November 3, 2011

PA Rotarian, Jim McDonald, shares information on our District Grants

President Paul’s theme for our year…“PROUD PAST SERVICE…

CHALLENGING EXCITING FUTURE”

A crisp fall morning for our first meeting in November with 17Lakehead Rotarians; visiting Rotarian Sharon Badanai [FW Rotary];visiting Rotarian and our speaker today Jim McDonald; prospectivenew member Dr. Blair Schoales; and our Exchange Student Xoli.

CLUB SERVICE:ON THE DOOR TODAY…George was on the welcome desk today and for the rest of themonth.SPONSOR-OF-THE-MONTH…Our sponsor for meetings in November is the Ontario MultifaithCouncil - Rotarian Paul Carr–Thank you Paul!

The Ontario Multifaith Council on Spiritual and Religious Care is anot-for-profit, charitable organization representing a wide range offaith groups in the province of Ontario. Through a Memorandum ofAgreement, signed with the Government of Ontario December1992, the Ontario Multifaith Council was given the responsibility to:

Ensure adequate and appropriate religious services andspiritual care for persons in directly-operated and transferpayment institutions and community-based agencies andprograms

Assist in the formation of appropriate responses tospiritual and religious needs

Collaborate in the development of policies and standardswhich safeguard spiritual care and religious rights andpractices

Provide an effective liaison between the faith groups ofOntario and the provincial government

OMC is the advisor to the government on religious services andspiritual care issues, standards and practices. Regional MultifaithCommittees (RMC’s), work with facilities and faith communities within a specific geographical area. OMCSRC and RMCrepresentatives are appointed by their faith groups and areresponsible to their faith communities.

CALENDAR–MEETINGS & EVENTS:NOVEMBER IS ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTHNOV 10 LT. COLONEL GEOFFREY ABTHORPENOV 11 REMEMBRANCE DAYNOV 14 SHELTER HOUSE DINNERNOV 17 DR. DIGIUSEPPENOV 19 ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARADENOV 24 GRAHAM STEWART & PDG ROLY TURNER

THE ROTARY FOUNDATIONNOV 24 CANADA CLUB MEETING

DECEMBER IS “CELEBRATE THE FAMILY OF ROTARY”DEC 1 [OPEN]DEC 3 DECEMBER DREAMSDEC 4 DECEMBER DREAMSDEC 8 MEETING CANCELLEDDEC 8 CHRISTMAS SOCIAL–VALHALLA SCANDIA ROOMDEC 15 BUSINESS MEETING & CLUB ELECTIONSDEC 22 CHARLIE WILKINS–WRITER, AUTHOR, ADVENTURERDEC 24 CHRISTMAS EVEDEC 25 CHRISTMAS DAYDEC 29 BREAKFAST IN TIMBERS…INFORMAL “MEETING”DEC 31 NEW YEAR’S EVE

PRESENTATION:PA Rotarian, Jim McDonald, was our special guest today with areview of District 5580 Grants…and his recommendation that ourCanadian Clubs should pursue these funding opportunities moreoften.

The District 5580 Grants Subcommittee (DGS) has access to threedifferent accounts that can be used to fund projects:1. World Community Service (WCS) fund:This fund is generated by an annual assessment to District 5580Rotarians through their Club's District dues by an annual permember assessment to Rotarians and generates approximately$46,500 each year. This program was initiated in 1996 by D5580 tofund International projects of the "BRICKS AND MORTAR" variety(schools, clinics, hospitals as well as water projects where the total

project cost is less than $12,000 and does not qualify for TRF/DDFfunding). Funds raised by Rotary Clubs will be matched dollar fordollar if projects are approved by DGS. Any excess funds can becarried over by D5580 from year to year.

2. District Simplified Grants (DSG):This fund is comes from The Rotary Foundation HumanitarianGrants Fund. These funds come directly from TRF and are appliedfor by the District each year, following compliance with all reportingrequirements established by TRF. This fund can be used by D5580to fund projects in our communities that do not fall into the othertwo types of grant categories (WCS/DDF). The GrantsSubcommittee can authorize DSG funds to be used for matchinggrant requests on a one to one matching basis, but only $25,000 isavailable for all D5580 community-based projects in a given year.The maximum DSG match allowable for a club project is presently$10,000.

Resources include:Best Practices DSGDSG Terms and Conditions DSG Criteria andGuidelines

3. District Designated Funds (DDF) A/K/A SHARE:DDF (SHARE) monies held by The Rotary Foundation (TRF) arefunds contributed by Rotarians to the Annual Programs Fund.These contributions are invested by TRF, and after 3 years, theinterest earned is used to fund TRF grants. Rotary Districts can usetheir DDF in a variety of ways to fund

•Group Study Exchange (GSE)•Ambassadorial Scholarships•Peace Scholarships•District match on TRF Grants (or District and TRF portion, if TRFruns short of funding in a given year)•District Simplified Grants (DSG) if a District elects to receive someof its DDF funds in this manner.

Matching DDF (coming from the District's account held at RI) andTRF funds need to be requested from The Rotary Foundation on anindividual project basis. There are strict criteria as to the use of TRFFunds, as well as detailed reporting criteria for projects that receiveDDF funds. An alternative recently implemented through FutureVision, allows clubs to send their contributions that have beendesignated for a project directly to the TRF Annual Programs Fund.In turn, the District will assume the contribution and match it dollarfor dollar. That total amount will then be matched dollar for dollarby TRF. This enables clubs to more fully leverage their funds andalso gives credit to the Club and District toward the AnnualPrograms Fund goal. The minimum amount that TRF will match is$5,000. The DGS encourages Rotary Clubs to use DDF Sharefunds, as it fosters long-range thinking and promotes use of fundsfrom the RI Foundation.

Resources:Matching Grant Lifecycle The TRF Guide to Matching Grants

FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP:

The Rotary District 5580 Foundation Chair (DRFC) reconciles theDistrict Simplified Grant (DSG) Funds, while the District 5580Treasurer reconciles the DDF Funds and the World CommunityService (WCS) Funds.

It is critical that District 5580 Grants Subcommittee (DGS) managefunds properly–WCS funds and DSG funds (District 5580 only) arematched $1.00 for $1.00 while DDF funds (TRF) are dollar for dollaron the District matching funds and $1.00 for $1.00 on Rotary Clubfunds (this is new as of July 1st, 2010; previously it was $0.50 foreach $1.00).

The Grants Subcommittee will not approve grant requests for clubsthat have overdue reports from previous projects that have receivedDistrict Funds. This does not mean that the projects need to betotally complete. Interim reports must be completed at least everysix months and are acceptable as long as the project is active andprogressing. A Final Report is due within two months aftercompletion of a project.

A protocol must be followed when conditions or the scope of aproject changes. The sponsoring Rotary Club must make a requestto the Grants Subcommittee Chair requesting a Change Orderbefore assuming changes can be made automatically. In mostcases, TRF is not very lenient of ANY changes to the budget or theoriginal plan.

What should be included with Grant Applications?

•Budget•Letter of invitation from the host Rotary Club or NGO (Non-Governmental Organization)•Letter of participation from any non-governmental (and non-Rotarian) organizations that are involved with the project•Floor Plan or drawings if applicable to the projects•Geographic map of the project location or GPS coordinates•Photographs (optional but encouraged)A separate project bank account MUST be established and a copyof the bank statement showing funds are in-place must beforwarded to the Grants Subcommittee Chair before D5580Treasurer will forward funds to the club for the project.

For more information regarding District 5580 Grants, contact any ofthe Grant Subcommittee Members with any specific questions youmay have. ALL Grant Applications must be submitted inELECTRONIC format to the District Office at bigfish@uslink.net

This year’s Grant Application review meetings and submissiondeadlines are:

August 18, 2011 - Grant Applications due July 31, 2011November 18, 2011 - Grant Applications due October 31, 2011February 16, 2012 - Grant Applications due January 31, 2012May 17, 2012 - Grant Applications due April 30, 2012

At the present time, no grants have been approved for 2011/12 butthere are 7 applications up for consideration at the November 18th

meeting. In our previous year, 15 applications were approved.

CLUB MEETING SPONSORSHIP:If you can help your Club and wish to promote your business orcommunity interests through a month sponsorship, please contactSergeant Bill or Clint. Here is the sponsorship line-up to date:

JULY Garry JANUARY RichardAUGUST open FEBRUARY GrahamSEPTEMBER Bob MARCH openOCTOBER Gail APRIL SandyNOVEMBER open MAY openDECEMBER open JUNE 4 Star Rotarians

ON THE DOOR IN 2011/12:Rotarians take a turn at welcoming fellow members and guests atthe door…for their chosen month. Help your Club…pick a month.Contact Sergeant Bill or Clint if you can take a month. Here is the“gatekeeper’s” line-up so far:

JULY Clint JANUARY GailAUGUST Xoli FEBRUARY GrahamSEPTEMBER Richard MARCH AndyOCTOBER Karl APRIL NormNOVEMBER George MAY openDECEMBER Mo JUNE open

FELLOWSHIP & SOCIAL EVENTS:Our main event in the fall period is our Christmas Social. We sharethis event with Fort William Rotarians and it’s our turn to put the event together this year. Larry Joy has booked the ValhallaScandia Rooms for this and members of the Lakehead ChoralGroup will be performing for us. The cost is $35 per person and themenu has been set…check out the sumptuous buffet below. The sign-up sheet made the rounds againtoday and if you can’t getto ameeting to sign up, please contact Larry Joy to let him know howmany in your party will be attending - jeanjoy@shaw.caGail plans to hold a Chinese Auction at the event and is hopingRotarians will supply the goods for a gift basket or two. Wine wasmentioned as a good item for the basket(s).

DISTRICT CONFERENCE:

A great event awaits you –THE DISTRICT 5580 CONFERENCE –in Cloquet, MN. You won’t wantto miss it!What will make this Conference outstanding?• SPEAKERS. One of the outstanding keynote speakers will beRotarian Ramesh Ferris, a polio survivor and organizer of Cycle toWalk Canada. In 2008 he hand-cycled 4400 miles across Canadato raise Polio awareness, and in 2010, released his first book,“Better than a Cure – One Man’s Journey to Free the Worldof Polio.”• EVENTS. Always fun are the Ice Breaker (Thursday), Dinner andSilent Auction (Friday), Keynote Luncheons (Friday/Saturday) andGala Banquet (Saturday night).NEW THIS YEAR–BOWLING FOR POLIO! This year (Thursday afternoon), CloquetRotary Club will host a “Moonlight Bowling” party where teams can not only have fun, but there will be games, prizes and pizza, andbus transportation for only $25/person, with all proceeds benefitingPolioPlus.GET YOUR CLUB’S TEAM TOGETHER and join us for anawesome time! Spectators and Cheerleaders are welcome!• PROGRAMS. You won’t want to miss the presentations by our Outbound (Brazil) and Inbound (Tasmania) Group StudyExchange (GSE) Teams. Our Youth Exchange Students alwaysbring us to our feet, and there will be Interactive BreakoutSessions on several areas of Rotary Service.• TOURS. There are some fun and interesting tours that will beoffered this year. These include (Thursday) the Sappi Paper Mill inCloquet or a day trip to Duluth (Friday) to tour Glensheen Mansionand Canal Park (includes lunch). Or, take in the Saturday MatineePerformance of “Steel Magnolias” performed by award-winninglocal talent at the County Seat theatre in Cloquet. BusTransportation will be provided for all tours.• REGISTRATION IS COMING SOON!!!

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

ROTARY SHELTER TURKEY DINNER–NOVEMBER 14:We are booked to prepare and serve a turkey and all-the-trimmingsdinner at Shelter House on Monday, November 14th. Our membersprovide the cooked turkeys and all the other food items for thisdinner. The sign-up sheet is full now and we have a good start ona list of those coming out to prepare, cook and serve. Well done.

CHRISTMAS PARADE–NOVEMBER 19:The Rotary Christmas Parade takes place on Saturday, November19th starting from the Community Auditorium parking lot andwinding up at the CLE parking lot. Karl Ratz is co-chairing theevent this year with Jodi Phillips of the FW Rotary Club. Membersof our Club look after the Parade start-up at the CommunityAuditorium lot and Larry Joy is our team leader on site at theAuditorium. We need 8 –10 Lakehead Rotarians to supervise theentrances at the Auditorium and direct the marshalling of the floats.The Parade Committee is meeting weekly now in preparation forthe Parade.

DECEMBER DREAMS–DECEMBER 3 & 4:Clint reports that the 60 booths for December Dreams 2011 arenow sold-out. He is currently putting marketing plans together forthe event.

Lakehead Rotarians ready to welcome Dreams patrons

THUNDER BAY POLICE YOUTH CORPS:Karl Ratz is our Club’s representative to the TBPYC. He attendedtheir recent parade and reports that the Corps has 40 cadetssigned on for the year…and many are in need of uniforms. OurClub generally supports the Corps financially each year to acquireuniforms and other supplies based on their annual request. OurClub has a long history with the Corps and was instrumental in theformation of the TBPYC…and the relationship continues.

Members of the TBPYC getting their orders to help out at our Terry Fox Run

NTERNATIONAL SERVICE:ROTARY FOUNDATION:The fastest and most popular way to donate to the Foundation isonline and Canadian Rotarians can do this in minutes…just go to:

www.trfcanada.orgNEWS FROM TRFCANADA…On October 8, 2011 The Rotary Foundation launched a new onlinepayment system. The Rotary Foundation Canada switched to thenew system.

There are significant advantages to Canadian Rotarians with thenew system including expanded options for directing donations tospecific programs, a simplified process to make memorialdonations and online sign up for TRF Direct Canada (monthly,quarterly or annual donations via credit card). There is also a newlink on the TRF Canada website www.TRFCanada.org to thedonation page in French.

One change that does affect Canadian Rotarians is that to make anonline donation they now require a Rotary member access account.In the past Canadian Rotarians have not had to use a memberaccess account to make an online donation. All other countries hadto use member access. Most Canadian Rotarians have alreadycreated an account on the RI website. Member access includespersonal donation history, the RI directory, simple registration forRotary International events and other services.

Member access simplifies making an online donation by entering allpersonal information for the Rotarian (name, address, club name,district number and personal Rotary ID number). This will ensure allPaul Harris recognition points are received and a Canadian taxreceipt is issued. We need your help in asking the members ofyour Rotary club to create a member access account, if they havenot already done so, when they make online donations. Why notask one or two of your club members with good computer skills tohelp other club members who may have difficulty set up anaccount?

Online donations are simple, cost effective for the RotaryFoundation and ensure that the member and Club receive allappropriate credit and recognition.Member access help:http://www.rotary.org/en/members/generalinformation/usingmemberaccess/Pages/ridefault.aspx

Thank you for what you do for Rotary and our community,Sincerely,

Chris Offer, PDGCoordinator The Rotary Foundation Canada websiteDistrict 5040 - Zone 24You will need a credit card to make your donation and you will needyour personal Rotary Member I.D. as well as our District and ClubI.D. numbers.

CLUB I.D. 21827DISTRICT I.D. 5580

Since 1985, eradicating polio has been Rotary’s top priority. Largely through the efforts of Rotarians and the Global Polio EradicationInitiative, the campaign is “this close” to its goal. Polio cases worldwide decreased by more than 40 percent during the first eightmonths of 2011, compared with the same period in 2010. And India-- one of the four countries where the virus remains endemic (theothers are Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan) -- reported only onecase during that time.

As of September, Rotarians have raised US$190 million towardRotary's US$200 Million Challenge to match $355 million ingrants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Though thepolio eradication campaign has made great progress, challengesremain. Seeing the job through to the finish will require redoubledeffort and commitment.

Bill Gates and many Rotarians gather in Washington on World PolioDay…to emphasize just how close we are to eradicating polio

World Polio Day puts the campaign in the spotlight, providing anexcellent opportunity for clubs and districts to promote the EndPolio Now message in their communities.

And here’s the latest from Chris Offer…with a request for all of us…

Dear Rotary Leader,As you may know the Government of Canada has committed anadditional $15 million to polio eradication. This is on top of the $348million Canada has donated to polio since 2000. Prime MinisterHarper made this announcement in Australia at the CommonwealthConference. This keeps Canada as one of the highest per capitadonors to polio eradication.

I am writing to ask you and all the members of your Rotary club towrite or e-mail the Prime Minister and your local MP and say thankyou for their support for polio eradication. The non partisan natureof polio eradication was emphasized last week when former PrimeMinister Paul Martin wrote an editorial in the Globe and Mail talkingabout his personal experiences as a polio survivor. We often arecritical of our political leaders. As Rotarians we should be preparedto step forward and compliment them when they do the right thingfor the right reason.

I encourage you to contact the Prime Minister and your Member ofParliament and simply say thank you for the donation of $15 millionfor polio eradication on behalf of Canadians and that the 27,000Canadian Rotarians appreciate the support.

Office of the Prime Minister (you don't even need a stamp)80 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0A2E-mail: pm@pm.gc.caEmail address of members of parliamenthttp://www.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx

Sincerely,

Chris Offer, PDG

NEW GENERATIONS SERVICE:

STUDENT EXCHANGE:Don reports that our Club is sponsoring two potential outboundstudents in the current year. One is from Thunder Bay and thesecond is from Terrace Bay. They have passed their first [local]interview and will be heading to Duluth with their parents for theirsecond formal interview.

FELLOWSHIP FINES:Richard scored another sweep today opening with tribute fromthose of us who have been in a parade…quite a few it turns out.More tribute flowed from those who didn’t dress up forHalloween…and those who thought they were already scaryenough without a costume did not escape. Sharon offered herhappy dollar as she reminded us that we can send our Canadiantroops overseas messages of thanks…see the booth at the IntercityShopping Centre. Gail offered her happy dollar as she proudlyannounced that Brian Brescia is now the General Manager of theRBC bank at the corner of Red River and Court. Jim had a dollarfor his story of an internet search gone wrong…something about“gelatto”but the result had nothing to do with ice cream. Richardhad the sole sad dollar as he noted the recent passing of Ling Lee.

50/50 WINNER:Allan was our happy winner today.

NEXT MEETING:THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011LT. COL. GEOFFREY ABTHORPE

THE LAST WORD…As we approach Rotary Christmas Parade Day…enjoy a few pics from the2010 Parade thanks to a TBPYC photographer