This document summarizes the activities and goals of the Rotary Club of Mount Pleasant for their 2008-2009 term. It discusses increasing membership and diversity, creating a budget and long-term plan, fundraising over $40,000 for their soccer tournament, and implementing various service projects to benefit the community, such as building homes with Habitat for Humanity and providing food for underprivileged students. It also reviews the club's foundation contributions and scholarship awards for the year.

1. Rotary Club of
Mount
Pleasant
CLUB ASSEMBLY | June 24, 2009

4. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Directors
President
THANK
2008 – 2009 Board of
President Elect
Brent Jonas
Tina Garrett
Director
Director
Bob Barton
Vickey Boyd
Secretary
Treasurer YOU!
Sergeant-at-Arms
Pete McKellar IV
B.V. Messervy
Pete McKellar III
Director
Director
Director
Joe Rainero
Clinton Dunn
Zach Bearden
Jerry George
Jack Evans

5. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
2008-09 President’s Goals
• Membership | 10% Net Increase + Diversity
• Operations | Create a Budget, Manage It
• Operations | Written Policies
• Operations | Long Range Plan
• Fundraising | $40,000 Soccer + “Big Fish Committee”
• Charities | 2-year Signature Project - $50K + 5 hours

6. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Membership

7. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Membership Goals Membershipsince July2008
New Members | July 1, 1, 2008
689
• Net Increase of 10% = Net +7 by 3/31/09
• Improve Diversity Membership | Mar 31, 2008
MALE
72
5
NetFEMALE
% Increase
6%
4
The MINORITY RI
Club met
0
President DK Lee’s goal
of net +1

8. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Attendance
July 72.24%
August 73.13%
September 73.22%
October 77.24%
November 73.91%
December 79.59%
January 77.54%
February 86.56%
March 72.89%
April 75.56%
May 76.07%
Average 76.18%

9. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Attendance

10. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Public Relations | Vickey
Boyd
• Newspaper Coverage | Moultrie News
• New Website | Joe Rainero
• Facebook Page | Zach Bearden
• PR Grant with other clubs | Billboards, radio, TV,
newspapers and LowcountryRotary.org

12. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Service Projects
• Habitat for Humanity
• Happy Feet
• Dictionary Project
• Adopt-a-Highway
• Rotary Reader
• Voter Registration
• Build-A-Dune
• BACKPACK BUDDIES!

13. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Habitat for Humanity
Ne x t Da
te :
July 18,
2009

14. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Happy Feet
October
121 kids 4, 2008
30 Rota got sho
rians/In es
teract p
articipa
$2,716 ted
Thanks
Payless
!

15. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Dictionary Project
56 Rotarian
s
1,100 Dictiona
ries
$1,713

16. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Adopt-a-Highway
D ates:
Next A
TB

17. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Rotary Reader

18. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Voter Registration

19. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Build-A-Dune

20. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Backpack Buddies

21. Backpack Buddies
• WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH BY APRIL 2010
– 200 Students
– 800 bags a month – nearly 7,500 bags
– $25,000
– ± 1 hour every 3 months per Rotarian
– 3 hours per Rotarian over a year - not too much
– Minimal Effort but a HUGE IMPACT!

22. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Scholarships
4 year scholarships
$9,000
Trident Technical College
scholarships
$3,000
Ambassadorial Scholars
1
Kristen Thompson
3 more sponsored for
2010-11 interviews

23. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Foundation
$20,000
$15,000
0
49
$10,000
0
41
3,
7,
$1
$1
$5,000
$0
7/8/08
Club Goal Contributions

24. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Foundation
PolioPlus Goalin $2,343
• Per Capita - $259.85 – 4 th -
the district
ACTUAL =
• 57 Paul Harris Fellows
• 8 Benefactors ($1,000 in Will)
$2,965
• 10 Paul Harris Society Members ($1,000 annually)
• District Simplified Grant – Happy Feet project
• International Matching Grants – Haiti,
Nigeria, and Uganda H2O units

25. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
$40,000

26. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Soccer Classic 2009
Dow Jones
NASDAQ
$33,737
July 1 2008 Feb 20 2009 Pct Change
1,284.91
2,304.97
770.05
1,441.23
-40.07%
-37.47%
S&P 11,382.26 7,365.67 -35.29%
Soccer Classic 40,000.00 33,737.00 -15.66%

27. Rotary Club of
Mount Pleasant
Still to Come…
• Tina Garrett
• Installation Banquet – July 6, 2009
• And much, much, more…