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It's that time of year again, when our Sunup Rotary Club will mail to each member our "Let's Make A Deal" limited-time offer. Available only until March 31, our club will match your contribnution to The Rotary Foundation — to either make you a Paul Harris Fellow, or to take you up to the next Paul Harris Fellow Plus level. Your personal letter will tell you what your curent TRF Annual Fund giving total is, how much you would need to make you a Paul Harris Fellow, or to take you to the next PHF+ level. It will also tell you how much you would need to donate to The Rotary Foundation to achieve that, and the amount of the club's proposed match. As stated in the "Let's Make A Deal" presentation at last week's meeting, our annual giving per member to The Rotary Foundation's Annual Fund SHARE must average at least $100, to enable us to sponsor either Distict Grants or Global Grant Projects, utilizing the TRF District Designated Funds. As also stated in the presentation, through the use of TRF District and Global Grants, we are able to leverage in incredible ways the funds our club has available to invest in such projects. Watch for your "Let's Make A Deal" letter, and plan to give generously, to enable us to make The Magic of Rotary happen with our club's service projects. Rotary Family Health Days Last year the Rotary Family Health Action Group sponsored Rotary Family Health Days at 200 sites in six countries, serving 260,000 people. At Rotary Family Health Days, RFHA works in partnership with the Ministries of Health in each particular country to determine the vital, cultural and local essential care needed and aligns to the country operational plan. RFHA focuses on Health literacy and implementing sustainable solutions within the community. RFHA train community health workers, provide education on gender intentional issues, place a key focus on eradicating Polio, share information on the positive impact of vaccines, and provide health care screening and testing in preventative measures and follow on referrals to care. Some of the Health Care Services offered at RFHD:
• Screening/Testing/Referral to Care
• Immunizations for Adults and Children
• Educational Training & Counselling
• Other Services include Women’s Healthcare, Opthalmic Services, Distribution of Reading Glasses, Audiology Services, Dental services, Distribution of Mosquito Nets, De-worming. CLUB SERVICE The Prescott Valley Rotary Club, a satellite club of our Sunup Rotary Club, will hold its first meeting this Tuesday, January 14, at 4:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 6245 E. 2nd Street, Prescott Valley 86314. Bob Ticer and Joe Sweeney are leading in the development of this new club. Help them to recruit 25 new members, in order to be able to charter this as a full-fledged Rotary Club. Our club members are encouraged to attend the PV club meetings when possible, as an encouragement to this new club. Obtaining Sponsors for our Sunup Rotary Family Fest at Touchmark on June 22 is essential to the financial success of this fundraising event. Here are the levels of sponsorship: • Champion Frog: $10,000 • Gold Sponsor: $5,000 • Silver Sponsor: $2,500 • Bronze Sponsor: $1,000 • Friends of the Frog: $500 • Ninja Frog: $250 • Just the Frogs: $20 each (or six Frogs for $100) COMMUNITY SERVICE From our RI Director, Dan Himelspach: Assistance for Victims of LA Fires As you know, the Los Angeles area has been devastated by large fires that are burning out of control in several areas. Many thousands of homes have been destroyed, and tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated. Our Rotary colleagues in the affected Districts - Districts 5280 and 5300 - have activated District Disaster Relief Funds to assist the victims of the fires. District 5280 (Los Angeles) has also created a Resource Directory and online spreadsheet for In-Kind Donations. To access information and links to District 5280's Wildfire Disaster Relief Fund and other resources, please click HERE. To access information and a link to District 5300's Wildfire Disaster Relief Fund, please click HERE. DISTRICT NEWS Wyn Spiller, our RI Director for Rotary Zones 26-27 for 2025-2027, has been annnounced to be the Keynote Speaker for our Rotary District Conference, being held May 2-3 at the WeKoPa Resort in Fountain Hills. NOTE: If you are attending the Thursday, May 1 Assistant Governor Learning sessions or the TRVFA Sunset Cruise on Saguaro Lake, we suggest you book a room for Thursday night, May 1.  During show and tell in first grade, a young boy mentioned that his pet beagle was expecting puppies. From then on, the class eagerly awaited the news of their birth. When the day finally arrived, the young man announced glumly, “Well, they’re here.” It was obvious he was disappointed, but because of the intense interest of the class in the pups, the teacher asked, “What’s wrong? Tell us more. “Well,” he said, “I wanted a collie and my sister wanted a poodle, but all we got were beagles—and we already have a beagle!” __ A woman called the airline customer service desk asking if she could take her dog on board. “Sure”, the agent said, “as long as you provide your own kennel.” The agent further explained that the kennel needed to be large enough for the dog to stand up, sit down, turn around and roll over. The customer was flummoxed, “I’ll never be able to teach him all that by tomorrow!” __ Our dog can find anything! He’s a Labragoogle. __ Mind-controlled air freshener: It makes scents if you think about it. __ You can’t plant flowers If you haven’t botany. __ I wanted to be a monk, But I never got the chants. __ A bicycle can’t stand alone. It’s two tired. __ |
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