The Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor
CLUB RECAP
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The mock interview team
YOUTH: This year we have expanded our involvement with our local high school through mock interviews to mentor students who want to earn how to get a dream job. Amazing: those of us who participated in the Mock Interviews received thank you letters from the students. What a great experience! Interact was thrilled to learn that the BOD had voted for a pay raise to them for their waitstaff service. They are planning to use the additional funds for KIVA. Interact is partnering with our local Rotary Club in some friendly competition for our international project this year. The students have raised $500 via bake sales at football games and serving at Rotary dinners and our Rotary club is matching the students with a $500 grant for seed money. This money is being invested in KIVA micro loans. So far Interact has invested $350- $25 each to 14 different people or groups in 13 countries. They have invested in arts, agriculture, livestock, education, refugees, and clean water. Students are learning about investing and geography.
COMMUNITY SERVICE: We are invested in food insecurity and considering asking for District grant support to create a model for assessing need and implementation to address the region’s issues. To get traction, we are invested in community lunches and have just allotted funds to start up a winter community lunch on an under-served island.
To address the needs of isolated veterans, we just started a collaborative outreach visitation program, “Service to Served” for veterans who may have lost touch with their community. We are collaborating with the American Legion and our local Community Center. Eight veterans in our club have committed to participate.
MEMBERSHIP: We have met our goal of ten new members. We share these ideas for others to consider depending on other clubs’ unique demographics and circumstances:
FIFTEEN IDEAS FOR MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
1. Find two “type A” fun-loving membership Co-chairs
2. Put new members on the membership committee; history tells us that new members are most likely to bring in new members
3. Challenge the BOD to “Lead By Example “ and “bring in someone like them”
4. Send the message that Rotary is an honor to be asked to join; stopping begging
5. Market the productivity of the club in every weekly news article and on Facebook
6. Train members to use Facebook /create pictures which tell the fun of Rotary
7. Ask new members to enthusiastically greeting members and guests
(team of one member of the membership committee one new member)
8. Engage every new member in a Rotary job within first month of membership
9. Provide new members with a check list of accomplishments for their first year
10. Make sure that every guest is escorted to a table with an engaging member
11. Acknowledge a guest with a bit of personal information about them
12. During meeting announcements, make sure that the member describes the background and purpose of the service program that they are discussing
13. Establish a title for nonmember volunteers as “Friends of Rotary”; credit them
14. Rehearse your elevator talk: 15 words of what Rotary does
15. Insert an action focused and inspirational Rotary Signature in your email