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AVERAGE, EVERYDAY ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE……. Rotary International. WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE COME FROM Founded 1905 1.2M Members Worldwide 42,000 Clubs MOTTO “Service Above Self”. Rotary International. FOUR WAY TEST Is it the Truth
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AVERAGE, EVERYDAY ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE……
Rotary International • WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE COME FROM • Founded 1905 • 1.2M Members Worldwide • 42,000 Clubs • MOTTO “Service Above Self”
Rotary International • FOUR WAY TEST • Is it the Truth • Is it Fair to all Concerned • Will it Build Goodwill and Better Friendship • Will it be Beneficial to all Concerned
Rotary International • FUNDING • > 100% of funds raised go directly to supported causes, typical of all clubs • THE ONLY NGO SEATED AT THE UN
Rotary International • MAJOR PROJECTS • Worldwide Eradication of Polio • Project Inception 1988 • $1.2B raised • 700 Newly Reported Cases in 2011 in Only Three Countries • Clean Water & Sanitation • Project Inception ~ 2009
Seabrook Rotary Club • CHARTERED 1998 • CURRENT MEMBERSHIP • Business ProfessionalsEngineers • Financial ProfessionalsSales Professionals • Educators Health Professionals • Legal ProfessionalsCivil Professionals • AVERAGE AGE ~ 50
Seabrook Rotary Club INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Seabrook Rotary Club • BOOKS FOR THE WORLD
Seabrook Rotary Club • CHILDREN OF THE DUMPS - NICARAGUA
Seabrook Rotary Club LOCAL PROJECTS
Seabrook Rotary Club • $10K GRANT TO BAY ELEMENTARY -reduction of below-level readers by K grade by 68%, 1st grade by 62% and 2nd grade by 50% .
Seabrook Rotary Club • $2.5K GRANT TO ED WHITE ELEMENTARY - Prior to implementation only 30% were reading above level, 20% at level and the remainder below. Subsequent to implementation 79% were reading above level, and 17% at level.
Seabrook Rotary Club * MAKING ENDS MEET * FINDING A JOB & PUTTING YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD? * HOW THINGS WORK * MY TAXES…, MY AT WORK RESPONSIBILITIES * “BUSINESS” THE BIG PICTURE
Seabrook Rotary Club • CCISD FFA – We purchase livestock each year at the Future Farmers of America (FFA students) auction. The meat is processed and donated to a Bay Area Women's Shelter. This trifecta supports the school, the students and provides help for a local charity.
Seabrook Rotary Club • $1.5K ANNUAL CCISD TEACHER OF THE YEAR • ANNUAL MEADOR LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM
Seabrook Rotary Club • CLOTHES FOR KIDS
Seabrook Rotary Club • “EAGLES NEST” (BAY ELEMENTARY) - We provide financial support for this after-school facility that offers tutoring, sports and other activities for youngsters who might otherwise run the streets.
Seabrook Rotary Club • HURRICANE RELIEF • AID FOR SPECIAL NEEDS & UNEXPECTED CALAMITY
Seabrook Rotary Club • MIRIMAR PARK PAVILION • PAVILION AT ARMAND BAYOUR • PINE GULLY PARK PLAYGOUND
Seabrook Rotary Club • COMMUNITY EVENTS COOKING TEAMS • Breakfast with Santa • Easter-Egg Hunt • Trash Bash • Special Events