Rotary Club of Evansville
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Rotary Club of Evansville |
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COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEES Rotary's third Avenue of Service covers the variety of efforts Rotarians make to improve the quality of life for those within their community. |
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CIVIC AWARD COMMITTEE The Civic Award Committee is responsible for collecting all nominations for the annual Civic Award, deciding the winner of the award and arranging all of the logistics for the presentation of the award. The chairperson of this committee is always the club's immediate Past President. Chairperson: Teri Hollander Albin thollanderalbin@hilliard.com 426-1481
CLUB SERVICE PROJECT COMMITTEE The Club Service Project Committee is responsible for the annual service project funded by the proceeds from the club's annual Evening of Fortune. Chairperson: Marianne Cox mecox@cinerycom.com 456-1243 Service Project Outline 2006-2007
DIVERSITY COMMITTEE The Diversity Committee is responsible for creating diversity within the membership of the club and for promoting diversity within the community. Chairperson: Lois Duncan loisduncan4@aol.com 568-2198 (H)
EDUCATION COMMITTEE The Education Committee is responsible for creating club programs which assist in the education of the youth of the community. Chairperson: Abbey Foroughi, Ph.D. aforough@usi.edu 465.1667 (B)
The Ambassador Program assigns one Rotarian to each school (public, private and parochial) within the community to serve as a liaison between the club and the schools and to assist the schools and the students within the schools with their individual needs. Ambassador Program: Amy Walker awalker@pefevansville.org 422-1699 (B) Public Schools Chairperson: Private Schools Chairperson: Candice Moore ccmoore@bkd.com 428-6500 (B)
CLASSROOM ENRICHMENT GRANTS Classroom Enrichment Grants provide funding for projects of local school teachers who wish to involve their students in creative, collaborative projects of long-term value, which could not be funded by the normal school funding process. Public Schools Chairperson: Wendy McCormick wendy@firstpresevansville.com 425-6297(B) Private Schools Chairperson: Marylinn Thomlison mthmlsn@smgevansville.com 435-5770 x 302 (B)
Charter Schools Grant Application Private Schools Grant Application Parochial Schools Grant Application
READING PROGRAM The Reading Program arranges for Rotarians to go to local elementary classrooms to read to the students and to help instill the joy of reading. Chairperson: Cathy Sickman Renner cr107@evansville.edu 488-2519
SPEAKERS BUREAU The Rotary Speakers Bureau provides Rotarians as speakers to students at local schools. Chairperson: David Henze dhenze@sigecom.net 473-7200 (B)
WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION EXCELLENCE PROGRAM The Workplace Communication Excellence Program works to provide assistance with the local schools to teach communication skills necessary for the workplace. Chairperson: Lezlie Simmons sleslie@hotmail.com 437-9320 |
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The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: First. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; Second. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society; Third. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business and community life; Fourth. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. |
