Service CentralOur currently small committee (Dwight and Cheryl) is continuing to make small steps toward offering our members service opportunities. We presented the following information at our regular meeting on Friday, May 6.
1. As a virtual Rotary club, one of our challenges will be to figure out how to do service, service projects, and make a difference in a virtual way. It may not always be pretty, but we will determine how to be effective in our service. And we will get there by...
2. Starting to do service projects. Let's start small, and build on our success.
3. On Friday we got some additional information from club member Liz Parizo who is the COO of Family Health La Clinica, a community health organization in central Wisconsin. Liz has previously presented on this topic, and the club seems ready to continue to go in the direction of supporting La Clinica as a signature project. As we continue to build the relationship between La Clinica and Changemakers Rotary, we propose to do a small project: La Clinica has a need for personal care items for the population it serves. We propose to build a small project around this, perhaps a personal fundraising effort by club members as well as a wider effort to leverage our connections to increase the impact of the project.
We need your help!! We need 2-3 club members to join our Service Committee for this project. All volunteers are welcome, especially YOU! And if you have experience or are willing to get experienced on a Go Fund Me page, that could be valuable. We'll be having a 30 minute meeting next week, at a time that works for everyone who is interested.
We are starting with a smaller scale and very manageable service project. By participating on the committee, you can help determine how we accomplish a meaningful goal with efficient use of time by our committee and club members. Thank you for raising your hand. It's the Rotary way.
Please contact Cheryl or Dwight to indicate your willingness to serve on the committee to get Changemaker service started! This is the first test for us...hopefully we pass with flying colors!
We are excited to announce that we have an opportunity to get involved in an international service project. LeRoy and Cheryl were able to view five live presentations by Roteractors from the Mediterranean area. The project was sponsored by Mediterranean Environment Academy in an effort to increase collaboration between Roteract and Rotary clubs.
After 8 full weeks of training and mentorship - led by professional coaches and mentors - five Rotaract Teams were able to develop their environmental projects ideas, each one to be accomplished with less than $,8000. Here's a link to a recording of the presentations. Project Presentations . Have a look. Our first thought is to perhaps sponsor one of the smaller projects...maybe the Clean Up Day, with a price tag of $1,000. These projects will be supported by District Designated Funds which would make the cost to us much lower.
We're just getting started on this project, and look forward to hearing what you all think about participating.