2 City North Hotel, 18th April 2009 District Assembly

City North Hotel, 18th April 2009 DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 2009 Caroline Bourke Foundation Chair

4 City North Hotel, 18th April 2009 The Team Grants – Monica Robertson (Dublin Central) Group Study Exchange – Dorothy Heaphy (Youghal) & Verity Swan (Dublin North) Ambassadorial Scholars – Naomi Carey (Antrim) Annual Programmes Fund – Eamonn O’Raghallaigh (Dublin Viking) Permanent Fund – Brian Balmer (Bangor) Alumni – Gerard O’Reilly (Clonmel) Polio Plus – Howard Caskie (Limavady) Postal Survey – Alan Jones (Dublin North)

5 City North Hotel, 18th April 2009 Group Study Exchange Trip to Japan 2009 Team Leader – Rtn Verity Swan Looking for candidates – aged Team heading to Japan in October 4 week trip Contact Dorothy Heaphy or Verity Swan if you have candidates in mind

6 City North Hotel, 18th April 2009 Grants Monica Robertson Dublin Central

7 Annual Giving $100per member (Sustaining Member) Paul Harris Fellowships $1,000 Giving Bequests / Estate Planning $10,000+ Gifts / Benefactors $1,000 gift Bequests Permanent Fund District Designated Fund World Fund 50% Interest Rotary Foundation Programmes:- Educational Ambassadorial Scholarships Rotary Grants for University Teachers Group Study Exchange Rotary Centres for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution Humanitarian Matching Grants District Simplified Grants Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants Volunteer Service Grants PolioPlus – goal to eradicate Polio worldwide Annual Programmes Fund

8 Progress in Polio Eradication

9 The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS The project

10 The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS  Purpose-built  Combines the talents and efforts of every Rotary club in RIBI  Three main aims… The project

11 The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS  Increase membership  Raise €1m/£1m for the Polio Eradication campaign  Maximise public awareness of the Polio campaign – and Rotary in general Three Aims

12 The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS  A co-ordinated campaign  To conclude on 23 rd February 2010  ROTARY DAY  The immediate period around it (February 20 – 28) Timing

13 The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS  Money raised will be credited to the Gates Challenge  Will count against any club and District targets Allocation

14 The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS Every club is asked to…  Organise a Polio fund-raising event in their own community  Link with local schools and colleges.  Organise a ‘Window of Opportunity’.  Obtain wide-ranging media coverage of these events Club Action

15 The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS  Identify target schools  Get agreement from school Heads  Tell the children the Polio story  Find Polio sufferers in your area  Set up Purple Pinkie Day Schools

16 The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS Window of Opportunity  February  Find a vacant shop in a retail area  Get agreement to use the shop window for a week  Fill the shop window with promotional material

17  Around 23 rd February 2010  Theme – TfL Kicks Polio for Touch  Use Rugby Celebrities as focus  Involve other celebrities  Select a venue  Look for sponsors  Lots of publicity  Lots of money raised The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS Celebrity Dinner

18  National Immunisation Day  Autumn 2009  A small District Team of volunteers  Help with the NID  Go there and get stuck in  Take lots of pictures  Club presentations on return The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS NID

19  That’s up to You The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS What Else?

20 The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS  Thanks for Life (schools)  Windows of Opportunity  Business-to-Business dinners  Rotary NIDs  Many others… Summary

21 The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS  Marketing & PR support will be a priority (possible involvement of the BBC)  RI PR Grant Sought Support

22 The Future of Rotary IS IN YOUR HANDS

23 PolioPlus: Keep our Promise to Eradicate Polio

24 City North Hotel, 18th April 2009 DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 2009 Thanks for your Support for The Rotary Foundation – Rotary’s OWN charity Please call on the Foundation team during the year to help you or to speak at your club. We are here for YOU!!!

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