Go to the Rotary Emergency Disaster Initiative Bulletin Board.
$500,000 gift
Jean and Bill Wilson have given $500,000 to endow a Peace Scholar at UNC-Duke. Zone 33 RRFC Anne Matthews, center, has recognized them both at the Rotary Institute in Nassau and at the D7680 Foundation Banquet. Bill is a past district governor and member of the Rotary Club of Statesville, NC.
Deepa's Girls and AIDS orphans
Attendees of the Zone Institute for Zones 33-34, Nassau, heard Rotarian Deepa Willingham talk about her work to help orphans and abused children get education, food and health care in Calcutta, India. Director Eric has sponsored one of Deepa's girls for a year for $300 in honor of President
Elect John Kenny's spouse June. He challenges our Districts and clubs to sponsor one of Deepa's girls for $300. Learn more or make an online donation.
Rotarian Marion Bunch talked in Nassau about how children orphaned because their parents died of AIDS. You can support an AIDS orphan for $450 a year.
Our goal is to have 10 children sponsored in each place (10 in India and 10 in Africa), or a total of 20 for this Rotary year.
This is another way to help President
D.K. Lee's Child Mortality program and "Make Dreams Real."
District 7020 has a fund set up for clubs/districts that would like to help Haiti and other parts of the Caribbean affected by last fall's hurricanes. Click here for information on how to send funds.
affecting U.S., Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Island Clubs
NEW! Starting in 2008, clubs or districts with gross receipts of $25,000 or less will be required to file Form 990-N, which is an electronic e-Postcard report. Clubs with more than $25,000 in receipts have always been required to file form 990. Download the PDF file with the requirements or go directly to the IRS web site.
