation Committee

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Rotary Foundation Committee

• Club Assembly
• Rotarian Paul, Chair
• Rotarian Semicon, Co-Chair
• July 31, 2008

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Agenda
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What is the Rotary Foundation

• The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable
  Rotarians to advance world understanding,
  goodwill, and peace through the improvement of
  health, the support of education, and the
  alleviation of poverty. The Foundation is a
  not-for-profit corporation supported solely by
  voluntary contributions from Rotarians and
  friends of the Foundation who share its vision of
  a better world

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Our Clubs RF Committee

• Sub-committees consist of
• Paul Harris Foundation
• Paul Harris Society
• Ambassadorial Scholarships
• Educational Program
• To sponsor international scholarship programs or
  recommend qualified candidates to apply. Scholars
  study in a different country, where they serve as
  unofficial ambassadors of goodwill.
• Group Study Exchange
• Educational Program
• Annual awards are made to paired Rotary districts
  to cover travel expenses for a team of
  non-Rotarians from a variety of professions.
  Rotarian hosts organize a four- to six-week
  itinerary of vocational, educational, and
  cultural points of interest
• Matching Grants
• Humanitarian Grants Program
• Provide matching funds for the international
  service projects of Rotary clubs and districts
  (WCS- World Community Service)

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Goals for FY08-09 - RI

• Eradicate Polio
• Embrace RF Pillars
• Annual Program Fund
• Permanent Fund
• Establish Rotary World Peace Fellowship
• Enhance Rotarys public image
• Support the Future Vision Plan

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Goals for FY08-09 - District
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Our Goals for FY08-09

• 7 Paul Harris Foundation Donors
• Support a GSE Program
• Support an Ambassadorial Scholarship
• Support at Least One Matching Grant Project That
  Most Relates to Water, Health Hunger or
  Literacy Sponsorship Project
• Attend the District RF Seminar on August 23

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How You Can Help

• Volunteer to be a Paul Harris Foundation Donor
• Volunteer to attend the District RF Seminar on
  August 23

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QA

• Club Assembly
• Rotarian Paul, Chair
• Rotarian Semicon, Co-Chair
• July 31, 2008