AVERAGE, EVERYDAY ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE……

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AVERAGE, EVERYDAY ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS TO MAKE THE WORLD A

BETTER PLACE……

Rotary International

• WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE COME FROM– Founded 1905– 1.2M Members Worldwide– 42,000 Clubs

• MOTTO “Service Above Self”

• FOUR WAY TEST– Is it the Truth– Is it Fair to all Concerned–Will it Build Goodwill and Better Friendship–Will it be Beneficial to all Concerned

• FUNDING– > 100% of funds raised go directly to supported

causes, typical of all clubs

• THE ONLY NGO SEATED AT THE UN

• MAJOR PROJECTS–Worldwide Eradication of Polio• Project Inception 1988• $1.2B raised• 700 Newly Reported Cases in 2011 in Only Three

Countries

– Clean Water & Sanitation• Project Inception ~ 2009

• CHARTERED 1998

• CURRENT MEMBERSHIP– Business Professionals Engineers– Financial Professionals Sales Professionals– Educators Health Professionals– Legal Professionals Civil Professionals

• AVERAGE AGE ~ 50

Seabrook Rotary Club

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

• BOOKS FOR THE WORLD

• CHILDREN OF THE DUMPS - NICARAGUA

LOCAL PROJECTS

• $10K GRANT TO BAY ELEMENTARY -reduction of below-level readers by K grade by 68%, 1st grade by 62% and 2nd grade by 50% .

• $2.5K GRANT TO ED WHITE ELEMENTARY - Prior to implementation only 30% were reading above level, 20% at level and the remainder below. Subsequent to implementation 79% were reading above level, and 17% at level.

* MAKING ENDS MEET * FINDING A JOB & PUTTING YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD?

* HOW THINGS WORK * MY TAXES…, MY AT WORK RESPONSIBILITIES

* “BUSINESS” THE BIG PICTURE

• CCISD FFA – We purchase livestock each year at the Future Farmers of America (FFA students) auction. The meat is processed and donated to a Bay Area Women's Shelter. This trifecta supports the school, the students and provides help for a local charity.

• $1.5K ANNUAL CCISD TEACHER OF THE YEAR

• ANNUAL MEADOR LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM

• CLOTHES FOR KIDS

• “EAGLES NEST” (BAY ELEMENTARY) - We provide financial support for this after-school facility that offers tutoring, sports and other activities for youngsters who might otherwise run the streets.

• HURRICANE RELIEF

• AID FOR SPECIAL NEEDS & UNEXPECTED CALAMITY

• MIRIMAR PARK PAVILION• PAVILION AT ARMAND BAYOUR• PINE GULLY PARK PLAYGOUND

• COMMUNITY EVENTS COOKING TEAMS

– Breakfast with Santa– Easter-Egg Hunt– Trash Bash– Special Events

AVERAGE, EVERYDAY ORDINARY PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE……

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