District 7930 eBulletin

 

Your Rotary Club is invited to participate in the 2018 RYLA program.  If you have already participated, you know that this is a fabulous program for high school students to develop leadership skills. 

Don't miss this chance to provide the high school students in your community with this valuable experience!

If winter never ends, how can we believe that it is spring. Well it is, and time is running out to apply for one of three types of mini-grants: membership, public image and addiction prevention. We have extended the deadline to file these applications until April 30, 2018.

 

Previous mini-grants were aimed at increasing membership but this series is intended to increase the engagement of new members and to help them pursue their Rotary dream. These matching fund grants will be the perfect follow up to our recent Welcome Party where more than 50 new and prospective members learned about Rotary in an exciting fashion. The requirements are that a new member (joined after 7/1/16) must be the chair of the project and they must recruit another new or existing member to implement the project. In-meeting projects are encouraged. Download the Membership Mini-Grant here!

 

Consider applying for a Public Image Mini-Grant if you need updated brochures, flyers, banners or signs, a direct mail campaign, promotional products, social media campaign or advertising. Current Rotary branding guidelines must be used and you must track the impact when applicable. Be sure to have a call to action and try to expand the message to provide a secondary message. For example, if you are advertising an event, also extend an invitation to attend an upcoming meeting as a guest. Don't miss out on these matching funds to promote your critical spring and early summer events! Download the Public Image Mini-Grant here!

 

Through the Lahey Health sponsorship of the World Peace and Understanding Showcase and Dinner, we have ten matching $250 mini-grants that clubs can use to provide addiction prevention education, a special speaker at a public event, Narcan training, and so many more options. It is critical that this is a public event as the goal is to decrease the stigma associated with addiction and to prepare the communities we serve for the global grant being planned for clubs in New England. Download the Addiction Prevention Mini-Grant here!

District Governor Dave Gardner presented the 2016–2017 Rotary Presidential Citation to Wakefield Rotary at their club meeting on April 3rd. DG Dave addressed the club's long term commitment to community service and fundraising and spoke of Wakefield’s success in bringing new members into Rotary and then retaining them by involving new and long-time members in the club’s community service projects. Receiving the award on behalf of Wakefield Rotary is Immediate Past President Joe Buscaino.

On April 18, 2017, the RMHS Interact Club took time from their April Vacation to prepare and serve lunch at Rosie's Place in Boston's South End.

 

Rosie's Place is a women's shelter which provides a safe and nurturing environment to help poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security. Rosie's Place provides meals and shelter and helps 12,000 women a year with wide ranging support including housing, and education services. Rosie's Place was founded in 1974 as the first women's shelter in the United States. Rosie's Place has a volunteer program for community organization who donate the cost of the meal and also prepare, serve and clean up. This also offers the opportunity for our members to interact with the clients of Rosie's. Reading Rotary sponsored Interact's trip today. Reading Interactors served over 150 lunches.

Also, helping with the meal were chaperones, Reading Rotarian and Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Doherty and recently appointed Reading Schools Assistant Superintendent Christine Kelley.  Reading Rotary thanks the Interact Club members for their service!

A festive time was had by all while raising funds for Marblehead Scholarship. Wick's Marblehead very generously donated 20% of the evenings receipts to the Scholarship’s permanent funds to provide 3 different scholarships to our community. An investment in education pays the best interest while we light the way to better futures.

The 2nd Chance Scholarship is still accepting applications! Please visit: www.marbleheadscholarship.org for more information.

The Newburyport Rotary Club held another successful Trivia Night on Thursday, April 12, at the Elks Hall in Newburyport. Fourteen teams participated and we raised $2985 from participants and sponsors which will go toward our three $3,000 scholarships. The winning team won$250 which they split five ways. Second prize was $25 gift certificates to Michael's Harborside for each team member and third price was an Untapped History Pub Tour of Newburyport for the team. Pizza and a cash bar were available and a fun time was had by all.