1. Welcome to Monticello Rotary Club!

2. What is Rotary?
On a GLOBAL level: We are 1.2 million neighbors, friends, and community leaders who come together to create positive, lasting change in our communities and around the world. We make a difference at home and around the world: Our members can be found in your community and across the globe.
We have identified specific causes to target to maximize our local and global impact. At the same time, we understand that each community has its own unique needs and concerns. Through our network of resources and partners, we help clubs focus their service efforts in promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, saving mothers and children, supporting education, and growing local economies.

3. About the Monticello Rotary Club
The Monticello Rotary Club was started in We meet every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the River Edge Restaurant in Mongaup Valley. (*Occasionally we meet elsewhere.) We are good people doing good things in our community!
2015 Executive Board President: John Greenbaum Vice President: Barbara Carr 2nd Vice President: Les Kristt Secretary: Orshii Boldiis Treasurer: Fouad Kerendian

4. What happens at a meeting?
President calls meeting to order
Pledge of Allegiance
The Four Way Test
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Announcements/Discussion
Dinner
Speaker
Informational and informative topic
Wrap Up
Happy Dollars
Members and guests donate $1 (or more) to share what they are happy about!
50/50 Drawing

5. Some recent meetings and events:
After the business portion of the meeting President Joe D'Abbraccio had the pleasure of gifting the CRMC Foundation with $ Joan Farrow, the lovely president of the hospital foundation and our guest speaker for the evening, accepted the donation. Joan brought us up to date on the happenings at CRMC.
Officer Rick Wood and his K9 partner Deming put on a show for our members at the July 7th meeting.  After giving a lot of detailed information about what he does, Officer Wood took our members outside the River Edge Restaurant and showed us what his K9 partner Deming is trained to do.  The presentation was impressive.

6. DARE Donation—The Club
donated $750 to the local
D.A.R.E. Program (Drug Abuse
Resistance Education), which is
administered by the Monticello
Police Department. Lt. Alvarez
(retired) and Sgt. Crumley of the
police department accepted the
Club’s donation, and updated us
as to current D.A.R.E activities
and events.
The Youth Exchange Weekend was on May 15th-17th. Seven
foreign exchange students living in our Rotary District for this
year attended. They were from France, Brazil, Belgium, Thailand,
Taiwan, Germany and Italy. It was a successful, highly enjoyable
weekend, with considerable interaction and new friendships formed
between the visiting students and our Interact Club members.

8. Annual Chicken Barbecue

9. Why Should You Join? Make a Difference in your Community
Make a Difference in the World
Great Networking Opportunities
Have FUN
Meet New People and Learn About Your Community
Feel GOOD by doing GOOD

10. What is the Commitment? TIME $ MONEY $
Annual Dues are $205 (includes 5 tickets to the Annual Chicken Barbecue).
Members are expected to contribute $100 annually to the Rotary Foundation.
Members pay for their own dinner at meetings.
Members pay to attend events.
Members are expected to sell/purchase raffle/event tickets.
50/50 held at each meeting.
Happy Dollars collected at each meeting.
** Some employers will cover membership expenses.
** If you are self-employed, expenses may be tax deductible.
TIME
Meetings are held every Tuesday. Members are expected to attend at least HALF of the meetings.
Members are expected to participate in SOME events.
Members are expected to “get involved”.

11. How to Get Started? Attend 3 meetings as our guest!
Talk to Board and General Membership.
Ask questions, get answers.
Get to know members, let members get to know you.
Does it feel “right” for you?
Make the commitment!
* You will be nominated for membership. * You will be inducted at a meeting. START DOING GOOD STUFF!

12. RESOURCES:
Facebook: Rotary Club of Monticello