Foundation News Rotary International District 9600.

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1 EDITION 1 JULY 2015 Foundation News Rotary International District FOUNDATION CHAIR - PDG ERIC A. WOOD foundation@rotary9600.org OUR Rotary Foundation is Rotary s ONLY Charity. The motto of The Rotary Foundation is: Doing Good in the World. ********************* In this edition. P2: District Grants P3: Global Grant Cervical Cancer P4: Centurion program P5: Centurion program P6: Global Grant Funding Model P7: Our Foundation Funds P8: EREY Please consider P9: Million Dollar Dinner 2016 P10: Extract from TRF Chair P11: John Kenny P12: TRF Committees and TRF Leaders RI EXCHANGE RATE JULY = $1.30 1

2 DISTRICT GRANTS District Grants fund small-scale, short-term activities that address needs in your community and communities abroad. District Grants can be used to fund a variety of projects and Activities, including Humanitarian Projects, including service travel and disaster recovery efforts; Scholarships for any level, length of time, location, or area of study; Vocational Training Teams, which are groups of professionals who travel abroad either to teach local professionals about a particular field or to learn about their own. You have a lot of freedom to customise your service projects. There aren t many restrictions, as long as your District Grant supports the mission of The Rotary Foundation. Applications for District Grants are called at the Rotary Foundation Seminar held in November each year. Clubs have approximately 3 months to make application, with funds available from 1st July the following year. Projects must not be commenced until AFTER the District Grant application has been approved. 2

3 GLOBAL GRANT CERVICAL CANCER VACCINATION The Rotary Clubs of Bribie Island and Boroko PNG, together with support from Districts 9600,9630,9640, 9685, 9710, 9790, 9820 (Aust) 6190,6540,6710, 6840 (USA) have combined to submit a Global Grant application to The Rotary Foundation to enable the vaccination of 28,000 female students aged 9-13 years in Papua New Guinea against cervical cancer, currently endemic throughout PNG. The Global Grant application - created by IPDG George Grant following an approach from PNG Presidents-Elect - with a total value of US$329,500 has been approved by The Rotary Foundation, following a thorough investigation by a cadre visit to Port Moresby and subsequent review by the Trustees of TRF who praised the amount of planning, community needs assessment, etc. and were in full support of this great project. IPDG George took the idea of the project to his class of District Governors, both in Australia and USA, and was successful in achieving funding support. The Global Alliance for Vaccinations and Immunisations (GAVI), predominantly funded by Bill and Melinda Gates, also has given outstanding support to the project. The normal cost of the vaccine per dose is US$125. GAVI have guaranteed supply at a price of US$4.60 per dose for a minimum of five years. There are two doses of vaccine required, six months apart, for each of the 28,000 girls. The project would not be viable without the generous support of GAVI. The PNG Dept. of Health has completed a Memorandum of Understanding with the PNG Dept. of Education to allow a vaccination program in the schools over 2 years. Rotary will work with the PNG Government to formulate an educational HPV and community awareness program. OUR Rotary Foundation in action! 3

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12 Rotary Foundation Leaders Part of Zone 8 Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator PDG Joanne Schilling -also ARRFC for D9520 & 9550 jschilli@bigpond.net.au Assistant Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinators PDG Ron Geary - Districts 9455, 9465 & 9500 rongeary@people.net.au PDG Anne Brand - Districts 9570, 9600 & 9630 anne.b.brand@bigpond.com PDG Graham Jones - Districts 9640, 9650 and 9670 graham.a.jones@gmail.com End Polio Now Coordinator PRID Ken Collins - collinsk@bigpond.net.au Endowment / Major Gift Advisor PDG Ross Forgione - All Pt. Zone 8 forgione _ lawyers@iprimus.com.au Zone 7B & Part of Zone 8 Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator PDG John Barnes - jba25492@bigpond.net.au Assistant Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinators PP Roy Austin - Districts 9910,9920 & 9930 Roy.austin@northington.co.nz PDG Trish Boyle - Districts 9940,9970 & 9980 macboyle@xtra.co.nz PDG Murray Verso - D9780,9800,9810,9820 verson@netspace.net.au PDG David Rands - Districts 9675, 9685, 9830 dbrands@bigpond.com PDG David Cooke - Districts 9700, 9710, 9790 dbcooke1@bigpond.com End Polio Now Coordinator PDG Ken Linkhorn - go2marken@xtra.co.nz Endowment/Major Gift Adviser PDG Jim Studebaker - Zone7B & Part of Zone 8 jimstude@bigpond.net.au District 9600 Rotary Foundation Committee Chairman: PDG Eric A. Wood Secretary: P.P. Colin Melvin Treasurer: Jennifer Eathorne Country Representative: PDG Ray Black Chairman Grants Committee: P.P. Lloyd Hooper Chairman Fundraising Committee: P.P. Darryl Iseppi Coordinator Paul Harris Society: PDG Carolyn Krueger Chairman V.T.T. Committee: P.P. Rick Vickers Chairman Scholarships Committee: P.P. Leslie Smith Chairman PolioPlus Committee: P.P. Gary Lillicrap The District 9600 Foundation News is compiled by PDG Eric A. Wood, District 9600 TRF Committee Chairman Your input will be most welcome. foundation@rotary9600.org 12