WHAT IS A ROTARY FOUNDATION GLOBAL GRANT FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING?
Established in 1965-66, the Group Study Exchange Program was an educational program that promoted international understanding through organised travel and personal contact. The program evolved as Rotary updated its grant model and placed this activity within Global Grants.
Vocational training under Global Grants builds skills within a community by offering local training or by supporting groups of professionals traveling abroad for rigorous study in their profession or to teach local professionals about a particular field. This type of training is often effective in conjunction with a humanitarian project.
YOU CAN VOLUNTEER TO BE A VOCATIONAL TRAINING TEAM LEADER OR NOMINATE A NON-ROTARIAN VOCATIONAL TRAINING TEAM MEMBER – WHICH WILL IT BE?
President Phil's Message
If you believe then you receive
At our Christmas breakup held on the 13th December I made several requests to Santa on behalf of Cub members. The most immediate and urgent was for Rotarian Hank Gibcus and his Melbourne Victory football team. At that stage, the team had won only three games from 12 starts. Following my invocation, they have won three of four games and drawn one (as of 12:00 pm on January 10th). The only conclusion that can be drawn is that Santa is real and that “if you believe then you receive”.
We will have to wait and see if Santa delivers a new house to Joe and Mary on time. PE Janette may wish to review their results at next years Christmas function.
On the home front, I am recovering well from surgery on 14th December to remove an aggressive cancer from by bladder. Immunotherapy will commence on Thursday 18th January and will go for six weeks. All the information indicates that the immunotherapy is well tolerated so I expect to be able to be involved in most activities during that period. After that treatment, there will be follow up checks at 3 and 6 months.
In order to reduce my load, I request that members get moving with their delegated tasks and try and work out issues themselves before referring them to me. This will give me time to rest and recover. We have a well developed plan for the year which should not need my attention to make things happen.
Sue and I would like to thank the club for their support and in particular to Wayne and Judi Willoughby for kindly taking on the President’s BBQ at short notice. PE Janette will run the first two meetings of the year after which we can assess if I am up to taking over from then.
We have had a good Rotary year so far so let’s keep up the good work.
New Year’s resolution: Stand up and be an ambassador for Rotary
Evan Burrell, Rotary Club of Turramurra, District 9710
It’s a New Year, and here’s something you can resolve to do for your Club and for Rotary in 2018.
Think about the last time someone gave you a “word-of-mouth referral” that influenced your decision to do something. Maybe a friend shared a new favourite restaurant over Facebook, or your neighbour recommended a plumber. Or maybe it was that friendly suggestion to come along to a Rotary Club meeting that got you involved in Rotary in the first place. Regardless, you probably acted on the referral, in part, because it came from someone you trust!
If you’re passionate about Rotary like I am, I encourage you this year to become an Ambassador for your own Club — and more importantly for Rotary — by using your “word-of-mouth referral” power.
Here are a few things you can do:
Be Active online and offline. Being active online means posting, commenting, and sharing positive Rotary stories via social media. It’s that simple. Being active offline means you’ll need to be able to have meaningful and interesting conversations about Rotary and who we are and what we do to anyone and everyone.
Wear the Rotary Brand. Wear the Rotary logo on your hat, wear your club shirt or Rotary lapel pin out in public, or change your Facebook profile picture to the Rotary logo for a week. You never know who you will run into or who will see it and the conversations that may be sparked by seeing you wearing some great Rotary apparel.
Tweet. Share with your Twitter followers information about your clubs upcoming events, retweet Rotary International, and tweet about your own personal involvement with Rotary.
Invite a Friend. Next time you are planning to volunteer at one of your club service projects or attend your club meeting, invite a friend along and/or alternatively invite them to like your Rotary club Facebook page.
Share on Facebook. Go beyond just liking your Rotary Club’s or the Rotary International Facebook page and share posts from these pages. Sharing a Facebook post from your clubs or other Rotary page’s will enable your friends to learn about Rotary and what Rotary is doing in the community.
Tell People. Tell your family, your work colleagues, your Facebook friends, or anyone you meet, about your involvement with Rotary. Talk about your recent involvement with a club service project. Perhaps they never knew of your involvement and were always interested in learning more about Rotary.
Your support as a Rotary Ambassador helps your Club and the larger organisation maximise their reach and increase awareness of the good we are doing in the world! By spreading the word, you may attract participants to things like Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) and Youth Exchange, raise funds for your projects, increase your online presence, and most importantly recruit members into your Club.
So STAND UP in 2018 and make yourself an Ambassador for Rotary.
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Think about the last time someone gave you a “word-of-mouth referral” that influenced your decision to do something. Maybe a friend shared a new favourite restaurant over Facebook, or your neighbour recommended a plumber. Or maybe it was that friendly suggestion to come along to a Rotary Club meeting that got you involved in Rotary in the first place. Regardless, you probably acted on the referral, in part, because it came from someone you trust!