Are volunteering with youth (one-on-one)? Mentoring, Youth Exchange, RYLA, Academic Decathlon, High School Business Plans, Etc...
If YES, you need to have an annual background check completed. CLICK HERE for more details about how to get your background check completed. This only applies if you are working with youth one-on-one. If you are in a group more than 2 people, you don't need a background check.
Mick Faulhaber is our Youth Protection Officer for our Club. Contact him if you have any questions or concerns.
The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary, it taps into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact.
Books for the World is a global literacy project, supervised by Rotarians, that puts used books from the United States that might otherwise be discarded into the hands of children in other countries where educational resources are in short supply.
Join your fellow Rotarians on Saturday, November 14, from 10 am – noon to pack books for Books for the World! Snacks and beverages will be provided. Please note that book packing will take place in a warehouse that is not climate controlled, so please dress appropriately for the weather and wear comfortable shoes for standing. See further information at this link.
There will also be lunch, refreshment and fellowship afterwards at the Lazy Oaf Lounge!
Please let me know of any events or special situations in our fellow Rotarians' lives where a card, flowers, or a plant would be appropriate for their situation.
Thanks-
Bill Mowbray
P 608-830-5809 billm@baerinsurance.com
Fitchburg-Verona Rotary Club's Annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction!
The Fitchburg-Verona Rotary Club's Annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser is slated for Thursday, November 19th from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn in Verona! The fundraiser inlcudes over 20 wines, as well as appetizers and a silent auction. All proceeds support their local community and international programs.
The visioning process is designed to help a Rotary club create its own vision and to discover for itself the steps necessary to achieve that vision. The result is unique to each club because this is not a vision decided by the Rotary District or by Rotary International. The result is a vision designed and endorsed by the club’s own members.
A club visioning event brings together a good cross-section of its membership from the newest to the most experienced Rotarian. The process uses the talents and life experience within the club to develop a vision and goals reflecting that club’s membership. A club visioning event provides renewed focus on objectives and is completed in a dedicated, fun-filled four hour session. The challenge during this process is to gather as many ideas and opportunities for the future from a group of 15 to 30 Rotarians and then condense it down to the most important goals as determined by that club. To make sure that all of this can be accomplished within a limited time frame, the club visioning event is run by an outside neutral team of Rotary facilitators. The team has been well-trained in a specific process to help the club bring out its best thinking. The facilitation team does not suggest or promote projects.
This is not a strategic planning process. However, it does provide wonderful material that can be used to either help review an existing club’s strategic plan or help in the development of such a plan at a later time. By the end of this four-hour process, each club will have a clear vision of the following:
What the club stands for in the community;
The club’s target membership size in five years;
Identification of the club’s attributes;
Top three objectives for each avenue of service; and
Ways to improve the club’s leadership development.
Yogi Berra said, “If you don’t know where you are going, chances are you will end up someplace else.” If a club starts with an effective visioning event, it leads to a long range plan that can effectively result in programs locally and internationally. A club vision is a living management tool that begins this process by defining a shared commitment, providing long term direction, creating a framework to establish goals and objectives, and helping the club to optimize the use of its resources.
The key thing to remember is that this visioning process is designed to make sure that it is the club members who are providing the input and deciding the goals, objectives, and action steps that they want to take in order to realize the vision that they have created for themselves as a Rotary Club in their community.
2016 Rotary International Convention • May 28 - June 1 • Seoul, South Korea
From John Gerold
The International Convention for Rotary will be held in Seoul, South Korea from May 28, 2016 through June 1, 2016. My wife and I plan to attend the convention. In addition, we plan on touring other parts of Korea either before or after the convention. A stop-over in Japan may happen as well. Five other club members have indicated an interest in attending the convention and doing some of the extended touring. If you are interested in considering this trip, please let me know.
Early discounted fees for convention registration end on December 15, 2015.
Show us how your Interact club is having fun while making a difference in your school or community and you could earn $500 for your club’s next project.
For our seventh annual Interact Video Awards, we’re asking Interact clubs to create a short video (30 seconds to three minutes) showing one of the following:
The Magic of Interact: When your club works together, magic happens. Show us the outstanding projects your members are involved in.
Leadership: What does leadership mean to you? Reveal how your club takes leadership action in your school and community.
Entries are due by 1 December. All...
Your district could earn an appearance on the Rotary International Convention stage in Seoul. The five districts that contribute the most district designated funds (DDFs) to support the Miles to End Polio fundraising goal will have a representative from their district recognized in front of thousands of fellow Rotary members.
In addition to the top five districts earning recognition at the 2016 convention, President-elect John Germ will visit the district that donates the most DDFs to Miles to End Polio, the Rotary fundraiser linked to the annual El Tour de Tucson bicycle race in Arizona, USA...
You can take part in Rotary Day at the United Nations on 7 November by watching the event live. This annual event at UN Headquarters in New York City offers Rotary members and others a unique opportunity to learn how we work with the United Nations to advance peace and improve the lives of those most in need.
This year’s meeting highlights the UN’s 70th anniversary and Rotary’s longstanding relationship with the organization. The program will focus on the Sustainable Development Goals and recognize Rotary women of action from around the world. The six Global Women of Action will also be...
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