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Community Service  Director

2021-2022

Rick Vosila


Report   28 July 2021


Reflecting on our new Strategic Plan – 2021 to 2024, this year we want to focus our Community Service efforts on:

  • Building a strong and sustainable finance base – so we have the financial capacity to deliver service programs with impact

  • Developing a powerful fundraising engine – so we can feed and build upon that financial base, to make a meaningful difference; and

  • Establishing ourselves as a pillar of service leadership in our community – so the communities that we serve know we are there for them

We have already identified a number of meaningful and impactful projects we’d like to run with this year. They’re described briefly below, and some ideas are still forming:

  1. St Paul’s Church Burwood – Parish Pantry
    We have established a good service relationship already with Father James of St Paul’s Burwood, and have assisted with the Parish Pantry initiative. There is more to do, sadly, as the needs of the homeless and needy are increasing in this area. The Parish Pantry needs a cool room to store perishable food items, and we’re going to help them get it! We need to raise $6,000.00 to plug the funding gap they currently have. We’re initially looking for local business donations to make up that shortfall and provide this essential service. We hope we can do this quickly. Any suggestions of willing businesses, please let me know.
     

  2. Mental Health Research – Australian Rotary Health
    You will all know that we have been solid supporters of Australian Rotary Health over the years, and this year will be no different. We want to support mental health research in a meaningful way again and are on the lookout for impactful ideas. If you have a great idea for what we can do, please let me know. Remember… think BIG.
     

  3. Online Fundraising Initiatives – Humanitarian Project Support
    With the unpredictable nature of lockdowns and community movement restrictions we’re facing in this new COVID-impacted world, we need to get creative regarding our fundraising. I’m not sure we’ll have much opportunity for large physical fundraising events (gala balls, dinners, etc.). So, we’ll be looking to leverage online fundraising approaches to meet these needs. We particularly want to effectively support meaningful humanitarian projects. Stay tuned for more on this later, and again all ideas and suggestions are welcome.

Thanks in anticipation to you all as we look to live our new vision:

 “… to be a leading Rotary Club in our District, delivering high-impact service projects to those most in need in the communities we serve."


Regards,


Rick Vosila

 

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