Awards

March Membership/Attendance Report (PDF).

North Greenville awards scholarship to outstanding Interact students of the year

The North Greenville Rotary Club has sponsored the Wade Hampton High School Interact Club, for many years. The club sponsored a luncheon Friday, May 7 in the WHHS Media Center for Interact students, their parents, club sponsors and Rotarians. Interact students did a presentation on community service projects they have completed this year, including assisting with Special Olympics, having bingo visits to senior citizens in a retirement center, tutoring students at Frazee Center, and assisting North Greenville Rotary with the annual Christmas party for Salvation Army children.

At the end of the luncheon the two outstanding Interact students were awarded checks for scholarships that totaled $1000.00. The recipients were Jordan Locaby and Evelym Maris.

For more information contact: Ed Holliday, 355-8401.

May is the new June

Historically, more than half of all annual contributions to The Rotary Foundation are received between April and June. Delays already exist at the Foundation in processing money and recognitions and the situation is only going to get worse as the end of our Rotary year approaches.

Many clubs have a tradition of waiting until mid-June – or later – to send in their APF and PoiloPlus contributions for the year. If this is your club’s tradition, please think of May as the new June and submit your contributions no later than the end of May and preferably even earlier. This will allow the Foundation staff to credit and report your contributions sooner, acknowledge donors in a more timely fashion, meet any year-end recognition event deadlines, and ensure you have the opportunity to submit requests for adjustments or corrections before the end of the Rotary year. This will be very important for clubs that are trying to earn the EREY and 100% Sustaining Member Club banners for 2009-10.

Please ensure that all contributions are sent to the following address with the appropriate paperwork: The Rotary Foundation, 14280 Collections Center Drive Chicago, IL 60693.

Thank you very much for your dedication and support of our Rotary Foundation.  A particular “THANKS” goes out to those 15 Clubs who have already met or exceeded their Annual Program Funds and Polio goals.  With your continuing help, we can make this the most successful year ever in our district. Thank you for helping to Do Good In The World.

Need help?  Call or E-mail Rich.

The Berkeley Peace Fellow program is closing. More.

by PDG Myles Golden District Membership Chair

Growing Rotary during a recession

In a year when unemployment is at a 40-year high and with over 7 million jobs lost since 2007, one would think that joining a Rotary club would not be a good investment. Yet we have clubs that have proved that theory wrong.

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The inbound Group Study Exchange team from Australia in Aiken.

Council on Legislation report

By PDG Sue Poss, District 7750 delegate to council.

The 2010 Council on Legislation was held in Chicago during the last week of April. A total of 219 enactments and resolutions were submitted by clubs for consideration. Those I feel are most signficant to our clubs are:

• A fifth avenue of service has been added called New Generations. I voted against this because, even though I feel service to youth is a vital part of Rotary, I think there is ample room for youth service throughout the long-standing four avenues of service.
• Each district can charter up to two e-clubs. The initial proposal had been to allow one per district but districts where more than one language is spoken lobbied for and got two approved per district. I voted for this because I think e-clubs, if properly used, can enhance Rotary. It will be interesting to see how different e-clubs begin to function.
• On the recommendation of the board, the dues were increased $1 per year. The board had originally thought $2 per year would be needed but after looking at updated forecasts just prior to the start of the council, $1 was recommended and approved. The council did not give the board the authority to raise dues on its own, as the board had requested. I voted for the dues increase. If we could get membership up, we might get a respite from the annual dues increases.
• The rulle of 85 was changed slightly. Members must be at least age 65 to request exemption from attendance rules if their age plus years in Rotary add up to 85. I voted for this because there are many Rotarians age 55 or younger who started their Rotary careers early and now qualify for attendance exemption when they are still in good health and able to attend and participate in meetings and club activities.

You can read in detail about the council actions and get vote totals on each action on the RI website.

District Governor George Fletcher
Rotary Club of Greenville

205 Rosebay Drive | Greenville, SC 29615
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