1. Rotary U
May 16, 2013
Share Success – Rotary Showcase
Humanitarian Service Projects:
+ Community Service
+ International Service

2. AGENDA
• Intro of your D-5170 resource people (1)
• Types of service projects (1) -2
• Character4istics and Examples of Community Service
projects (18)-20
• Characteristics and Examples of International Service
projects (13) -33
• How to get started with an International Service project
(3) -36
• Available District and Rotary Foundation grant money (2)
-38
• Questions (5)

3. Your D-5170 Resource People
Community Avenue of Service Chair:
Ginny Lear
(Palo Alto)
International Avenue of Service Chair:
Jeboy Koshy
(Fremont Warm Springs Sunrise)
Plus other program &/or project chairs

4. Community Service
• Presented by Bruce Barsi, Mountain View
Rotary
• Let’s get started and make it a winner!
• Examples from MV Rotary’s “Cops and
Gobblers” project

5. Cops and Gobblers

14. What’s The Need?
• How to identify
– Club member(s) passion
– Community input (schools, city, social service, etc)
– Other clubs’ projects
• Is it doable?
– Member interest and commitment
– Funding
– Manageable scope

15. Who’s Gonna Do It?
• Visioner – Passionate member takes lead
• Organizer – Needs to plan & get things rolling
• Asker – Finds the funding
• Inspirer – Involves the masses
• Promoter – Gets the word out
• Spread it out
• Don’t all have to be Rotarians

16. Partners
• Look to the community, i.e., Challenge Team,
Community Roundtable
• Ask family and friends to help
• Other Rotary Clubs
• Don’t forget the Interacters
• Folks benefiting from the project
• Volunteer groups, i.e., GoVoluntr, One Brick,
HandsOn Bay Area, even Craigslist

17. How Do We Pay For It?
• Figure out how much you need – a budget
• Clubs funds
• Fundraiser
• District Designated Funds (DDF)
• And everywhere else – businesses,
foundations, other clubs (Kiwanis and Lions
too!), community groups, individuals
• People want to give to a good cause, just ask!

18. Get It Done
• Take the plunge
• Try to stay on schedule
• Make sure folks have something meaningful to do
• Ask for feedback
• Be flexible; change things if you need to
• Don’t stress out about it; it won’t go totally as
planned; but it’ll be great anyway
• HAVE FUN!!!!!

19. And Then What?
• Debrief – what went right and what needs to
get better
• Feedback from partners
• Say thanks you to all – Very Important!
• Do we want to do it again? Can we?
• If yes, start planning now
• Think succession unless you want it for life

20. Show It Off!
• Let the media know in advance – they love
this stuff
• Send out a press release with photos
• Follow up with a phone call
• Add it to “Rotary Showcase” on the RI website
• The “District Showcase” is coming soon
• Your partners and participants will spread the
word for you

21. Partners For Elder
Generations
Presented by
David Smith
(Los Altos)

22. Presented by
David Smith
(Los Altos Rotary – Partners for Elder Generation Chair)
The mission of the Partners for Elder
Generations (PEG) committee is to support
and enhance the quality of life of 50+
individuals.

23. • For the last 3 years the PEG Committee has
organized and promoted an Encore Event in late
March
• The catalyst was a talk by Laura Carstensen,
Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity
• Her message – You have been given a gift of 30+
years of life so plan to use it wisely

24. Encore Event – Two Primary Goals
• Bring together 26 non-profit organizations
that primarily serve the local communities and
rely on volunteers for their service goals
• Engage “young seniors” (50+) to get involved
and identify a passion to make the world a
better place and pursue healthier lifestyle

25. Budget
Revenue - $7,500
• Donations of $500 - $2,000 from
four organizations
• Donation of $2,000 from the Town
of Los Altos Hills
• City of Los Altos facilities at no
charge & Senior Center Staff
Partnership
• Raised $800 by organizing focus
group sessions for a technology
startup
Expenses ($6,700)
• Advertising
• Lunch

26. Non-Profit Displays Program (with Lunch)
120 – 160 Attendees

27. 2012
Panel of Encore Careers
Making an Impact
2013
Alex Tarics – World’s Oldest
Living Olympic Gold
Medalist

28. International Project
Characteristics
• Driven by an International club as Host Club
• Partner w international club as Sponsoring
Club
• Typically Sponsoring Club only does funding
• Minimum Total project cost $30K and max
$200K
• Minimum required Global Grant $15K

29. Two Examples of Successful
International Projects
Faces of Hope - Guatemala
Presented by Don MacKenzie (Palo Alto University)
Adopt a Village - Uganda
Presented by Lorena Tuohey (Morgan Hill representing Area 6)

30. Faces of Hope
Guatemala
Presented by
Don MacKenzie
(Palo Alto University)

39. Cindy
Scotts Valley Rotary

40. Tom
Los Gatos Morning Rotary

41. Rose
San Leandro
Rotary

45. Jose

46. Elder
4 months - 16 months

47. Oliver

48. Faces of Hope
District 5170 Rotarians & Guatemala Metropoli Rotary Club
working with:
Surgecenter of Palo Alto
Obras del Hermano Pedro Hospital

49. Adopt a Village
Uganda
Presented by
Lorena Tuohey
(Morgan Hill, representing Area 6)

50. Uganda

51. From
Kampala
To
Lira

53. 25 each of heifers, chickens
and piglets

54. 400 mosquito nets

55. 500 each of notebooks,
pencils and pens

56. 1,000 tree seedlings

57. 25 water
harvesting tanks

58. 2 deep drilled water wells

59. How to get started with a project
International Service
• Form a committee in your club
• Befriend an international club
• Learn of a community need in their community
• Form a partnership with that club to devise a
project to address that need
(be sure it fits one of 6 TRF “Area of Focus”)
• Seek out other D-5170 clubs to join you
• Develop a budget & apply for matching GG
from TRF

60. DDF Grant Money
Available for Approved Projects
• All D-5170 clubs are allocated DDF
• Two types of grants:
District Grant (DG): For Community project or small International
projects
Global Grant (GG) : For International projects ($30k - $200)
• Clubs determine % of DDF going to DG and GG;
check District Allocation sheet for your club
• Global grants are matched by TRF
• For TRF Grant application ask for help from your
Foundation Chair , Grant Resource Leaders and
District Foundation committee.

61. Rotary Showcase
When your project is completed,
Post it on the District’s
“Rotary Showcase”
site

62. Rotary U
May 16, 2013
Share Success – Rotary Showcase
Humanitarian Service Projects
Questions ?