By: Sarah MacGillivray
District 7780 Foundation Public Image Coordinator
Bath Sunrise RC
We have been talking a lot over the last few months about OUR Rotary Foundation and all of the good work it helps us to accomplish. Your donations help to make that good work a reality, and we’ve shared stories of successful district grants. Now it is time to put all that information to work and make sure you have everything you need to submit your own Club’s application for a District Grant before June 1.
First, if you haven’t already, you might want to form a small committee of members who are interested in seeing this process through. Maybe you already have an idea for a project, but remember that it isn’t too late to come up with a new one too. Visit our District Website (rotary7780.org) and then click on the Rotary Foundation & Grants tab at the top of the page. A helpful dropdown menu will appear. You will want to use many of these tabs!
One of the next steps will be to make sure that two club members have completed the required training no later than May 15. This may be done easily on the District website, so don’t let the date worry you. Click the option under Club Qualifications and then Grants Training which will take you to this page. Watch the training, take a short quiz, and you will be qualified!
If you have questions along the way, don’t hesitate to reach out for help. Members of the District Foundation Committee are more than happy to help, or reach out to your Assistant Governor, or maybe a fellow club member who may have worked on a grant application in the past. You may email questions and your final application to grants@rotary7780.org Once again, applications must be received by June 1.