1. DG Mukund Nori DRFC Rick Benson TRF P.I. Cheerleader: Dennis Wong
District 7980
DG Mukund Nori
DRFC Rick Benson
TRF P.I. Cheerleader: Dennis Wong

2. Poverty, Polio, Peace And whatever turns you on

3. TRF: Passion, Purpose and Action
Stronger clubs
Better projects
Increased contributions
Greater impact
Enhanced public image
This is what success looks like – a cycle of activity that constantly builds and reinforces itself.
Increased membership and donor base
Greater global reach
Institute Presentation

4. The Big Picture The Players Your District 7980 Support Team Your Club
Your Members
Your Community willl Benefit – bring in $$$
Key Factors
Relevant
Accountability
Beneficial to all concern

5. What’s New … That are Game Changers
Bigger Projects
Sustainable Growth Programs – Long term Impact
More Collaboration with other Clubs
Opportunity to Think Different
More Rewarding
Greater Satisfaction
More Fun
More Contributions to TRF

6. Taking Ownership All Hands Onboard
Set Club TRF Goals
Have a Club TRF Committee
(Grants Chair., Steward, Scholarships, Fundraising, PHS)
Initiate/Partner on a Future Vision Global Grant
Initiate a District Managed Grant
Special Opportunities – polio, scholarships, VTT
EREY, Sustaining Member, Paul Harris Society

7. District TRF Team 14-15 Chair: PDG Rick Benson (2013-16)
PR/Marketing: Dennis Wong
Fundraising Chair: PDG Rupi Rupwani
Grants Chair: Lynda Hammond – Orange RC
District Grants Chair – PAG Chip Marsh
District Steward – Jean Ferris
Scholarships Chair: David Wolfe
Peace Fellowships Chair – Christopher Johnson
Foundation Area Reps
ARRFC – Zone 32 – PDG Sue Kloch / Zone Team

8. TRF Program Budget District Scholarships = $20, District Managed Grants - $48,000 2 Global $15,000 1 Vocational Training Team - $15,000 2 Inbound Challenge Global Grants = $23,500 6 Global Grants - $45,000 Polio Contribution - $1,000 Peace Program Contribution- $1,070 Total Available $185,570

9. District TRF Participation Goals
75% of Clubs Participate in Some Grant
75% of clubs have a Trained Steward
75% have a trained Club Foundation Chair
Get our DDF by July 1
Spend all our DDF Budgeted Global Grants, District Grants, Scholarships, and VTT

10. District Qualification Requirements
Submit TRF goals: Fundraising, etc.
MOU Signatures: Pres and PE for 15-16
Be Current: RI Dues & TRF grant reports
One Person Trained at Grants Seminar – 5/3
Designated Club Steward/
Proper TRF Financial Management
Can re-qualify via webinar if
Attended in prior 3 years

11. District Grant Rules All grants: Must be in 1 of the 6 Areas of Focus
Partnerships with clubs encouraged
Global Grant: $7500 DDF match
District Grant – Local or International: 1 Year
Max $2500 per club for 1 DMG
Max $7500 DDF match / grant (multi-club)
Max $7500 per club per year
Max sponsor 2 per year: 1st half, 2nd half

12. TRF Donor Recognition
100% EREY (everyone contributed something by 6/30, average Per capita $100)
100% Sustaining Members (everyone contributes at least $100)
White Knight Society
70% Sustaining Members
Average Per Capita $175
Top 3 clubs Total $$’s and Per Capita

13. TRF Goals – Rotary Club Central

14. On-Line- Goal Work Sheet -TRF

15. Opportunities still 2013-14 Bring $$$ to your Community
Feel the benefits – change lives
Meet EREY Goals,
Attend Million $ Dinner – bequests to Endowment
Get a DMG - $15,000 still available
Partner on Kenya GG – hoping for $100
Nominate District Scholar – 2 available (by May 1)
Polio $10,000 Challenge ($3150 to date)
Partner on VTT to Ghana – Economic Devel.
TRF Raffel at Conference – clubs donate prizes

16. Utange Primary School, Mombasa, KE GG1419595 750 kids; $100/club
Mombasa: Major port city to central Africa; Existing Conditions: 800 boys and girls; 2 toiles for each – none working; Multi-building complex; leaky asbestos roof; broken windows; generally deteriorated physically; no electricity, manual water pump, no library; no computers

17. Cooking Pit
Rudimentary classrooms, happy kids, little chance of proceeding to high school or university; outdoor cooking for main meal;

18. Literacy; Water & Sanitation; Economic Development
Every D7980 Club contribute $100 - $500 - $1000 = $20,000
Meriden RC – International Sponsor Partner
pledged and has contributed $5000;
Host Club in Kenya: pledged $10,000
District 7930 (Boston) ??
District 9212 (Kenya) $2,000
District $20,000
TRF Match $45,000
County Govm’t $80,000
Total Project: $210,000
Interactors with older students
For $500 your club can partner on a $200,000 project, feel great, see results, and maybe go on a safari to Kenya or climb Kilimanjaro in nearby Tanzania.

19. 2014-15 GG Ideas Check Dams in India --$44,000
School desks for 4500 in India --$32,000
Computers for 300 orphans, Israel - $42,000
Water filters in schools – Bulgaria --$35,000
Need International club(s) in CT to raise $7500, D7980 match, Host club/District in Place.

20. I Need Your DMG Ideas By D.T.A.
Books for 1st & 3rd Graders – N. Branford
Special Ed Playground Equipment – Mystic
Freezer for Meals on Wheels – Old Saybrook
Winter Coats – Orange, New Haven
Water Cisterns – rural Mexico – Middletown
Mobile Dental Clinic – Stratford
Insecticide treated bed nets – Colchester
Laptops – Westport, W. Sunrise, + Bridgeport

21. Resources Rotary Foundation Kit www.rotarydistrict7980.org
Learn.rotary.org - E-Learning
Rotary Club Central: Set Goals, contribute,
Foundation Reports: Club Recognition, EREY
Foundation Area Reps
Your Club Foundation Chair/Club Steward

22. New Format – District Website

24. Fundraising

29. My Rotary/ TRF Reports

32. Call our TRF team any time Thanks for your support of Our
Have a Great Year
Call our TRF team any time
Thanks for your support of Our
Rotary Foundation