We enjoyed Ben Nelson's presentation last week about the Rotary Foundation. Long time Foundation benefactors were honored and six new Paul Harris Fellowships were awarded: Anne, John, Cornelia, Carrie, Richard and Bret. Good Job!!
November is Foundation Month! And with that we're rolling out a special month-long promotion for those of you not already using Rotary Direct(https://my.rotary.org/en/rotary-direct) to make giving to the Annual Fund and/or Polio Plus easy and automatic. If you sign up for Rotary Direct before the end of November, and set up a $100 donation, both the club and the district will match your donation in points. Yes, a double match! So you'll be almost a third of the way to a Paul Harris Fellowship award. You can do it in a single donation or donate $25 quarterly. Simply forward your receipt to cornelia.sprung@rotary5400.org to request your match. This double match is only available during Rotary Foundation Month, so sign up and automate your giving today!
Did you know? Since our club's inception 40 years ago, our members have contributed $256,000 to the Rotary Foundation!
To sign up for Rotary Direct, call 1-800-9- rotary
The new facility for Interfaith Sanctuary is nearing completion. We have a tour scheduled for November 25. Between now and then, we want to collect winter stuff for the residents, including gloves, hats, scarves, etc. We'll deliver to them at our visit.
As you will recall, our first experience with Shark Pond was to interview two young men from Africa who had good ideas. We selected Emmanuel who has been keeping us informed thought the magic of WhatsApp. His project was to employ underserved women to collect plastic from the roads and sidewalks for recycling. Now he's grown his little business into collecting cardboard, and now he's building a small plant for his shredding machine. Then he can made blocks for building materials, among other things. WOW! We have been impressed! Very industrial young felllow! Our initial grant to him was $1,000 toward the purchase of a motorcycle truck to haul plastic. He will now start repaying that grant to a local Rotary club who will, in turn, make another grant to a local entrepreneur.
Now, we'll have the opportunity for Round #2 of the Shark Pond. The program was founded and is managed by Ben Davidson from the Pocatello Rotary Club. Officially, its called Entrapov. We need 4 Rotarians to volunteer for the selection committee. Contact Anne if you're interested.
Our Judging Panel is set: John, John, Roger, Tim and Tracy
OUr meeting last week feature Four, count-em FOUR, past District Governors - Kevin, Marianne, Ben and Bret.........Bret reports that he made it to the top of the volcano and along the way discovered Chocolate.....Cornelia is in Hawaii as we speak.....Mary had a great time biking around Sicily.....Alan's heading for San Antonio...Our Rotary Minute reviewed tidbits form the RI President's message about the impact of the Rotary Foundation....Idaho Public TV fund raising event is next month - sign up by Dec 2......
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November is Foundation Month! And with that we're rolling out a special month-long promotion for those of you not already using Rotary Direct (
The new facility for Interfaith Sanctuary is nearing completion. We have a tour scheduled for November 25. Between now and then, we want to collect winter stuff for the residents, including gloves, hats, scarves, etc. We'll deliver to them at our visit.
As you will recall, our first experience with Shark Pond was to interview two young men from Africa who had good ideas. We selected Emmanuel who has been keeping us informed thought the magic of WhatsApp. His project was to employ underserved women to collect plastic from the roads and sidewalks for recycling. Now he's grown his little business into collecting cardboard, and now he's building a small plant for his shredding machine. Then he can made blocks for building materials, among other things. WOW! We have been impressed! Very industrial young felllow! Our initial grant to him was $1,000 toward the purchase of a motorcycle truck to haul plastic. He will now start repaying that grant to a local Rotary club who will, in turn, make another grant to a local entrepreneur.
