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Foundation Support: The Rotary Foundation is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of The Foundation. The financial support The Foundation receives today will help secure many better tomorrows for people all over the world through The Rotary Foundation's humanitarian and educational programs. Your gift may be given to the Annual Programs Fund or The Permanent Fund, our endowment. Each fund supports Foundation programs in a different way. The Rotary Foundation accepts gifts of cash, publicly-traded securities, some closely-held securities, life insurance, real-estate, and other tangible property including art, jewelry and collectibles. The Foundation accepts deferred gifts and bequests and urges donors to include The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International in their final estate plans or will. The Rotary Foundation also offers a variety of Life Income Agreements to donors. Your charitable contribution may also be made as a pledge payable over a number of years. We gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the charitable contributions of our donors. As a donor, you receive recognition for your charitable contribution. Paul Harris Fellow recognition, named for the founder of Rotary, is given for gifts of US$1,000 or more to the Annual Programs Fund. Benefactor recognition is awarded to donors to The Permanent Fund. Donors of US$10,000 or more receive Major Donor recognition. The Rotary Foundation: The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. The Foundation's Humanitarian Programs fund international Rotary club and district projects to improve the quality of life, providing health care, clean water, food, education, and other essential needs primarily in the developing world. One of the major humanitarian programs is PolioPlus, which seeks to eradicate the polio virus worldwide by the year 2000. Through its Educational Programs the Foundation provides funding for some 1200 students to study abroad each year. Grants are also awarded to university teachers to teach in developing countries and for exchanges of business and professional people. Former participants in the Foundation's programs have the opportunity to continue their affiliation with Rotary as Foundation Alumni. The Rotary Foundation is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world. Included in this section is information pertaining to the history of The Rotary Foundation, its financial support, its Alumni programs, training and resources, and the SHARE system. What is Share? Through SHARE, Rotary districts share in the decision-making process by choosing which Rotary Foundation programs they wish to support and participate in. The Rotary Foundation's programs are funded through voluntary contributions made by Rotarians and others who believe in the Foundation's mission. Their support demonstrates their commitment to enhance the quality of life for all people, to create greater understanding among nations, and to advance the quest for peace in the world. The SHARE system is the mechanism by which Rotary Foundation program awards are distributed worldwide. Through the SHARE system, contributions to The Rotary Foundation are transformed into Ambassadorial Scholarships, Matching Grants for International Humanitarian Projects, Group Study Exchanges and more. At the end of every contribution year, each Rotary district's contributions to the Annual Programs Fund are divided into two funds: 40 percent is credited to the World Fund (WF) and 60 percent is credited to the District Designated Fund (DDF). The 40 percent credited to the World Fund is used by the Foundation to pay for the worldwide programs available to all Rotary districts, regardless of specific contributions. The 60 percent credited to the DDF is used by the district to fund the Foundation programs in which it chooses to participate, such as Ambassadorial Scholarships, credit toward the sponsor portion of a Matching Grant, or an extra Group Study Exchange. Because districts share decision-making about program funding with the Trustees, every Rotarian has a voice in planning for the future. Each year, district officers, in consultation with Rotarians in their district, allocate lump sums of DDF to one or more of four broad categories: humanitarian, educational, program enhancement, and donation. Within those broad categories are the many Foundation programs in which districts may choose to participate. The Rotary Foundation has a unique funding cycle that utilizes contributions for programs three years after they are received. The three-year cycle gives districts time for program planning and participant selection, and allows the Foundation to invest the contributions. The earnings from those investments pay for all administration, program operations and fund development costs. The system is called SHARE because the name defines what the system does: Rotarians SHARE their resources with their fellow Rotarians around the world. The Trustees SHARE some of their decision-making responsibility with the districts. Rotarians SHARE Rotary with the world through their Foundation. The funds given to the Annual Fund in 1997-98 are available for the Share System in 2000-01. This means that 60% of the funds contributed or $61,688.69 is available to the District Designated fund, that is, the District will decide where these funds will he directed to help people around the world. |
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The
Rotary Foundation It was a
wonderful occasion...view pictures &
those honored! Friday, May 7th, 1999, Dibbles
Inn, Vernon NY
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Celebrating an extraordinary year for District 7150 and its members commitment in the support of Rotary Foundation's numerous projects to promote world peace and understanding through it's Educational and Humanitarian programs ... and ... to pay tribute to our members who have contributed so much of their time, talent and treasures to make this happen. |
Our Guest
Speaker
 Guest Speaker: Tim Green "Renaissance Man" |
Tim Green, maybe best known as a former Syracuse University football stand out, and as a first round draft choice of the Atlanta Falcons, where he was a star defensive end for eight years. But his achievements off the playing field are equally impressive as academician, sports commentator, author and husband. He was valedictorian of his undergraduate class and an honors law school graduate of Syracuse University. Rather than the practice of law, Tim has chosen the media as his venue. He commentates weekly on life in the NFL for National Public radio, write a regular column for USA Today, serves as a sports contributor on ABC's good Morning America and has co-hosted Fox sport's prime time, Emmy nominated show NFL total Access. He is currently an anchor on Syracuse (WTVH) channel 5. Tim, while a lawyer, has authored four highly successful suspense novels; Ruffians, Titans, Outlaws and The Red Zone, as well as a nonfiction New York Time bestseller, "The Dark Side of The Game". He also has authored a memoir about his own search for his family roots entitled 'A Man and His Mother: An Adopted Son's Search", the movie rights of which have been reserved by CBS. |
 to the top 1 - Helping to Recognize 60 New Paul Harris Fellows in our Rotary District since January 1, 1998; 2 - Celebrating the return of our GSE team from the tremendously successful exchange with Sweden; 3 - Recognizing the District's first two $50,000.00 major donors, Bob and Eve Gilchriest from Rome Rotary Club; 4 - Celebrating the successful year of graduate study of our three visiting Ambassadorial Scholars, Flipa Neto Margques (Portugal), Junko Yoshida (Japan), and Saba Shah (Pakistan) at Syracuse University; 5 -Recognizing the District's newest recipient of the Rotary Foundation's Citation for Mertious Service; 6 - Celebrating the commencement of the District's $60,000.00 Literacy Project in State of Guanajuato, Mexico starting in March 1999; 7 -Recognizing the giving of each Rotary Club in the Rotary District towards achieving the Annual Giving Goal of $50,000.00 and the Total Giving Goal of $100,000.00; 8 - Recognizing our Rotarian's responses to the three disaster relief projects that they have contributed time, talent and treasures to; 9 - Saying thanks to our District's Rotary Foundation team for providing us with the leadership and guidance which led to such a successful year of giving and caring; 10 - Enjoying the enthusiasm and message of our keynote speaker, Tim Green; 11 - Having Fun with friends at the Foundation dinner. |
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