Charlottesville Rotary Club

Service Committee

2009-2010

Committee Chair: Jim Perkins

Members: John Griffin, Jeff Willy, Grant Brownrigg, Gary Selmeczi, Tom McQueeney, Tom Dunnels, Trice Taylor, Frank Friedman, Don Morin, Rich DeMong

Planned Committee Meetings for 2009-2010: Following the first Club meetings in September and December 2009 and March and June 2010.

Projects:

Community Service

General

Grants

Sub-Committee Chair: John Griffin

Sub-Committee Members: Grant Brownrigg

Description:

Current Status: None in process.

RYLA

Sub-Committee Chair: Francis Burns & Rich DeMong & Tom Dunnells

Sub-Committee Members:

Description:

Current Status: Rich has agreed to make the initial contact and Francis will take over with assist from Rich once the schools have made their nominations. RYLA action starts in September 2009 after students start school year. Funding approved for two students this year. The dates are Sept 25 to 27 at a camp near Quantico.

Rotaract

CRC Liaison Don Morin

Provide Rotary Club of Charlottesville representative to assist in ROTARACT activities

Adopt a Park with the City

Sub-Committee Chair: Chair being sought

Sub-Committee Members: Dawn Henneberry, Larry Mellinger

Description: City of Charlottesville Parks and Recreation has many projects which CRC could provide services.

Current Status: Undergoing assessment with City.

Boys and Girls Club Bike Challenge

Sub-Committee Chair: Jeff Willy

Sub-Committee Members: Jim Perkins, Rich DeMong, Jennifer King, Jeff Gould, Jim Peterson, Michael Semanik, Dawn Henneberry, Morgan Perkins, Spencer Birdsong, Sue Liberman, Uhlrich Klockenbrink

Description: Annual Fall Bike Challenge at Old Trail CC Crozet

Volunteers man the break-rest stops or act as Guides along the bike route. 3-4 hours on a Sunday Morning. Funds raised support the Charlottesville Boys and Girls Club.

Current Status: Date 9/20/09. Assignment: Man refreshment/rest stop tent for at least 3 2-hour shifts.

Virginia Gingerbread Christmas VGBC

Sub-Committee Chair: Jim Perkins

Sub-Committee Members: None

Description: Club Donation of $700 from Operating Budget to the Downtown Business Association of Charlottesville. Funds will provide cash awards for the 1^st and 2^nd place winners in the three levels of competition for the Best Gingerbread Houses in the VGBC annual event. The VGBC event is scheduled for early December of each year.

Current Status: 2009 VGBC will be held at the Paramount Theatre. The event has been expanded to at least a week and maybe two weeks. CRC will receive acknowledgment in all publicity and promotions as well as at the awards ceremony.

Literacy Projects

Walker School Atlases

Sub-Committee Chair: Grant Brownrigg

Sub-Committee Members: Michael Semanik, Jennifer King

Description: Request Grant from District, and when received purchase Atlases for the Walker Middle School graduating 6^th Graders in the Spring before graduation.

Current Status:

Speech Contest

Sub-Committee Chair: Trice Taylor

Sub-Committee Members: Gary Selmeczi, Phil Wade

Description:

Current Status:

Book Program

Sub-Committee Chair: Jim Perkins

Sub-Committee Members:

Description: Collect books and work with Food Bank for distribution in conjunction with

Current Status: In investigational stage to determine as possible project in conjunction with the Baldacci “Feeding the Body & Mind” National program. Book collection and donation thru Local Food Banks; possible coordination with CRC Food Bank project. Coordinating with John Griffin.

Literacy Program

Sub-Committee Chair: Jim Perkins

Sub-Committee Members: Grant Brownrigg

Description:

Current Status: In investigational stage to determine as possible project in conjunction Literacy Program based on Baldacci “Wish You Well” national program. Possibly also in conjunction with Charlottesville Literacy Council.

Health and Hunger Projects

Salvation Army Bell Ringing

Sub-Committee Chair: Tom McQueeney

Sub-Committee Members: Gary O’Connell, Phil Wade

Description: Funds collection at Christmas season.

Current Status: Pending season

Food Bank

Sub-Committee Chair: John Griffin

Sub-Committee Members: Jeff Willy, Grant Brownrigg, John Dawson, Jonathan Peterson, Sue Liberman

Current Status: Under development. John called meeting 9/8/09 for planning.

Free Clinic

Sub-Committee Chair: Jeff Willy

Sub-Committee Members: Gary Selmeczi, Jonathan Peterson

John Griffin, John Dawson

Description:

Current Status: Under development. Work with the Charlottesville Free Health Clinic providing funds and volunteer service.

International Service

Water

Wum Cameroon Water Project

Sub-Committee Chair: Tom Dunnels

Sub-Committee Members: Jeff Gould, Larry Mellinger Jim Perkins Gary O’Connell, Morgan Perkins

Description: The Cameroon Water project is a three phase simple gravity fed water system for approximately 50,000 people in Wum Cameroon.

Current Status: $35,000 for the First phase of the $120,000,000 dollar project was completed in March of 2009.

Currently the Piedmont Rotary Council (three rotary clubs of Charlottesville, Albemarle, and Blue Ridge, are committed to complete Phase II ($54,00) in 2010. Today our club has raised the $6,000 dollar commitment and the request for Grant money to Rotary international was submitted on July 6, 2009. We are pending approval and the initiation on Phase II will begin in the fourth quarter of 2009 or second quarter of 2010. (Depending on approval process)

To date we are still planning on raising funds with a sponsor dinner in the Spring of 2010.

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Vocational Service

Sub-Committee Chair: Frank Friedman

Sub-Committee Members: Gary Selmeczi, Trice Taylor,

Jeff Willy, Phil Wade

Liaison: Thomas Taylor, Principal, CHS

Description: Commonwealth Scholars, Career Fair Speaker , Career and Technical Education Scholarship , Speech Competition

Proposed Project	Description	Timeframe	Project Lead
Career Fair	Participate in 7^th and 10^th grade Career Fairs held for Charlottesville middle and high school students.	Late Fall/Early Spring	Frank Friedman
Commonwealth Scholars	Utilize Rotarians to motivate 8^th grade student to complete a rigorous course of study in high school leading to an advanced diploma.	TBD	Frank Friedman
Career and Technical Education Scholarship	Provides up to $500 scholarship to high school senior pursing a post-secondary career in a vocational or technical field. Application required; selection by committee	Spring	Gary Selmeczi
Speech Competition	9^th-12^th graders eligible. 5-8 minute speech on provided theme. Club contest held in January/February. Advance to District. $250, $500, $1000 awards.	Sept. - Feb	Trice Taylor, Jeff Willy and Phil Wade (judge)

Thinking OUTSIDE the ShelterBox

A request by the Rotary Club of Charlottesville

On June 10, 2009 we heard a great presentation about ShelterBox by Wayne Chiles of the RC Springfield Virginia. During his talk he mentioned that Rotary International does not make any Matching Grant Funding for this international ShelterBox project. The reason he gave was that RI required all the Matching Grants to be planned in advance through Rotary International and the local Rotary Club receiving the service. Obviously in these emergencies this is not possible.

Our request is to get Rotary International to think outside the box. Get RI to establish a new Matching Grants procedure that would allow for funding to be granted AFTER THE FACT, providing that all the criteria required for Matching Grants were met and documented. That way the expanded funding available through RI would allow for multiples of ShelterBoxes to be funded and READY to GO for the next disaster.

[This idea was submitted on August 25, 2009 to our District Governor.]

By the way, our club has donated money in the traditional way for a shelter box. You can track the box’s progress at www.shelterbox.org . Our box is #6272.