Mark the date, as we are pleased and honored that, for the first time, we have the Chairman of the Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees, Dr. Robert Scott, as our Keynote Speaker! Make sure to plan to bring your spouses/partners, children/grandchildren, YE students and host families, Rotaract & Interact students, to an evening they'll long remember! - DG Marlene

OCTOBER 20th, 2007 FOUNDATION SEMINAR

"Our District-wide Foundation Seminar was held Saturday, October 20th, at Harts Hill Inn. Download the registration form. Our dynamic speakers shared fascinating information about what an amazing difference in our communities and in the world The Rotary Foundation is making. An excellent time to learn more about our Foundation, why it's important to give, the benfits to you, and how your can get funding for your Club projects!

We announced a very unique District matching grant Haiti Project opportunity, as well as the District Simplified Grants which are available for our Clubs to use for projects in their communities. We also shared clarification on the importance of Annual Fund giving by Clubs, Permanent giving, various matching grants available from The Rotary Foundation, and how to turn your Club’s TRF points into PHF’s!

Our District Rotary Foundation team learned and shared. They are: The Rotary Foundation District Chair - PDG Jack Luchsinger, Syracuse RC; Rotary Foundation District Committee Members - Annual Fund: Sandra Fentiman, New Hartford RC; Permanent Fund: Tim Gaul, Cato RC; Benefactors: PDG Jerry Gortner, Canastota RC; Grants Chair: Earl Lewis, Rotary eClub NY1; Information: PDG Jim Austin, Tully RC; Alumni Chair: PDG Ward Vuillemot, Skaneateles RC; Scholarships: Frank Decker, Syracuse RC; Scholar Counsel: Tom Taylor, eClub NY1 RC; Polio Plus: Paul Scott, Oswego RC; World Peace Fellowships; Jim Yonai, Oneida; World Service: PDG Joe McCarthy, Dewitt RC; RC; Rotary Community Corps: Frank Mondi, New Hartford RC.

We invited Club President's, Club Foundation chairs, other current and incoming Club officers, and other Rotarians interested in learning more about the wonderful important works of our Rotary Foundation. Included in the $18.00/$20.00 registration fee was: Materials, Donuts & Danish, Juice, Coffee & Tea, Lunch

Date: Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Time: Registration 8:30 AM
Seminar 9:00 AM- 2:00 PM
Location: Harts Hill Inn, Whitesboro, NY
Cost: $18.00 in advance / $20.00 at the door
AGENDA

8:30 AM - Registration - Coffee, Juice, and Danish
9:00 AM - Plenary Session · Call to Order – District RF Chair Jack Luchsinger
Pledge – DGN Fred Cholet; Song – AG Paul Scott; Invocation - PDG Ed Paparella
· Welcome and District Foundation Goals 2007-08 – District Governor Marlene Brown
Slideshow narrated by Zone 31 Regional Rotary Foundation 2001-04 Coordinator Mac Leask & Rotary International Past Vice President Bill Cadawalder COVERING:
· Foundation Overview: How It Works, Who it Benefits & Ways of Giving
· Paul Harris Fellows - Two Ways of Giving + Polio Eradication Update
10:05 AM - Break
10:20 - 10:50 AM - Break Out Session I
1) What Your Club needs to know about Annual Giving, Sustaining Members, EREY & TRF Educational Programs (facilitated by Bill Cadwallader)
2) District TRF Committee Only Breakout on Responsibilities, Resources, & Reporting Forms (facilitated by John "Mac" Leask)
10:55 - 11:25 AM - Break Out Session II
1) The Paul Harris Society, Paul Harris Fellowship, & Turning Club TRF points into PHF’s EREY (facilitated by Bill Cadwallader)
2) Matching Grant Programs & Volunteer Grants & District Simplified Grants & District Designated Funds (facilitated by John "Mac" Leask)
11:30 - 12:00 Noon - Break Out Session III
1) The Paul Harris Society, Paul Harris Fellowship, & Turning Club TRF points into PHF’s (facilitated by Bill Cadwallader)
2) Matching Grant Programs & Volunteer Grants & District Simplified Grants & District Designated Funds (facilitated by John "Mac" Leask)
12:00 Noon - Lunch
· Song - · Invocation -
Keynote Speaker - Bob Hood, Project Haiti
2:00pm - Adjournment

SPEAKERS: We were fortunate to have as our Session speakers Zone 32 Rotary International Past Director Bill Cadwallader, and Zone 31 Regional Rotary Foundation 2001-04 Coordinator Mac Leask. Mac's District led our Zone last year in per capita contributions to The Rotary Foundation. Our Zone includes 15 Districts in New York, New England States, and parts of the Canadian Providences Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.

Our luncheon keynote speakers was Cazenovia resident Bob Hood, who has made numerous trips to Haiti the past five years and worked extensively to build up impoverished communities and provide clean drinking water to the people of Thibeau, Haiti. We will be doing a District-wide Matching Grant project with Bob in Haiti. Read more about this wonderful project here.

Bill Cadwallader

Thibeau, Haiti

Mac Leask

MAP: Harts Hill Inn, 135 Clinton Street, Whitesboro, NY 13492

Meet our 2007-08 District Foundation Team
Rotary District 7150

September, 2007 - District 7150 Rotary Foundation Committee Meeting - The District Rotary Foundation Committee met to review district Foundation goals.

 

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DISTRICT 7150 AT A GLANCE

As of June 30, 2007, the Foundation reported the following about District 7150:

Paul Harris Fellows -- 1,754

Sustaining Paul Harris Fellows -- 222

Benefactors -- 117

All Time Foundation Giving: $2,840,304.

Recognition History
Major Donors = 8
Bequest Society Members = 6

Program History
Scholars sponsored = 61
World Peace Scholar = 1
Group Study Exchanges = 25
Volunteer Grants Awarded = 4
Volunteer Service Grants = 1
Matching Grants Sponsored = 29

Rotary Foundation News

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. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world. It has grown from an initial contribtion of US $26.50 to more than US $55 million.