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“What does the Rotary Club of Nunawading do?”
I have struggled to answer this question as long as I have been a member of the Rotary Club of Nunawading. If I cannot define what the club does, then how can I explain our role in the community to others? We need to answer this question before we choose projects for the coming trimester.
So I propose the following statement;
“We support youth within Whitehorse and International health projects”
Deconstructing this statement you can see how this fits our Club;
We support youth within Whitehorse
- Aurora school
- Blackburn High interviews / careers nights
- Whitehill scholarships for students to complete secondary school.
- Model United Nations Assembly
- Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
- National Youth Science Forum
- Student Exchange
- Dad’s group supports children by improving the mental health of fathers
We support International health projects
- Medical Imaging Machines
- Interplast
- Polio eradication through Polio Plus
- Development of a malaria vaccine
- Australian Rotary Health
- Trachoma Project (also a youth initiative)
This Rotary year there are only two items in our budget that do not directly align with this mission.
- Foundation donations that go to a wide range of programs.
- The President’s personal Project that is directed to the children of struggling families in Gippsland.
All organisations have goals that do not align with their mission. This may be for historical, legislative or other reasons. As long as 80-90% of the goals align with the mission then that is OK.
Funding is also very simple.
- Support for youth within Whitehorse – funded from the Whitehorse Farmers' Market and Bunnings BBQ’s.
- Support for International health projects – funded by other fund raising activities.
The programs that are adopted by the President and Board in a particular year can be tailored to meet the changing resources and direction of the Club and still follow the mission.
So this is the model that I wish the Club to consider, comment on and hopefully accept at the AGM for the three years ahead. If we gain approval then Janette, Gabby and I can work up a three-year plan for presentation early in 2018.
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