NEXT WEEKS MEETING- OCTOBER 7TH- MAKINI KENYA INITATIVE (MICHIELS)

Next week, we’ll welcome Julie Schaller-Schmidt and two special guests from Kenya who will be here to talk about the Makini Kenya Initiative.  This is an international project that was funded by Rotary Shines proceeds and is a program you won’t want to miss!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

· The Theme committee would like to announce that the Nobel Conference is October 6^th and you will return October 8^th.  It is being held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.  The cost for transportation, lodging and meals is $300.  If you would like more information you can contact John Mielke, Karen Laws, Harry Spiegelberg or Tom Williams.

· We still need a few volunteers for Octoberfest Saturday, September 27^th.  If you are able to help please contact Meghan at rotaryappleton@gmail.com or Deborah at Deborah.wetter@appleton.org.  We need people for the later shifts from 3-5.

· Please mark your calendars for April 17^th for the Rotary Shines Annual Fundraiser!

· The World Service Committee will meet at 11am Tuesday, September 30^th.

· The Community Service Committee has finalized our grant application materials and deadline for this year. The application and instructions are attached, and the deadline this year will be October 10.

ROTARY ON THE ROAD

Riverview Gardens- Meghan Warner

Riverview Gardens is a financially self-sustaining social enterprise, focused on job training for people in need, using urban farming and a park setting in downtown Appleton, WI.   Kelly Nutty presented to our members how Riverview Gardens helps our community and gives individuals a chance to change their lives for the better.  The program helps with poverty, homelessness and unemployment.  A few ways on how they do this is by creating a financial engine through the development of a thriving, market-based garden enterprise, engage community leaders about new strategies for ending poverty, homelessness and unemployment, provide transitional employment as people prepare for permanent employment, work with schools to help at-risk youth develop productive work ethics and to make healthy food accessible to all.  ServiceWorks is Riverview Gardens’ job training program.  It serves adults and high school youth who are unemployed or in need of positive social interactions.  Another great program Riverview Gardens’ offers is the Earn-A-Bike program.  Participants volunteer 15 hours with Riverview Gardens in exchange for ownership of a bicycle, lock, light and helmet.  Once this is earned, a bicycle can be brought back to Earn-A-Bike shop for repairs and tune-ups, if needed and at no charge.  Another great program that we learned about was the Riverview Youth Service Corps program.  This program gives high school students the opportunity to develop leadership and mentorship skills while volunteering at Riverview Gardens.  Riverview Gardens transformed a 72-acre course in downtown Appleton to the first urban farm, gardens, hoop houses and perennial orchards grow fruit, vegetables, herbs and nuts to feed hundreds of families.  The community has access to food production at Riverview Gardens through farmers’ markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares, local groceries and restaurants.  Riverview Gardens produce is sold primarily through their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs.  These programs are opportunities for individuals and households to purchase shares in Riverview’s production.  By purchasing a share you are helping provide the financial resources needed to fulfill their mission.  A CSA box from Riverview Gardens is a great way to fill your pantry and support your community!

Wastewater Treatment Plant-Jim Bowman

In 1883 when Appleton built its first sanitary and storm sewer system, residents were not concerned with environmental pollution.  By 1937, however, the Fox River was badly polluted and the city installed a Sewerage Treatment Plant and Interceptor Sewer System.  Wastewater would be treated before being discharged into the Fox River.

Since the 1960s, public concern with unclean water has grown, federal regulations have been issued, and the Wastewater Treatment Plant has responded with new equipment and processes.

Currently, five billion gallons of wastewater are transported from homes and industry to the facility each year through a network of 300 miles of sewer pipes.  The plant’s processes separate solids from water.  The two egg-shaped digesters help to stabilize sludge.  One outcome of the process is treated water which is discharged into the Fox River.  The second outcome is a material called biosolids which is provided to the agricultural community as fertilizer.  The facility recycles over 20,000 tons of biosolids to farms each year.

Outagamie County Recycling Center- Deborah Wetter

The facility, which opened in 2009, serves three counties – Winnebago, Outagamie and Brown, 65 communities and over 200,000 households.  Through the years they have steadily increased the service area and tonnages.  During 2010, the first full year of operation, they processed 46,000 tons of recyclables.  In 2013, more than 80,000 tons was processed, a 74% increase in just three years.  Increasing the business service area has allowed the center to utilize the capital investment of the facility by implementing a full-time second shift.  The two shifts employ nearly 60 people, many of them from Valley Packaging.  Dos and Don’ts of Recycling: Do accept #1 plastic bottles such as water and soda bottles.  #2 plastic bottles and jugs such as milk jugs and laundry detergent bottles.  Do not accept plastic bags, wrap or film (they jam up the equipment), no motor oil bottles, no Styrofoam (bad stuff, don’t use it if can avoid it).  Remove all caps and lids and discard (really important.  If left on can keep the plastic bottles from being recycled.), rinse bottles and jugs.  Do accept aluminum cans and bottles, steel, tin and bi-metal cans, empty aerosol cans (but none that had pesticide or poison in them).  Do not accept aluminum pans or foil or any empty paint cans.  Guidelines – rinse cans and bottles.  Discard plastic caps from aerosol cans. Do accept cardboard, paperboard (cereal box), newspaper, junk mail and office paper, phone books, magazines, catalogs, shredded paper (put in brown paper bag and staple shut).  Do not accept tissue paper or paper contaminated by food or grease.  Flatten and cut cardboard to no larger than 3’ x 3’.  Do accept food and beverage glass bottles and jars.  Do not accept windows, ceramics or china.  Rinse bottles and jars, metal caps and lids should be recycled.  Discard plastic caps and lids.  Most of the paper that is recycled in the facility is sold to local paper companies to reuse.  Plastic bags can be recycled at your local grocery store or Walmart.  Recycling keeps an incredible amount of material out of our landfill making our landfill last much longer and saving money.  The materials that are recycled by the Tri-County facility are sold to companies to make into new products which conserves natural resources. Fifty percent of the things we throw away could in fact be recycled.  Let’s all make an effort to increase the amount we are recycling to reduce the amount of material that goes into our landfill.  Its good business and good for our communities.

Community Service Grant Application-Deadline of October 10th

Community Service Funding from the Rotary Club of Appleton

 

The Rotary Club of Appleton is pleased to make available grants from Rotary Shines, our major spring fundraiser, and from the Community Service Fund.  Grants from the Community Service Fund will total $3,363 this year.  Rotary Shines funds are estimated at $10,000 but will vary depending on the success of our 2015 fundraiser. You are encouraged to apply for either source of funding, or both.  Both grants will support local community needs.

 

Attached is a grant request form that must be completed and returned to the Community Service Fund Committee Chair.  To be considered, your responses need to be kept to a two-page maximum.

 

The following guidelines will help you determine if you qualify for funding from these sources:

 

·         Grants will be given to organizations designated as 501(c)3.

·         The project must serve/benefit residents of the Appleton area.

·         Funds may serve as seed money for projects.

·         Funds are committed for only one year at a time, but may be awarded up to three consecutive years depending on future Rotary Community Service Committee decisions.

·         Capital Projects (“bricks and mortar”) will not be funded.

·         Annual campaigns will not be funded.

·         Please do not request funds for ongoing operational expenses.

 

Requests for both grants must be received by October 10, 2014.  Rotary’s Community Service Committee will determine recommended recipients of both grants at one meeting.

 

Requests must be submitted on the “Rotary Request for Funding Form.”  The signature of the agency director and board chair is required on the Request for Funding Form.

 

The completed and signed form should be mailed or emailed to:

 

Rosie Cannizzo

Rotary Club of Appleton Community Service Committee Chair

N1634 Prairie View Dr.

Greenville, WI 54942

Email:  cannizzr@lawrence.edu (Emails should use the subject line: Rotary Community Service Grant)

 

Please note that our requests for funding will exceed funds available.   If you are turned down in one grant cycle you can re-apply.  

 

If you are selected for either grant, we require you to recognize the Rotary Club of Appleton in your project communications and promotions.

 

Questions?    Please contact Rosie Cannizzo at 920-832-6614 or cannizzr@lawrence.edu

 

 

Thank you for your interest in our grant program.

 

 

Request for Funding Form

Rotary Club of Appleton

 

Due Date: October 10, 2014

 

(Important: Responses over two pages maximum will not be considered.)

 

·        Organization Name:

·        Organization has 501c3 Tax Exempt Status:  ___Yes (please attach)

·        Name and title of person requesting funds: 

·        Address:

·        Phone:

·        Email: 

·        Amount Requested: 

□   from Rotary Shines (about $10,000)
□   from Rotary Community Service Fund ($3,363 and less)

□ either

·         Briefly describe your organization (mission, history, etc.)

·         Describe the project for which the funds are being sought and who will benefit from the project.

·         How does this project fill a need that exists in the community and/or improve the quality of life for Appleton-area residents?

·         What are the program measures and outcomes and what are you hoping to achieve?

·         Is there a component of this project for which member of the Rotary club could provide hands-on assistance?

·         What is the total budget for this project?

·         What other sources of funding do you have for this project?

·         Has your organization previously received funding from the Rotary Club of Appleton?

·         What is your organization’s annual budget? What is your organization’s endowment?

 

 

 

Director of Agency                                                                                          Date

 

 

 

Agency Board Chair                                                                                         Date

Nomination Form Charles and Adele Heeter Outstanding Community Leadership Award

The nomination form is out for the Charles and Adele Heeter Outstanding Community Leadership Award.  The due date for this form is December 15, 2014.  To obtain this form please contact Meghan at rotaryappleton@gmail.com or at 920-205-5255.  It was also attached to the Gusto sent out this week.

NEXT WEEKS MEETING- SEPTEMBER 30- DAVE SKOGEN-FESTIVAL FOODS

Dave Skogen is Chairman of the Board of Skogen’s Festival Foods, a family-owned company originally founded as Skogen’s IGA by his father and mother in 1946 in Onalaska, Wis. In Boomerang!, Dave Skogen offers a wealth of no-nonsense, battle-tested insights and lessons that are the result of his experiences in leading Skogen’s Festival Foods, a growing regional chain of supermarket stores. The book’s underlying idea is “the boomerang theory,” the fundamental principle that has guided Dave and his teammates in serving customers successfully.  This meeting will not be like our usual meeting, however there will be a registration table for you to sign in and pay for your meals.  If you have any questions please contact Meghan at rotaryappleton@gmail.com.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

·         FAMILY OF ROTARY invites you to attend An Historic Bus Tour of Neenah and Menasha on Wednesday, September 24.  Local Historian Nancy Barker will be our guide. Cost:  $5 per person.  Please sign up at the Registration Table as you attend the weekly Rotary meetings. Bus departs the parking lot on West College Avenue next to the McDonald's at 5:30 pm.  Tour will conclude at 7pm.  Participants wishing to gather for dinner at a local restaurant are encouraged to do so.

·         The Theme committee would like to announce that the Nobel Conference is October 6^th and you will return October 8^th.  It is being held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.  The cost for transportation, lodging and meals is $300.  If you would like more information you can contact John Mielke, Karen Laws, Harry Spiegelberg or Tom Williams.

·         We have a fun opportunity for service.  On Saturday, September 27 – which is Appleton’s Octoberfest, the Downtown Kiwanis Club has offered to share the volunteer opportunity with us in a cooperative effort to sell wrist bands and drink tickets.  They have agreed to split the money earned with us – generally a total of $3,000 - $5,000 – which would mean our Club would earn $1,500 - $2,500 toward the cost of redesigning our website.  This also gives us a wonderful opportunity to increase our visibility in the community by wearing Rotary attire like t-shirts or hats and a chance to get to know and work alongside Downtown Kiwanis members.  We see this as the beginning of other cooperative projects with Kiwanis as well as with other Rotary Clubs in our area.  If you are interest please contact Meghan at (rotaryappleton@gmail.com) or Deborah Wetter (deborah.wetter@appleton.org) or call Deborah at 920-832-2291.  Family members are welcome.  Shifts are only 2 hours (9-11, 11-1, 1-3 and 3-5).  Feel free to sign up for more than one shift.

·         Please mark your calendars for April 17^th for the Rotary Shines Annual Fundraiser!

·         The World Service Committee will meet at 11am Tuesday, September 30^th.

·         The Community Service Committee has finalized our grant application materials and deadline for this year. The application and instructions are attached, and the deadline this year will be October 10.

·         We had a moment of silence for Bob Brunken who passed away on September 9^th.  Bob was a member for almost 44 years and wrote a lot of our club songs.  Our condolences to the family.

DISTRICT GOVERNOR- TOM BERKEDAL

Tom Berkedal, District Governor, has been part of Rotary for the past 28 years.  His wife, Laurie, may not be a Rotarian but is a Paul Harris Fellow and has been supportive of Tom from the beginning.  Tom and has wife were honored to attend the International Assembly in San Diego in January of this year.  This is a gathering of all of the District Governor Elects throughout the World.  During the assembly the Rotary International President, Gary Huang announced the 2014-2015 Rotary Theme which is “Light Up Rotary.”  The theme was derived from this saying by Confucius, “It is better to light a single candle than to sit and curse the darkness.”  Gary went to say that the Rotary way is the Confucius way.  The Rotary way is to light a candle. I light one, you light one, 1.2 million Rotarians light one and together we light up the World!  Tom then went on to talk about heroes in our lives.  The real “Heroes” in our lives are those people who take an interest in us for whatever reason to inspire, to mentor and to get us through difficult times in our lives.  He then asked us the question, “How many of you believe that it’s possible to be a hero in the life of someone that you never met”?  Well he does and here’s why:  Rotarians with the help of others are going to eradicate Polio from the face of the earth saving millions of children from the effects of that crippling disease.  Since 1985 Rotary members have helped immunize more than 2 billion children against polio.  Of course Rotary is not just about Polio. Rotarians also promote peace through the Rotary Peace Fellowship Program.  Since 2002 over 800 peace fellows from more than 110 different countries have participated in the Peace Fellowship program at a cost of more than 40 million dollars.  Throughout Rotary’s Global/Ambassadorial scholar program Rotarians provide $30,000 scholarships to young people throughout the world who are entering a field of study that reflects one of Rotary’s six areas of focus.  Since 1947, the Foundation has given scholarships to over 42,000 young people from over 130 countries at a cost of over $575 million dollars. Since 1965, The Rotary Foundation has funded almost 40,000 projects in over 200 countries at a cost of more than $500 million providing relief to refugees, low-cost health care, sanitation facilities, rainwater harvesting, water wells, teacher training, literacy projects, food, shelter and so much more.  Add to that the hundreds of thousands of local projects that Rotary Foundation has helped support over the years.  Tom believes that it is appropriate to say that Rotarians who donate to the Rotary Foundation are heroes in the lives of the children who have been immunized or the young adults who received a scholarship or the beneficiaries of Rotary’s global or local projects.  Tom is looking forward to the upcoming year for a lot of reasons.  2015 is the centennial year for our district.  To celebrate he is encouraging all clubs to do something special in recognition of our 100 year anniversary and the district itself has a great celebration planned.   During the weekend of May 15-17, 2015 we are going to host a three district, district conference.  We are calling it Tri-Con and the theme for the conference is “Light up Rotary…100 years of service.” Our district, 6220, will be joined by district 6250 which is located on the western side of the state which includes cities such as Madison, Lacrosse, Janesville, etc. and district 6270 located in the south central part of Wisconsin such as Neenah/Menasha, Milwaukee, Racine and so forth.  This is going to be a big party involving most of the state of Wisconsin, the upper peninsula of Michigan and a small piece of both Minnesota and Illinois.  The conference itself will be held at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel.  We expect to have about 900-1200 Rotarians for this event.  Tom has been working hard on making this event affordable and accessible.  Registration is $15 and there is no meal plan.  Also this is a family friendly event.  Tom encourages everyone to attend and promises that the experience will change your perception of Rotary forever.  Registration began on September 1^st so please plan on joining!

 

NEXT WEEKS MEETING- SEPTEMBER 23- ROTARY ON THE ROAD

September 23 our Rotary meeting hits the road.  Take in the beauty of the Riverview Community Gardens, visit the Outagamie County Recycling Center, or “back by popular demand!” enjoy a stroll through a waste water treatment plant.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

·          Rotary on the Road sign up sheets are available at the sign in table at each meeting.  Make sure to sign up for which facility you are interested in attending.  Rotary on the Road is September 23^rd.

·          FAMILY OF ROTARY invites you to attend An Historic Bus Tour of Neenah and Menasha on Wednesday, September 24.  Local Historian Nancy Barker will be our guide. Cost:  $5 per person.  Please sign up at the Registration Table as you attend the weekly Rotary meetings. Bus departs the parking lot on West College Avenue next to the McDonald's at 5:30 pm.  Tour will conclude at 7pm.  Participants wishing to gather for dinner at a local restaurant are encouraged to do so. WE RECEIVED GREAT FEEDBACK FROM LAST YEAR'S TOUR OF DOWNTOWN APPLETON.

·          At the September 2^nd meeting there was a member who paid for their meal and left their change at the check in table.  If you believe this is you, please contact Meghan at rotaryappleton@gmail.com or 920-205-5255.

·          The Theme committee would like to announce that the Nobel Conference is October 6^th and you will return October 8^th.  It is being held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.  The cost for transportation, lodging and meals is $300.  If you would like more information you can contact John Mielke, Karen Laws, Harry Spiegelberg or Tom Williams.

·          We have a fun opportunity for service.  On Saturday, September 27 – which is Appleton’s Octoberfest, the Downtown Kiwanis Club has offered to share the volunteer opportunity with us in a cooperative effort to sell wrist bands and drink tickets.  They have agreed to split the money earned with us – generally a total of $3,000 - $5,000 – which would mean our Club would earn $1,500 - $2,500 toward the cost of redesigning our website.  This also gives us a wonderful opportunity to increase our visibility in the community by wearing Rotary attire like t-shirts or hats and a chance to get to know and work alongside Downtown Kiwanis members.  We see this as the beginning of other cooperative projects with Kiwanis as well as with other Rotary Clubs in our area.  There will be a sign-up sheet at the Registration Table next week or you can email Meghan (rotaryappleton@gmail.com) or Deborah Wetter (deborah.wetter@appleton.org) or call Deborah at 920-832-2291 with the shift you would like.  Family members are welcome.  Shifts are only 2 hours (9-11, 11-1, 1-3 and 3-5) and we need 6 Rotarians in the booth at all times.  Feel free to sign up for more than one shift.  If you don’t have Rotary attire and want to purchase it, please contact Meghan or Deborah, and we’ll try to get it purchased and in your hands before Octoberfest.

Thumbnail Jenni Eickelberg

You may notice a theme in this speech that it ties to Rotary members.  Jenni was born in Appleton.  Amazing parents and amazing childhood.  Jenni attended school through the AASD.  Schools she attended were Jefferson, Wilson and Appleton West.  A little known fact: Frank Rippl was her elementary music teacher and Lee Allinger was her science teacher in 6^th grade.  After high school Jenni attended the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point where she majored in Biology and minored in Chemistry.  Her intentions were to enter in to veterinary medicine.  Jenni also has a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from UW Oshkosh where Sridhar was her professor for International Business Class, one of her favorite classes!  Jenni met her husband, Jeff, at UWSP and has been married for 16 years. They have 2 children together.  Joren, 9 and Edison, 6.  Some of her hobbies include reading.  She has been a member of a women’s book club for close to 20 years.  Jenni also mentioned running as one of her newest hobbies and she will be running her first 5K in just a few weeks.  Something that most people won’t know about Jenni is that she is a closet nerd.  She loves science fiction, gaming and board and card games.  She actually owns over 100 games, probably close to 200.  Jenni is very involved in our community.  She is on the board of Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley, newVoices (another tie to Rotary with Mary Schmidt and Amy Flanders) and the Outagamie County Housing Authority.  She is also on many committees and teams such as United Way Impact Area, INCLUDE, Race for a Reason, Human Race and a wish granter for Make A Wish.  Jenni has worked at Thrivent for 14 years and 9 ½ have been in Community Relations.  Her responsibilities include Grant making, Oversight of volunteer program and Generosity programs, building relationships in community and looking for ways that Thrivent can help in the Fox Cities.  Jenni loves her job and her company because she gets to incorporate her passion and love for her community.  Jenni is very excited to join Rotary as it aligns with her personal values and she glad to be a member.

Thumbnail-Mary Downs

The Top 10 things you should know about Mary Downs....

1.She is the youngest of 3 children.  There are 2000 pictures of her sister, 1000 of her brother, and 2 of her.  2. While Mary was the yearbook editor at Appleton East, she learned to forge the principal's signature, just in case there was some type of yearbook-deadline-emergency.  She’s not telling if she ever actually used it.... 3.While Mary was an undergraduate at UW-Stevens Point, she majored in Managerial Accounting and played competitive trivia with The Flying Zupan Brothers.  That was before the internet - that was real trivia! 4. She earned two graduate degrees at UW-Oshkosh, in Educational Leadership and Counseling.  Clearly, she’s still trying to figure out if I am right or left-brained. 5. Mary spent many years at AAL/Thrivent.   Highlights of her time there included being involved in the creation of the child learning center, going to UNICEF to receive an award for our program to support nursing mothers, and being at a volunteer event in Minot North Dakota where several people just walked right into the pool at the Holiday Inn.  Fortunately someone from the North Dakota Water Rescue team was sitting next to her.  6. The highlight of her time at ThedaCare included working on the Community Mental Health Summit, forming the NEW Mental Health Connection, and playing a key role in the creation of Catalpa Health. 7. Mary recently joined FVTC as the leader of the Foundation and Community Relations.   She needed to feed her soul and focus on collaborating to improve people’s lives. 8. Mary is an only parent with two sons. “Only” is another way to say Widow –her husband died two years ago after a 6 year battle with cancer.  She has 2 sons, one studying strategic communications at TCU, the other at Appleton North.   She also has a dog and a cat.  At first, she thought she was a dog person.  Now she thinks she is a cat person.  But not a crazy cat lady.  That’s entirely different.  9. Mary loves to travel, she loves to buy jewelry, and she loves to buy jewelry while traveling.  She thought that traveling would help her cross things off my bucket list, but it just makes her want to add new items to it.    10. Her Volunteer/Service activities include: CHAPs Academy board member, Leadership Fox Cities NAMI, Appleton North and Wave Swim club events, and now, ROTARY!!

ROTARY FOUNDATION REPORT TO CLUB

The Rotary Foundation Officers and Grants Review Committee Members for 2014/2015 are:

President                                                                                  Nancy Johnshoy

VP/Secretary                                                                             Donna Kidder

Treasurer                                                                                   Kevin Loomans

Grants Review Chair                                                                  Curt Detjen

Investment Liaison                                                                     Jeff Esker

Board Member At Large                                                             Matt Rehbein    

Club President                                                                          Deborah Wetter

Club President Elect                                                                  B Sridhar

Grants Review Committee Members                                           Ron Altenburg

                                                                                                             Dennis Hietpas

                                                                                                             Caroline Lasecki

                                                                                                             Kevin Loomans

 

The Foundations total assets as of our fiscal year end on June 30, 2014 were $1,245,943.17. 

We have 6 foundation funds totaling $1,231,910 that are invested by the Community Foundation with a long-term investment focus.  Last year was very favorable in terms of investment performance with an overall return of 15.7%, which means that our investments increased almost $160,000 net of fees in the last fiscal year. Included in this group are the Scholarship, Heeter, Groth, Art Scholarship, Community Service and Helen Thom Roemer Funds.  These funds are subject to an annual distribution policy of 5% of the rolling 12 quarter average value.  This approach helps to minimize annual fluctuations due to market performance. Total distributions in the 2013/2014 fiscal year were $51,473.41.  Since 2003 our Foundation Fund distributions have totaled $534,151.

The Scholarship Fund has a fund balance of $355,615. We currently award two scholarships of $5,000 paid over a three-year period to seniors from the five Appleton high schools. The fund also contributes to the U.W. Fox Valley and Fox Valley Technical College Foundations for non-traditional student scholarships.  This year the two school foundations received $2,481 each. 

The Charles Heeter Fund has assets of $109,566.  Last year $4,623 was transferred to Rotary International from for Paul Harris Fellowships on behalf of the individuals who received the Charles and Adele Heeter Outstanding Community Leadership Awards.

The Arts Scholarship Fund balance is $70,111. The fund supports individuals who seek educational experiences in his/her art field.  The Art Scholarship Committee awarded scholarships last year in the amount of $2,552.

The Paul and Elaine Groth World Community Service Fund provides financial support for international projects endorsed by the World Service Committee who approved grants this year totaling $3,075. This funds yearend balance was $76,772.

The Helen Thom Roemer Fund provides support to projects that serve the needs of children with limited physical abilities and cognitive deficits in the Appleton area.  Last year, the Children with Disabilities Committee approved requests totaling $23,053.  This is our largest single fund with a balance of $540,956.

The Community Service Fund was established to direct charitable donations to address local community needs.  The Community Service Committee approved grants of $3,206 in the last year.

The Foundation also maintains pass-through checking accounts for the Appleton Rotary Foundation and SAMP. These accounts insure that your donation is tax deductible and that the beneficiaries have ready access to that cash.  At this time we have approximately $14,033 in checking accounts.

Rotary Club members contribute to our Foundation through annual gifts, memorials or bequests.  The attached chart shows our annual gifting totals to Foundation Funds for the last eleven fiscal years.  In the last fiscal year our members donated $6,657 to the six Foundation Funds listed here and an additional $1,710 to the SAMP pass-thru fund.  It is somewhat concerning that our member contributions last year were significantly below the average of the previous several years.  I think we do a good job of reminding Rotarians to donate to Rotary International each year but Nancy would like to make a plug for our own Foundation and ask you to keep us in your thoughts as you do your annual gifting and estate planning.

A final thank you to the committees who steward our funds and who continue the important work of Rotary in our community and around the world.

Community Service Funding from the Rotary Club of Appleton

The Rotary Club of Appleton is pleased to make available grants from Rotary Shines, our major spring fundraiser, and from the Community Service Fund.  Grants from the Community Service Fund will total $3,363 this year.  Rotary Shines funds are estimated at $10,000 but will vary depending on the success of our 2015 fundraiser. You are encouraged to apply for either source of funding, or both.  Both grants will support local community needs.

Attached is a grant request form that must be completed and returned to the Community Service Fund Committee Chair.  To be considered, your responses need to be kept to a two-page maximum.

The following guidelines will help you determine if you qualify for funding from these sources:

·         Grants will be given to organizations designated as 501(c)3.

·         The project must serve/benefit residents of the Appleton area.

·         Funds may serve as seed money for projects.

·         Funds are committed for only one year at a time, but may be awarded up to three consecutive years depending on future Rotary Community Service Committee decisions.

·         Capital Projects (“bricks and mortar”) will not be funded.

·         Annual campaigns will not be funded.

·         Please do not request funds for ongoing operational expenses.

 

Requests for both grants must be received by October 10, 2014.  Rotary’s Community Service Committee will determine recommended recipients of both grants at one meeting.

Requests must be submitted on the “Rotary Request for Funding Form.”  The signature of the agency director and board chair is required on the Request for Funding Form.

The completed and signed form should be mailed or emailed to:

Rosie Cannizzo

            Rotary Club of Appleton Community Service Committee Chair
             N1634 Prairie View Dr.
            Greenville, WI 54942
             Email:  cannizzr@lawrence.edu              (Emails should use the subject line: Rotary Community Service Grant)

Please note that our requests for funding will exceed funds available.   If you are turned down in one grant cycle you can re-apply.  

 

If you are selected for either grant, we require you to recognize the Rotary Club of Appleton in your project communications and promotions.

Questions?    Please contact Rosie Cannizzo at 920-832-6614 or cannizzr@lawrence.edu

 

Thank you for your interest in our grant program.

 

 

Request for Funding Form

Rotary Club of Appleton

 

Due Date: October 10, 2014

 

(Important: Responses over two pages maximum will not be considered.)

 

·        Organization Name:

·        Organization has 501c3 Tax Exempt Status:  ___Yes (please attach)

·        Name and title of person requesting funds: 

·        Address:

·        Phone:

·        Email: 

·        Amount Requested: 

□   from Rotary Shines (about $10,000)
□   from Rotary Community Service Fund ($3,363 and less)

□ either

·         Briefly describe your organization (mission, history, etc.)

·         Describe the project for which the funds are being sought and who will benefit from the project.

·         How does this project fill a need that exists in the community and/or improve the quality of life for Appleton-area residents?

·         What are the program measures and outcomes and what are you hoping to achieve?

·         Is there a component of this project for which member of the Rotary club could provide hands-on assistance?

·         What is the total budget for this project?

·         What other sources of funding do you have for this project?

·         Has your organization previously received funding from the Rotary Club of Appleton?

·         What is your organization’s annual budget? What is your organization’s endowment?

 

 

 

Director of Agency                                                                                          Date

 

 

 

Agency Board Chair                                                                                         Date