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First – thank you for supporting the INTERNATIONAL in Rotary International.
President Michelle and I would like to share the letter below from Past DG Tim and I thought you’d also be interested in how our clubs donations are going. We are at 92% of our goal. So please consider helping us to finish the year strong and send a donation in to TRF. Actually if every member sent in just $20 we would be at the 2nd best year out of the last 5! Ways to donate are listed at the bottom.
“I hope this email finds you well. This is a very challenging time for many in our communities including many Rotarians. A number of Rotary clubs have stepped up to support others with food delivery, making face masks, or other ways to help out. We need to remember that those of us who still have means need to help those who don’t. Now is the time to support your Rotary Foundation.
We know that our donations to the Annual Fund come back in three years to support our local and international projects. This year we had $161,000 in District Grant DDF*. That amount might have funded 80 individual District Grant projects. Our current Annual Fund giving is at $401,000. Half of that, $200,000 comes back as DDF, and half of that, $100,000 goes to District Grant projects. That $100K equals 50 District Grant projects, a 30% reduction over this year’s District Grant DDF.
We are currently able to fund at least one District Grant project per club. With this reduction we would be forced into a lottery system, per our policies to select clubs to be funded. Let’s Save MORE Lives and donate as we can to the Rotary Foundation. Don’t let COVID-19 take away our ability to fund our community projects. Rotarians always step in challenging times.
Lives Saved from Total Rotary Foundation Giving is 2,239 so far this year and our goal is 3,200. We are 2/3s of the way to our goal. Let’s do this!
DDF = District Designated Funds
Yours in Rotary Service,
Tim Mobley, District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair (DRFCC)”
RC of Medford – WAYS TO DONATE –
1. online at: https://www.rotary.org/en/donate – Then for matching points also send an email to chuckroot1112@gmail.com
2. Snail mail to The Rotary Foundation 14280 Collections Center Drive, Chicago, Il 60693-0142 – and for matching points, let Chuck know.
or 3. Just send a check made out to The Rotary Foundation to Chuck Root, 99 Wimer St, Ashland, Or 97520
Thank you very much, Chuck Root, Medford Club TRF chair
