Rotary
Membership
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Rotary
Membership
If you have an interest in learning more about Rotary membership, please contact us. We'd be pleased to answer your questions or even better, have you visit with us at one of our Thursday luncheons to get acquainted.
A Rotary district is a geographical territory in which Rotary clubs are associated for Rotary International administrative purposes. Each district is headed by a district governor, an officer of RI whose job is to assist clubs in the district. District governors are nominated by their district and elected for one year at the RI International Convention.
Rotary International is an association of Rotary clubs throughout the world. It is administered by a Board of Directors consisting of the President and a President-elect of Rotary International and 17 other directors from around the world. The World Headquarters of Rotary International is located in Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A., a suburb of Chicago.
Attendance. 100% attendance is urged and honored in Rotary. To achieve this goal: attend each weekly meeting of our club, make up at another Rotary club within 14 days before or after missing a meeting, or attend a District Institute, Assembly or Conference or a Rotary International Convention. Attend 100% of our meetings! Stay for 100% of each meeting!
Proposing New Members. It is a privilege and obligation of every Rotarian to propose new members.
Service on Committees. To promote the Ideal of Service, Rotarians are encouraged to be active on the committee to which they have been appointed by the President.
District Conference and International Convention. The District Conference is an annual meeting of Rotarians of the district which provides fellowship and discussion of the affairs of clubs and RI generally. Rotarians and their spouses are encouraged to attend the District Conference. The International Convention is held annually in April, May or June in a major city such as Tokyo, Rome, Chicago, Toronto, or Mexico City. Rotarians from all over the world meet to deal with the association's business and, through international fellowship, gain knowledge of service in Rotary.
This is another world service project of ours. We joined with a Rotary
Club in Sao Paulo, Brazil and a matching grant from Rotary International
and our District 7350 to provide computers and essential hardware for needy
children in orphanages here. Former president Dick
Held was the lead on this project in 2001.
This is another world service project of ours in 2005 and 2006. We joined
with a Rotary Club in Istanbul, Turkey a matching grant from Rotary International
and our District 7350 to provide computers and classroom materials to furnish
a technology classroom with essential hardware for children in a highschool
here. Former president Hugh Mose was the lead on this project in 2005 and
2006.
This is a current project we are undertaking in 2009. We will be providing
clean water for an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. Due to the economic
recession or a lack of funds to match ours from Rotary International this
project is on hold. Hugh Mose is the contact person for this event.
Two for One Coupon Book (Our seventh year in 2011!) EVEN BETTER than before with more and better coupons for the same price of $20!!(Contact for your book)
Behind the leadership of project chair Jason Slocum , the club solicits donations
from various area merchants in order to create a 2 for 1 coupon book that
we sell to raise money. 2004 was our first year for this project and it went
well. We had quite a few restaurants offer dinners and meals, we had athletic
clubs offer 2 for 1 on three-month memberships. The coupon book sells for
$20. It is the best deal in State College. Just by visiting one place you
can break even. In 2011 it will be the best value ever!
Every third grader in Happy Valley gets a dictionary from our club. 2010-11
is the 5rd year of this project for our club. We do this with the two other
clubs in State College.
The Club sponsors Lederer Park as part of the State College Borough's annual park clean-up day of all the parks. Each year we spend a Saturday morning in April at the Park sprucing it up, painting, mulching, picking up fallen leaves and limbs, drinking coffee and snarfing bagels. It was lots of fun with great fellowship making the park look GREAT for the coming spring and summer! Contact any member to get more information about helping out next year. The park is named for the family of one of our dear former members, Eugene Lederer who passed away in 2003 after many years of service to Rotary and the community in many ways. We'll miss Eugene and his friendship very much.
This
is a fundraiser it is hard to believe we get to do it! We watch Penn State
Football and get paid!! Actually we work the gates of the football games for
two hours before kickoff keeping dangerous items like umbrellas, backpacks,
and big pocketbooks out of the stadium. At kickoff we go and watch the game
from the seats on the field in the South endzone. Thats right! Our seats are
down on the field! Where all the action is. We open the volunteers to non-Rotarians
too. We are limited to only ten helpers per game.
The club has put on spaghetti dinner fund raisers in recent years. Tickets are available from any Rotarian. (All Rotarians are selling tickets). There are take out plates available as well as room for dining with us in the church hall. Rotarians volunteer to help set up, cook, and clean for the dinner. Retired pastor Carl Hill is the contact person for this event being held at his former church, Mt. Nittany United Methodist Church in Lemont.In 2011 the event will be on April ___. Contact any Rotarian for tickets. You can take out or dine in.
Polio eradication has been a major goal of the club on an International basis. With our club and the support of local Rotary clubs all over the world, we will be able to rid the globe of polio once and for all. Linda Friedman is the contact person for our club in this area. We pledged $11,000. So far we have earned $3750 to this project. If you have extra money to give a good cause, call Linda. We are a federally tax exempt 501(c)3 organization now so your gift is tax deductible, but always check with yourt tax advisor to make sure in case your situation is unique.
many
times with Rotarians and their families. We also arrange and sponsor high
school students from the State College area that go overseas for a year on
a similar exchange._____________ from Chile (will attend State High)
_____________ from ___________ (will attend State High)
Members in the State College, Downtown Rotary Club:
(if an email address doesn't work please let me know so I can fix it (thanks, Paul)
