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Club Assembly #6. The Rotary Foundation (Lesson Two). 1. True or False:. 2. "No one can tell us what Rotary will be tomorrow, but one thing is certain: What Rotary will be tomorrow depends upon what we Rotarians do today.". This was said by that great Rotarian, Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
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Club Assembly #6 The Rotary Foundation (Lesson Two)
2. "No one can tell us what Rotary will be tomorrow, but one thing is certain: What Rotary will be tomorrow depends upon what we Rotarians do today." • This was said by that great Rotarian, Haile Selassie of Ethiopia • This was said by that great Rotarian, Arch Klumph • This was said by that great Rotarian, Admiral Byrd • This was said by that great Rotarian, Franklin Delano Roosevelt • This was said by that great Rotarian, Dejazmach Balcha Saffo
3. Weekly Rotary Foundation Thoughts, which can be used to inspire members at the start of meetings, can be: • Found on the Rotary Website • Composed by your TRF chair and committee • Gleaned from your District Conference sessions • All of the above
4. The first thing to do when contemplating application for a Humanitarian Grant is: • Rotary means ACTION! Just decide what a community needs and ship it off to them • Work with the target community leaders to determine the needs of the community • All communities need water projects. See what other clubs have done and design one for the target area. • Concentrate on “bricks and mortar.” That’s REALLY what TRF wants in a Grant project.
5. In Tanzania your club can help provide a mobile health clinic to a large rural population in the Kilombero Valley. Where do you think I found out about this project? • World Community Service “Projects Exchange Database” on the www.rotary.org site • I called the Chamber of Commerce in Kilombero to ask them if there’s a project for us. • I Googled “mobile clinics” • I asked our Club President
6. Name 3 educational programs of TRF: • Ambassadorial Scholarships, Rotary World Peace Fellows, Learn a Clean Environment • Youth Exchange, Ambassadorial Scholarships, World Community Service • GSE, Youth Exchange, Ambassadorial Scholars • Grants for Teachers, Ambassadorial Scholars, Rotary Peace Fellows
7. District Simplified Grants, individual grants, and matching grants are all forms of: • Intercountry grants • Web grants • Humanitarian grants • Youth Exchange grants
8. Is it possible to “Check Your District's Rotary Foundation Contribution Record” on the Rotary website?
9. A club raises $1,500 at their community car wash. They’ve only 25 members. How could they use this money to approach 100% TRF Sustainer status? • Organize and implement one more project, donate the funds to their club’s endowment, and thereby make everyone a sustainer! • EREY means that each INDIVIDUAL must raise her/his own $100 • Organize and implement one more project, donate the funds to the Annual Programs Fund of TRF, and thereby make every member a sustainer!
10. District Simplified Grant. What’s THAT? • It’s a grant for district which “can’t figure it out.” • It comes from the 20% of funds returned to Districts after three years • It can be used for community or international projects • Must be approved by the District Rotary Foundation Chair (DRFC). • A, B, & C • B, C, & D
11. A Rotary member may participate as a scholar in the Peace Fellows Program
12. All of the following except one are ways to donate to TRF. Which is unacceptable? • Gift of Life Insurance • Gift of stocks • A bequest in one’s will and testament • Live animals as long as they are delivered to the International Headquarters. • Life income agreements
13. Your Aunt Minnie wills you her 7 carat diamond ring. May you donate it to TRF, or must you sell it first and donate the proceeds? • You may give the ring • You must sell it and give the proceeds