Friday, June 19, 2009
Dear friends in District 5110:
Once again another great project has been concluded. It is just wonderful to experience how together we can make things happen. Thats the Magic of Rotary.
On behalf of the Salcedo Rotary club I would like to thank the Rotary clubs of Scott Valley, Eugene Metro, Central Point, Bend-Mt. Bachelor, Ashland, Myrtle Point, Philomath, Roseburg Morning, Lakeview and Bend High Desert, for making all this possible.
Thanks to Norm Malmberg, Diane Pomeroy and Lori Fleck for all your efforts.
Regards,
Josefina
Club Secretary & President Elect
Once again another great project has been concluded. It is just wonderful to experience how together we can make things happen. Thats the Magic of Rotary.
On behalf of the Salcedo Rotary club I would like to thank the Rotary clubs of Scott Valley, Eugene Metro, Central Point, Bend-Mt. Bachelor, Ashland, Myrtle Point, Philomath, Roseburg Morning, Lakeview and Bend High Desert, for making all this possible.
Thanks to Norm Malmberg, Diane Pomeroy and Lori Fleck for all your efforts.
Regards,
Josefina
Club Secretary & President Elect
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
SALCEDO COMPUTER LAB MG #68526 COMPLETED
The Salcedo, Dominican Republic, computer lab in a rural high school for 300 students has been completed. Josefina Urena, President Elect, Club Rotario Salcedo, about 2 weeks ago filed the final report. We are waiting for an acknowledgment from The Rotary Foundation.
We are now preparing a District 5110 WCS Summary Application and TRF Matching Grant Application for our next WCS project to equip 3 public libraries in Salcedo, Dominican Republic. This application will be submitted to the D5110 WCS Quarterly Committee meeting Saturday, July 11, 2009, in Roseburg, Oregon. If approved, the MG Application will be submitted immediately thereafter.
The library project will cost a total of $13,702. Of that sum, we must raise a total from contributing clubs of $4,016. We are applying to D5110 WCS for $3,816 DDF and a TRF MG of $5,870. The Rotary Club of Scott Valley, International Sponsor Club, will contribute $1,000. The Club Rotario Salcedo has pledged $100. And another D5110 Club has pledged $500. To present the project July 11th, we must have 50% of $2,008 committed. We have $1,600; we need another $408 to present and $2,416 to submit the MG application.
If you are in a Rotary Club & have uncommitted WCS funds budgeted & desire to join us in this project, please e-mail me soon at pandn42@sisqtel.net. We'd love to have you join us in this worthy endeavor.
We are now preparing a District 5110 WCS Summary Application and TRF Matching Grant Application for our next WCS project to equip 3 public libraries in Salcedo, Dominican Republic. This application will be submitted to the D5110 WCS Quarterly Committee meeting Saturday, July 11, 2009, in Roseburg, Oregon. If approved, the MG Application will be submitted immediately thereafter.
The library project will cost a total of $13,702. Of that sum, we must raise a total from contributing clubs of $4,016. We are applying to D5110 WCS for $3,816 DDF and a TRF MG of $5,870. The Rotary Club of Scott Valley, International Sponsor Club, will contribute $1,000. The Club Rotario Salcedo has pledged $100. And another D5110 Club has pledged $500. To present the project July 11th, we must have 50% of $2,008 committed. We have $1,600; we need another $408 to present and $2,416 to submit the MG application.
If you are in a Rotary Club & have uncommitted WCS funds budgeted & desire to join us in this project, please e-mail me soon at pandn42@sisqtel.net. We'd love to have you join us in this worthy endeavor.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Our Project Has Been Funded!
On March 14, 2009, at our Rotary District 5110 quarterly World Community Service (WCS) meeting in Roseburg, Oregon, we learned that The Rotary Foundation (TRF) had funded our project! On February 28, 2009, TRF wired $17,243 total poject funds to the bank account of the Club Rotario Salcedo, Host Club (project site) in the Dominican Republic. Isn't this exciting news?
Josefina, Host Club Primary Contact & Project Coordinator, confirmed that the funds are on deposit in their account. And she informs us that the project will commence in early April with classroom preparations and then computer equipment installation.
With the austerity of Matching Grant (MG) funds at TRF, we are extremely blessed that the timing of this project eased us through the new limitations with full funding. And the pride and satisfaction is to be shared by each of you, 10 individuals and 11 Rotary Club,s that are participating in the support of this project. There will be 300 excited rural Salcedo high school students thankful for your passion to serve. You will be opening new horizons for them to communicate with the world.
Thank you for your Service Above Self in Building World Understandings,
Norm Malmberg, Primary Contact, Past President
Rotary Club of Scott Valley, D5110, Club Sponsor
Josefina Urena, Primary Contact, President Elect
Club Rotario Salcedo, D4060, Host Club
Josefina, Host Club Primary Contact & Project Coordinator, confirmed that the funds are on deposit in their account. And she informs us that the project will commence in early April with classroom preparations and then computer equipment installation.
With the austerity of Matching Grant (MG) funds at TRF, we are extremely blessed that the timing of this project eased us through the new limitations with full funding. And the pride and satisfaction is to be shared by each of you, 10 individuals and 11 Rotary Club,s that are participating in the support of this project. There will be 300 excited rural Salcedo high school students thankful for your passion to serve. You will be opening new horizons for them to communicate with the world.
Thank you for your Service Above Self in Building World Understandings,
Norm Malmberg, Primary Contact, Past President
Rotary Club of Scott Valley, D5110, Club Sponsor
Josefina Urena, Primary Contact, President Elect
Club Rotario Salcedo, D4060, Host Club
Monday, February 23, 2009
UPDATE of SALCEDO COMPUTER LAB MG #68526
On January 21, 2009, TRF acknowledged that all documentation & contributions have been received from us,. They advised us that it would take 4 weeks from that date for the Club Rotario Salcedo to receive the funds. So the grant funds should be deposited into their Club's account any day now. And then the project can begin. Keep watch on this blog site for updates.
On January 12, 2009, we mailed to TRF a Volunteer Service Grant (VSG) request for 4 Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Scott Valley to travel to Salcedo, Dominican Republic, April 4-12, 2009, to assist with the installation of the computers & indoctrination of staff & students of the Escuela Hermanas Mirabel de San Jose de Conuco, Salcedo, Dominican Republic, D4060, the High School of 300 students. That request was received by TRF on January 15, 2009, & on January 22nd was assigned VSG #69381.
On February 13, 2009, we received word from TRF that, due to the global economic downturn & volatile investment climate, the RI Trustees, at their January 2009 meeting, reduced the 2008-09 Huanitarian Grants budget by US$16.3 million. As a result, the budget for VSG has been fully committed & our VSG #69381 cannot be funded.
This is very disappointing to everyone, especially the team & the Club Rotario Salcedo. However, the computer lab project & MG #68526, is approved. So, it will soon be funded & the project fulfilled.
To process & follow one of these WCS projects & grants, one realizes how vital are the contributions of each Rotary Club to make the project a success. To make this project possible has involved contributions from 11 Rotary Clubs plus 10 individual Rotarians. This sacrifice truly exemplifies the power of one. For without any one club or individual contributor, it may not have happened. So, to each & every one of you, our heartfelt thanks for your Service Above Self in Building World Understandings. By your generosity, you make it happen.
Norm Malmberg, Primary Contact, Past Pres
Rotary Club of Scott Valley, D5110, Sponsor Club
Josefina Urena, Primary Contact & Pres Elect
Club Rotario Salcedo, D4060, Host Club
On January 12, 2009, we mailed to TRF a Volunteer Service Grant (VSG) request for 4 Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Scott Valley to travel to Salcedo, Dominican Republic, April 4-12, 2009, to assist with the installation of the computers & indoctrination of staff & students of the Escuela Hermanas Mirabel de San Jose de Conuco, Salcedo, Dominican Republic, D4060, the High School of 300 students. That request was received by TRF on January 15, 2009, & on January 22nd was assigned VSG #69381.
On February 13, 2009, we received word from TRF that, due to the global economic downturn & volatile investment climate, the RI Trustees, at their January 2009 meeting, reduced the 2008-09 Huanitarian Grants budget by US$16.3 million. As a result, the budget for VSG has been fully committed & our VSG #69381 cannot be funded.
This is very disappointing to everyone, especially the team & the Club Rotario Salcedo. However, the computer lab project & MG #68526, is approved. So, it will soon be funded & the project fulfilled.
To process & follow one of these WCS projects & grants, one realizes how vital are the contributions of each Rotary Club to make the project a success. To make this project possible has involved contributions from 11 Rotary Clubs plus 10 individual Rotarians. This sacrifice truly exemplifies the power of one. For without any one club or individual contributor, it may not have happened. So, to each & every one of you, our heartfelt thanks for your Service Above Self in Building World Understandings. By your generosity, you make it happen.
Norm Malmberg, Primary Contact, Past Pres
Rotary Club of Scott Valley, D5110, Sponsor Club
Josefina Urena, Primary Contact & Pres Elect
Club Rotario Salcedo, D4060, Host Club
Monday, December 08, 2008
FUNDS HAVE BEEN MAILED TO TRF & RECEIVED!
On Friday, December 5, 2008, the signed Letter of Agreement & Understanding together with a District WCS check for $4,885 of contributing funds from 10 Rotary Clubs in District 5110 was mailed to The Rotary Foundation headquarters in Evanston, Illinois.
The Rotary Club of Salcedo, Dominican Republic, D4060, had forwarded their contribution earlier. The documents & check were delivered to The Rotary Foundation in Evanston, Illinois, on December 11, 2008. We can hopefully expect funding of our new project within 30 days to equip a computer lab for the public high school of the rural area of San Jose de Conuco near the City of Salcedo in the Dominican Republic. The funds will be wired to the Club Rotario Salcedo, Host Club.
Norm Malmberg, Primary Contact
Rotary Club of Scott Valley, Sponsor
The Rotary Club of Salcedo, Dominican Republic, D4060, had forwarded their contribution earlier. The documents & check were delivered to The Rotary Foundation in Evanston, Illinois, on December 11, 2008. We can hopefully expect funding of our new project within 30 days to equip a computer lab for the public high school of the rural area of San Jose de Conuco near the City of Salcedo in the Dominican Republic. The funds will be wired to the Club Rotario Salcedo, Host Club.
Norm Malmberg, Primary Contact
Rotary Club of Scott Valley, Sponsor
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
APPROVAL of Computer Lab WCS 08-10-15, MG #68526
On November 18, 2008, Josefina & I received official notice, dated November 14, 2008, that our Matching Grant (MG) #68526 to equip a Computer Lab in the Escuela Hermanas Mirabel de San Jose De Conuco, in rural Salcedo, Dominican Republic, for 300 public high school students HAS BEEN APPROVED! The award is in the amount of US$7,323, as requested. That is a 42.84% matching grant of total clubs funding of US$4,885 & D5110 matching grant of US$4,885, for a total project request of US$17,243.
This approval by TRF came only 20 days after our project was approved October 25, 2008, at our District 5110 WCS Committee Meeting in Cottage Grove, OR, and only 15 days after TRF received our MG App. & assigned our MG #68526! This is really exciting & must be something of a record time.
For those of you 11 Clubs & individual Rotarians who have a part in financially supporting this project & this incredible journey, so far, Josefina & I extend to you our heartfelt thanks & deepest appreciation, for your generosity & Service Above Self.
Our Agreement Form & Co-Sponsors Contribution Form are ready to mail to Evanston. The Thanksgiving holiday week has slowed us down just a bit. But we have heard from all 11 Clubs, 8 contributions have been received & 3 are in the mail. So, we expect to have the combined check for the Co-Sponsors total contributions in the mail on Monday, December 1, 2008, to TRF.
If you have been following this blog site for the past 2 years, you will note that this is the third WCS project we have done together, Josefina & the Club Rotario Salcedo, Dominican Republic, Host, D4060, with the Rotary Club of Scott Valley, International Sponsor, D5110. It's been exciting! We're on a roll! And consider the impact upon 1,000 school children last year & now 300 more high school students as they discover the magic of the computer world which will open doors of world knowledge that will enable them to be better world citizens contributing to their Community, their Country & the World.
Isn't it exciting to be a part of this? Thanks to all of you for all you do for Rotary in "Building World Peace & Understandings" through "Service Above Self". You are each an integral part of this effort. We couldn't do it without you.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Norm Malmberg, Primary Contact
Rotary Club of Scott Valley, Sponsor, D5110
This approval by TRF came only 20 days after our project was approved October 25, 2008, at our District 5110 WCS Committee Meeting in Cottage Grove, OR, and only 15 days after TRF received our MG App. & assigned our MG #68526! This is really exciting & must be something of a record time.
For those of you 11 Clubs & individual Rotarians who have a part in financially supporting this project & this incredible journey, so far, Josefina & I extend to you our heartfelt thanks & deepest appreciation, for your generosity & Service Above Self.
Our Agreement Form & Co-Sponsors Contribution Form are ready to mail to Evanston. The Thanksgiving holiday week has slowed us down just a bit. But we have heard from all 11 Clubs, 8 contributions have been received & 3 are in the mail. So, we expect to have the combined check for the Co-Sponsors total contributions in the mail on Monday, December 1, 2008, to TRF.
If you have been following this blog site for the past 2 years, you will note that this is the third WCS project we have done together, Josefina & the Club Rotario Salcedo, Dominican Republic, Host, D4060, with the Rotary Club of Scott Valley, International Sponsor, D5110. It's been exciting! We're on a roll! And consider the impact upon 1,000 school children last year & now 300 more high school students as they discover the magic of the computer world which will open doors of world knowledge that will enable them to be better world citizens contributing to their Community, their Country & the World.
Isn't it exciting to be a part of this? Thanks to all of you for all you do for Rotary in "Building World Peace & Understandings" through "Service Above Self". You are each an integral part of this effort. We couldn't do it without you.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Norm Malmberg, Primary Contact
Rotary Club of Scott Valley, Sponsor, D5110
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Matching Grant #64202 Funded!
Dear Team,
I just received word from Josefina, our Host Club Rotario Salcedo Contact & Project Coordinator that our new project to equip a physiotherapy center in Salcedo, Dominican Republic, has been funded by our Rotary Foundation. Their Salcedo bank has acknowledged that the funds are on deposit in their Club account. The Club Rotario Salcedo (D4060) representatives are meeting with officials from the Rehabilitation Association to coordinate ordering, shipping & receiving of the equipment from Miami to Salcedo.
Meanwhile our Volunteer Service Grant Application (VSG #64552) is pending approval for our Team to travel to Salcedo January 10-24, 2008, to assist the Club Rotario Salcedo with this project. We expect to hear this month. Our goal will also be to nourish & foster the international good will that we have enjoyed with this special Club & community since our visit there in March 2007 when we equipped a virtual computer library in the Escuela Maria Josefa Gomez. This Club are family to us. And this school is our school; the Principal, Nina, assured us.
Volunteer Service Team members pending approval are Norm Malmberg, Team Leader, Past President Rotary Club of Scott Valley, Diane Pomeroy, Secretary of the Rotary Club of Scott Valley, Dan Speasl, President Rotary Club of Central Point, Pam Malmberg, Rotary Spouse and Sandy Speasl, Rotary Spouse. Norm & Diane were on the March team.
To those other Rotarians in the Rotary Clubs of Salcedo, Scott Valley, Central Point, Eugene & Eugene Metro who are encouraging us & supporting our project, we are grateful. Thank you. We will keep you posted on this Blog Site.
Thanks for all you do for Rotary as together we "Build World Understandings" through "Service Above Self".
Norm Malmberg, Sponsor Project Contact
Team Leader, Volunteer Service Grant
Rotary Club of Scott Valley (D5110)
I just received word from Josefina, our Host Club Rotario Salcedo Contact & Project Coordinator that our new project to equip a physiotherapy center in Salcedo, Dominican Republic, has been funded by our Rotary Foundation. Their Salcedo bank has acknowledged that the funds are on deposit in their Club account. The Club Rotario Salcedo (D4060) representatives are meeting with officials from the Rehabilitation Association to coordinate ordering, shipping & receiving of the equipment from Miami to Salcedo.
Meanwhile our Volunteer Service Grant Application (VSG #64552) is pending approval for our Team to travel to Salcedo January 10-24, 2008, to assist the Club Rotario Salcedo with this project. We expect to hear this month. Our goal will also be to nourish & foster the international good will that we have enjoyed with this special Club & community since our visit there in March 2007 when we equipped a virtual computer library in the Escuela Maria Josefa Gomez. This Club are family to us. And this school is our school; the Principal, Nina, assured us.
Volunteer Service Team members pending approval are Norm Malmberg, Team Leader, Past President Rotary Club of Scott Valley, Diane Pomeroy, Secretary of the Rotary Club of Scott Valley, Dan Speasl, President Rotary Club of Central Point, Pam Malmberg, Rotary Spouse and Sandy Speasl, Rotary Spouse. Norm & Diane were on the March team.
To those other Rotarians in the Rotary Clubs of Salcedo, Scott Valley, Central Point, Eugene & Eugene Metro who are encouraging us & supporting our project, we are grateful. Thank you. We will keep you posted on this Blog Site.
Thanks for all you do for Rotary as together we "Build World Understandings" through "Service Above Self".
Norm Malmberg, Sponsor Project Contact
Team Leader, Volunteer Service Grant
Rotary Club of Scott Valley (D5110)
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