Rotary District 7730

Fayetteville-Lafayette – 100% Sustaining Membership

Congratulations to the Fayetteville-Lafayette Rotary Club for Leading The Way in our district by becoming a 100% Rotary Foundation Sustaining Membership Club! – (every member contributing a minimum of $100)

Council of Governors meeting, October 29

2:30pm, Holiday Inn Express, Wallace - Anyone receiving this e-mail is welcome and encouraged to attend, but please RSVP to me by 10/23 if you wish to attend so we can prepare enough snacks and beverage.

“Think Caribbean” Twin Club Project

Many Rotary clubs within Zones 33 and 34 (southeastern US) are twinning with clubs in the Caribbean.  This is making the clubs in the Caribbean feel that they are now fully a part of our Zones.  I encourage all clubs in our district to twin with a Caribbean club.

The goals are as follows:

• To emphasize Rotary service and friendship
• To establish a long term relationship with another
• To enhance understanding of another culture within our Zones
• To provide assistance to one another as needed between the 2 clubs.

The twinning process is simple:

• Go to the “Think Caribbean” website - www.thinkcaribbean.org
• Go to “Forms” and download the “Mainland form” and complete it.  When returned, the clubs will be twinned.
• Projects can then be developed, club to club, with an open process of communication.
• The cost to your club at this point is nothing.  It starts with communication.
• For further information, contact “Think Caribbean” Chair PDG John T. Capps at jcapps4102@aol.com .

District 7730 contributes $5,000 of DDF to Caribbean Satellite Phone Project

When there is a hurricane in the Caribbean, the first structures to go down are the cell phone towers.  This means that there is no way for people to communicate with one another and to work together to overcome the disaster.  We have been asked by the Rotary Clubs in the Caribbean to contribute funds for satellite phones which can operate independently of an infrastructure.  This will be essential in the disaster response effort during the hurricanes that hit the Caribbean in years to come.
Our district leaders – DGE Wilson Ray, DGN Lee Dixon, Rotary Foundation Chair PDG Bevin Wall, and I – decided to contribute $5,000 of Rotary Foundation “District Designated Funds (DDF)” to the satellite phones project.  So far, at least $66,000 has been raised toward this project from throughout Zones 33 and 34.  Each satellite phone, including “minutes”, has a cost of $1,100.

Important Information from Rotary International

Effective October 1, 2006:
Lockbox Addresses are changing for Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation for Rotarians and clubs that remit payments and contributions:

Send membership dues and payments to Rotary International:
Rotary International
14255 Collections Center Drive
Chicago, IL 60693

Send contributions to The Rotary Foundation:
The Rotary Foundation
14280 Collections Center Drive
Chicago, IL 60693

Please note that through March 31, 2007, payments sent to the former lockbox addresses are automatically forwarded to the new lockbox in an effort to ease the transition. After April 1, payments sent to the old address will be returned to sender.

NEW TOLL-FREE ROTARY FOUNDATION CONTACT CENTER

In October, The Rotary Foundation Contact Center will begin taking general inquiry calls and emails for The Rotary Foundation and its programs from Rotarians, clubs and districts in the United States and Canada.

Call 1-866-9ROTARY (1-866-976-8279) or email: contact.center@rotary.org to check on your donations and recognition points, deadlines for grants and applications, contact names for your applications, and more.

Upcoming Rotary Events:

• Assistant Governors Meeting, 10/16, 6pm, Holiday Inn Express, Wallace
• Council of Governors meeting, 10/29, 2:30pm, Holiday Inn Express, Wallace
• Rotary Foundation Dinners, Area 1&2; 11/13; Area 4: 11/14; Areas 7&8, 11/16.  AG Peggy Turner has graciously agreed to move the date for Area 3 so that Area 4 can have its own event. Further details to follow. Mark your calendars.

Rotary Foundation Thought of the Week

Brought to you each week by PDG Bevin Wall, District Rotary Foundation Chair; and reproduced courtesy of  www.rotary.org

This week’s Rotary Foundation Thought is about becoming a Benefactor.

A Rotary Foundation Benefactor is a person who has notified The Rotary Foundation that he/she has made provisions in their final estate plans, or made an outright gift of US$1000 or more to The Rotary Foundation’s Permanent Fund. Benefactors receive a commemorative certificate, a letter of appreciation and a blue and gold recognition insignia to attach to their Rotary or Paul Harris Fellow pin. A US$1000 gift to The Foundation creates a legacy of helping people lead better lives around the world.

There are over 68,000 Benefactors in the Rotary world today. Are you one?

For more information on giving or program participation, contact PDG Bevin Wall District 7730 Rotary Foundation Chair at Bevin@RLI33.org.

Lead the Way!