Category: Rotary Foundation

District switches its raffle grand prize

SRCrotaryLeave a comment

Screen Shot 2017-10-12 at 2.10.06 PM

Those who have been online to register for District 7190’s annual Foundation Dinner no doubt noticed that the registration form included the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets. However, the recent hurricanes in the Caribbean forced a change in the grand prize.

Instead of a trip to Puerto Rico, still reeling in the aftermath and no doubt facing years of rebuilding, the top prize now is a Florida vacation.

District Governor Fred Daniels says the new package is a stay in a two-bedroom suite at a resort in Kissimee FL — that boasts 14 pools on site — plus free transport to all of the major theme parks in that area, including Disney World.

Organizers of the November 16 dinner are asking anyone interested in attending to please make their online reservations no later than November 1 — just 19 days from now.

 

Foundation Dinner’s online reservation glitch fixed

SRCrotaryLeave a comment

Screen Shot 2017-10-07 at 6.42.18 PMFor those of you who ran into technical problems while trying to make reservations online for this year’s Foundation Dinner sponsored by District 7190, relax. The problem has been fixed.

The glitch was in a setting that did not allow completion of the reservation without entering incorrect information that affected the final charge. District Governor Fred Daniels got the error  fixed literally within hours of being notified of it.

The Foundation Dinner, using the theme “People of Action,” will be held close to SRC’s bailiwick for the first time in recent memory. The venue is the 90 State Street event space (yes, its name is the same as its address) in downtown Albany.

Tickets are $100 person, or $175 per couple for the November 16 dinner, with proceeds going to the Rotary Foundation to support its many philanthropic initiatives. The District is asking that reservations for the November 16 event be made no later than November 1, so there is not a lot of time remaining. Simply click here to go to the online form.

 

This is how you may have helped the Rotary Foundation

SRCrotary1 Comment
screen-shot-2017-03-01-at-10-44-11-pm
From left: Dawn Vavala, Nina and John Mucha.

For those members of our club who helped underwrite the purchase of “Rotary Serving Humanity” T-shirts, you were part of something big.

Dawn Vavala, who supplies our Rotary-emblazoned clothing and other items, reports:

Thanks to everyone who helped raise $5,100 for the Rotary Foundation by buying and selling ‘Rotary Serving Humanity’ T-shirts.

“We were able to present this check to Susan Austin [chair of the District Rotary Foundation Committee] at the Rotary birthday party on Friday night. A huge thanks to Nina Mucha and District Governor John Mucha for letting all the clubs know all about them, and [District Treasurer] Richard A. Griesche for keeping all the finances straight.”

And, Dawn noted, “SRC Rotary definitely wins for the club who bought the most. Thank you, SRC Rotary!”

 

RI president to address Rochester dinner

SRCrotaryLeave a comment
ri-president-john-germ
President John Germ

It’s not often Upstate New York Rotarians get an opportunity to hear Rotary’s top official in person.

John Germ, who became president of Rotary International this summer, will deliver the keynote address at the 91st annual Eastern Cities Fellowship Dinner in Rochester.

The event, this year with emphasis on the centennial celebration of the creation of the Rotary Foundation, will be held Tuesday, December 6, at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

Registration and an opening reception are scheduled for 5 to 6:15 p.m., with the dinner and program beginning at 6:30. Early bird tickets, available through Friday, November 18, are priced at $45 per person. Thereafter, the price rises to $50. Reservations must be made online, please use the registration button to the left. Tables for 10 are available.

Any additional information on the event can be obtained by contacting Brandi Koch by calling 585-546-7435 extension 210, or emailing her at brandi@rochesterrotary.org.

Foundation Dinner tickets on sale now

SRCrotaryLeave a comment

screen-shot-2016-10-28-at-12-48-41-pmTickets are on sale now for the Rotary District 7190 Centennial Foundation Event, scheduled for Thursday, November 17, at the Saratoga National Golf Club, 458 Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs.

In addition to dinner from Mazzone Hospitality, the region’s premier dining organization, there will be entertainment and a silent auction of gift baskets contributed by various clubs.

Tickets are $100 for an individual and $175 for a couple. The deadline for purchase is November 10. Go here to do it online.

 

Rotary Foundation rating gets even higher

SRCrotaryLeave a comment

rotary-foundation-logoWhen you score 97 of a possible 100 points, there isn’t much room for making improvements. However, the Rotary Foundation did so anyway.

In the latest ratings just released by Charity Navigator, the prestigious  independent evaluator of charities in the United States, the Rotary Foundation received its highest possible score — 100 points!

That score was awarded for both financial health and accountability, and for transparency. It reflects how efficiently Charity Navigator believes the Foundation will use donations, how well it has sustained programs and services, and its level of commitment to good governance and openness.

More information about the Foundation is available online.

A message from the Rotary Foundation

SRCrotaryLeave a comment

RF Plea

If you haven’t seen this request from the Rotary Foundation, you haven’t been carefully reading your mail.

Each Rotarian has, over the past few days, received a mailing from the Rotary Foundation about its fundraising efforts in 2016-17, its 100th anniversary. It traces, in capsulized form, the history of the foundation and its global reach, and how you can help further its work on behalf of mankind.

If you’d like to get more information at your fingertips on the Foundation, simply click here.

 

Foundation issues a reminder on ‘club banner’ qualifications

SRCrotaryLeave a comment

Rotary Foundation Logo• This reminder message was sent to all Rotary Club presidents by the Rotary Foundation.

Dear Club Presidents:

As you look ahead to the end of your Rotary year in office, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that your club could qualify for recognition in supporting The Rotary Foundation.

Remember, recognitions were updated this Rotary year. They now include:

100% Foundation Giving —  This banner is awarded to clubs in which every dues-paying member contributes to The Rotary Foundation, and, the average contribution is at least $100 to any Rotary Foundation gift designation, including the Annual Fund, PolioPlus Fund, approved global grants, and the Endowment Fund, during the Rotary year.

100% EREY (Every Rotarian, Every Year) Sustaining Club —  Rotary clubs in which every dues-paying member contributes at least $100 to the Annual Fund.

100% Paul Harris Society Club — For clubs in which every dues-paying member contributes a minimum of $1,000 to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or global grants within a Rotary year.”

Any member of the Southern Rensselaer County Rotary Club who wishes to donate to the Rotary Foundation for this 2016-17 year is asked to be sure to do so in time for the club to qualify for consideration. The deadline for receiving donations is the close of business on Thursday, June 30, which is the final day of the Rotary Year.

• Via Credit Card — This method may be used online at http://rotary.org, and donations must be authorized on or prior to Thursday 30 June 2016.

• Via Fax — Donations, including amount, credit card number, and member name and address, may be faxed to 847-328-5260.

• Via Phone –– Call 866-976-8279.

• Via Check — Envelopes must be postmarked no later than June 30 and  received at the Foundation no later than Wednesday, July 6. Mailing address: The Rotary Foundation, 14280 Collections Center Drive, Chicago, IL 60693.

 

 

Rotary Foundation ranked among most-influential non-profits

SRCrotaryLeave a comment

Screen shot 2016-05-19 at 1.54.29 PMThe Street.com, an online financial site, has just released a list of what it calls “The 50 Most Influential Non-Profits.”

As it explains, “This snapshot pulls in a lot of the nonprofits you’d recognize, some you might have forgotten about, and a few that you never knew were nonprofits in the first place.

At No. 6  on the list is Rotary International’s Rotary Foundation. Click here to see the entire list.

Here are the top five.

  1. Human Rights Watch
  2. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  3. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
  4. American Museum of Natural History
  5. Doctors Without Borders