Sharing Today - October 15
October 14th, 2007 in Rotary Shares“Reach For The Stars — Learn About Rotary”
Rotary Foundation Seminars
Below are the upcoming Foundation events in your area–mark you calendars and start promoting attendance by your Club members–let’s have a huge turnout for these fun events. More coming, stay tuned…..
5 November–Monday evening–Areas 1 & 2 — Carteret & Onslow Counties.
6 November–Tuesday evening–Area 3–Wilmington area (new Hanover County).
7 November–Wednesday evening–Area 4–Brunswick & Columbus Counties.
8 November–Thursday evening–Areas 5 & 6–Bladen, Robeson, Cumberland, Scotland and Hoke Counties.
9 November–Friday evening–Areas 7 & 8–Pender, Duplin, Sampson, Lenoir & Jones Counties.
Membership Poker
Keep A Poker Face–We called around and couldn’t find anyone who would ante up exact details, but somewhere in New Hampshire, there’s reportedly a membership poker game. Or at least someone posted this suggestion on RI’s Membership Development Best Practices Exchange and credited it to a New Hampshire Club in District 7780. Here’s how they said it worked: The club divided its members into groups, and for five weeks, each group sat at its own table during club meetings. Each club member anted $2.00. When people nominated a new member, they got to draw a card. At the end of the five weeks, the club member holding the best hand won the pot.
Governor’s Official Club Visit Scheduled
24 October–Jacksonville Breakfast Club–7:00 AM–Jacksonville Country Club.
The Four-Way Test Still Means Business
Rotary’s gold standard of ethics builds friendships, attracts customers — and helps club members sleep at night. Visit your September edition of Rotarian Magazine–read about how one major Pharmacy chain got hooked on The Four-Way Test and told its employees many years ago that “we use it as a compass around here.”
President Wilf Appoints Youth Services Resource Group
The group aims to provide information and support for Rotary clubs and districts in programs, projects, and activities that serve youth in their communities. RI has three official youth programs: Interact, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), and Youth Exchange, by which Rotarians can extend the family of Rotary for years to come. For more visit our official RI website www.rotary.org.
PolioPlus–The Latest Information
Also in the September Rotarian Magazine is an awesome interview with Dr. Robert S. Scott, Chair of The Rotary Foundation Trustees and Chair of the International PolioPlus Committee. Learn in his words what the world is up against in our final thrust to defeat this horrible disease.
Don’t Forget
Support Our Boys & Girls Homes–Fund Raiser–Presidents, please inform your membership. On 3 November, The Brunswick Little Theatre will bring the musical production “Godspell” to the Lake Waccamaw campus of Boys and Girls Homes of NC. Tickets are $10.00–some VIP tickets are available for $15.00. Order tickets by mailing checks to:
Boys and Girls Homes of NC
Attn: Rev. John Cobb
P.O. Box 127
Lake waccamaw, NC 28450
Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI)
The next training event is on 27 October at Methodist University in Fayetteville. Registration cutoff date is eight days prior to the event. For registration information go to www.rli33.org.
Weekly Rotary Foundation Fundraising Strategy
This Could Work In Your Club–Going once, Going twice: The Vero Beach West club in District 6930 holds a monthly auction: books, camping gear, collectibles, stamps, etc. The item sells and the cash generated by the sale of the item goes to the Foundation in the seller’s name. The person who buys the item gets the item, and has the option to “match” the amount. if they match the amount, the club will then match their match. Therefore, an item selling for $20 generates a Foundation contribution of $20 for the seller, and $40 for the buyer. This has allowed the club to give $355 per capita to the Foundation in 2003-04 and helped them clean out their closets!
Give “Every Rotarian, Every Year” the opportunity to support our Rotary Foundation. For more information on devising a strategy for your club or on district giving or program participation, contact our District Foundation Chairman, PDG Bevin Wall at Bevin@RLI33.org.
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