There are many reasons why we joined Rotary, among them the need for friendship and fellowship.  Another reason for becoming a Rotarian is the chance to do something to help somebody else because Rotarians provide community service to both local and global communities.  One way of doing something to help those who need help is to contribute to The Rotary Foundation Annual Fund Program.  By making a contribution to the Annual Fund Program, your donation comes back to your club in three years in the form of District Designated Funds (“DDF”) for your club’s use to do local and/or international service projects. 

This Rotary year, the sixty-one clubs in our Rotary District 5170 have a goal of raising a total of $750,250 for the Annual Fund Program.  To date, we have raised 55% of our total goal.  The Rotary Foundation transforms your gift into projects locally and globally.  In our District, each club has one or more local projects funded by the DDF that is allocated to your club on July 1 of each year.  Additionally, our District normally has about sixty-five international service projects that are also funded by the DDF that is allocated to your club annually.  Rotarians in District 5170 are People of Action.  When we do projects, we are increasing our impact and expanding our reach and are “Serving To Change Lives.”

November is Rotary Foundation Month in Rotary.  In our District, we ask all Rotary clubs to promote The Rotary Foundation and the opportunity to give directly to the Annual Fund Program or the Rotary Foundation program that fits your passion.  By making a gift to The Rotary Foundation, you provide service to others and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace and strive to meet Rotary’s vision statement of “Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and ourselves.” 

We thank you for your donation to the Rotary Foundation.  In the words of our own Past Rotary International President Richard D. King, “Rotary provides us with a chance to do something for somebody else and to sense the self-fulfillment that comes in the process and return of that satisfaction to one’s own life.  It is richly rewarding.”

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We continue to gather information on vocational club activities and projects. In addition, we are working on how to promote and encourage high school students to seek careers in the trades; expand how Rotarians do business with one another and how to network through an online Yellow Pages; research local job opportunity partners and move the needle on mentoring and internships.

 

 

 

 

 

A group of volunteers drawn from local Rotary Clubs came together on Nov. 13 to plant a variety of shrubs in an area near the residential fence line of the Aromas Sports Park.