Roger Meyer Rotaract Chair ( )

Rotaract in District 5100 District Committee Chair: Roger J. Meyer Club Name Club status President ( ) Sponsoring ClubRotary Advisor Washington CountyactiveA.J. Schadler Beaverton Jon and Jill Woodworth Portlandactive Kari Anne McDonald Tigard/Metro /Pearl Margaret Barnes/TBA/R oger Meyer Clark CountyActiveDina Kroshkin VancouverEve Barnett Salemactive Jennifer McCormick SalemSue Yeşilada Sherwood To be chartered 8/20/11Sherwood

A Rotaract club is a Rotary sponsored club for year-olds that fosters leadership and responsible citizenship, encourages high ethical standards in business, and promotes international peace and understanding. Rotaract Clubs can be community or university based.

How did Rotaract start? The first Rotaract club, the Rotaract club of the University of North Carolina, was founded on 13 March The club was sponsored by the Rotary club of North Charlotte, North Carolina. Today, there are more than 8,126 clubs in over 163 countries with 186,898 members worldwide. Rotaract clubs draw members from the community or are organized as an extracurricular activity for college students.

What do Rotaract clubs do? Community Service Projects Professional Development Activities Leadership Development Activities

What do Rotaract clubs do? All Rotaract efforts begin at the local, grassroots level, with members addressing their communities’ physical and social needs while promoting international understanding and peace through a framework of friendship and service. Rotaractors may also: Assist in organizing Interact clubs or mentor InteractorsInteract Participate in Rotary Youth Leadership AwardsRotary Youth Leadership Awards Become Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholars or Group Study Exchange team membersAmbassadorial Scholars Group Study Exchange Seek membership in their local Rotary club

Community Service Projects Rotaract clubs participate in community service projects in an effort to improve the lives of the people around them. Often Rotaractors partner with other Rotaract clubs to participate in international service projects. Rotaractors not only have great ideas about how to help people in need, but together they have the power to make these ideas work!

Professional Development Rotaract clubs’ professional development activities expand the members’ understanding of the work environment and business opportunities within their community. Sponsoring Rotarians can enhance the activities by providing practical advice on entering the business world and overcoming business, vocational and professional challenges. Examples: Special professional forums business technology updates management and marketing seminars conferences on business and professional ethics

Leadership Development A club’s leadership development activities not only aim to make members more effective leaders in their personal lives, but also teach them how to develop and sustain strong clubs with relevant projects. Important Topics: Improving public speaking skills Techniques for marketing the Rotaract program to potential members. Building consensus among members Delegating project responsibilities and ensuring the necessary follow-up Identifying channels for project publicity and promotion Finding financial resources Accessing project success

RI Recognition of Outstanding Rotaract Project Each year, hundreds of Rotaract clubs submit details about their exceptional community or international service projects to RI. Seven of these clubs are selected as RI Recognition of Outstanding Rotaract Projects award recipients. Winning clubs receive a plaque and the opportunity to present their projects at the annual Rotaract Preconvention MeetingRotaract Preconvention Meeting Projects are evaluated on the following criteria: 1. Degree of collaboration between Rotaractors and Rotarians (20 percent); 2. Level of project promotion of Rotaract - positive impact on the Rotary/Rotaract image (10 percent); 3. Percentage of club members involved in development and in implementation of project (25 percent); 4. Quantitative and qualitative results of project (25 percent); 5. Project innovation (20 percent). To enter, download the Rotaract Outstanding Projects Recognition Form and submit the completed document to RI no later than 1 February.Rotaract Outstanding Projects Recognition Form

Outstanding Rotaract Project Examples International: Rotaract Club of Birmingham (District 6860, USA) for "Ready 2 Read" (to provide libraries and literacy education to 130 second grade classrooms serving over 2000 children annually in Birmingham, Alabama, USA) Africa Districts: Rotaract Club of Kololo (District 9200, Uganda) for "Nakasongola Community Outreach Project" (to provide free medical exams and a health education to nearly 900 rural inhabitants of Nakasongola District, Uganda and plant 300 trees to prevent the area's desertification) Asia Pacific Districts: Rotaract Club of Timog, QC (District 3780, Philippines) for "Kalinisan Para Sa Kalusugan (Health Through Cleanliness): A Clean Hands Campaign" (to teach disease prevention by hand washing through lecture, music, video, and other media and provide liquid soap to almost 1200 children at two public schools in Quezon City, Philippines) Europe Districts: (tie) Rotaract Club of Istanbul (District 2420, Turkey) for "Healthy Water in Orhaniye" (to organize and fund the construction of a new municipal water system providing clean water to the 250 residents of Orhaniye, Turkey) and the Rotaract Club of Diyarbakir (District 2430, Turkey) for "Just a Smile is Enough for Us" (to provide free dental exams and oral health care education and products to 7000 children at 7 primary schools in Diyarbakir, Turkey) South Asia Districts: Rotaract Club of Bangalore Jayanagar (District 3190, India) for "Educating Impoverished Children" (to provide computer-assisted learning software and instruction, library books, and cultural opportunities to 750 underprivileged children at two government primary schools in Bangalore, India) Latin America Districts: Rotaract Club of Tegucigalpa (District 4250, Honduras) for "Ayudanos a Educar (Help Us Educate)" (to provide educational materials to over 400 schoolchildren in 7 impoverished rural villages in Honduras) United States, Canada, and Caribbean Districts: Rotaract Club of Salt Lake City (District 5420, USA) for "Concert Quench" (to raise funds for the construction of 51 clean water wells serving the rural inhabitants of Kravanh District, Cambodia)

Why join a Rotaract club? Today’s young people will become tomorrow’s parents, professionals, business leaders and community leaders. With the help of programs like Rotaract, they can gain the tools necessary to develop into responsible, productive members of society. “The real benefit for me is that maybe one day I will leave the world slightly better off than how I found it, whether it is because I have volunteered, raised funds or just improved my own knowledge by listening to a speaker and being inspired.” -Cindy LaGreca, Rotaract club of Chicago, IL, USA “The network of friendship, the fantastic possibilities to get involved with worldwide understanding, and the interesting and dedicated members I meet are the main reasons why I am a member of a Rotaract club.” -Oliver Lange, Rotaract club of Offenburg, Germany

How can we charter our club? Adopt the amendments and all the by-laws consistent with the Standard Rotaract Club Constitution. Fill out the Rotaract Club Organization List complete with all signatures. Send with US$50 to RI World Headquarters or your local RI International office for club certification.

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