November 15, 2018
November 15, 2018
Buckets on the Table: Midcoast Recovery Coalition
Foundation Basics, Sarah Ruef-Lindquist and Etienne Perret
Charitable Gift Giving – Easy to set up on the RI website, Annuity minimum is 10K and is a win win for both the donor and RI. Total of $269 million in revenue in 2016. Check the rotary.org website.
Areas of Focus for Grants: Peace and Conflict prevention/resolution, Disease prevention and treatment, Water and Sanitation, Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy, Economic and community development.
District grants are based on how much money has been given 3 years ago, RI has a $1.7 billion endowment fund currently. For global and district grants, there exists a share system is where 50% of the monies comes back to the giving organization after 3 years. Our club members give at 100%.
Committee
Holiday Party is Deb 13th, bring app or dessert to share.
Sign up for Christmas Tree Sales!
Preorder sheets for garland and wreaths available, check with Ray!
Community Service: 12 applications, will be coming to the board with recommendations
Kristan - Book club, combination with Camden club, second Tues of the month, 430 at the library. Let Kristan know if you are interested in joining!
Satellite Club Minutes
The West Bay Satellite /Sunset Meeting was well attended last November 8th at 40 Paper. Our energetic group was fortunate to have Frances Bateman give us a short presentation on Community Investors of Knox County. The Satellite group listened to members report on community events where they have participated. |
There will be no Satellite meeting November 22nd, so our next meeting will be December 13th ( our meetings are the second and 4th Thursday of the month )
Next Week’s Speaker: Thanksgiving! No meeting! Tim Carrol, Knox County Sheriff’s department.