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Introducing Eco-Rotary

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Having FUN and Helping our Environment!

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Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service and encourages high ethical standards in all vocations.

Why Rotary?

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The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.

Rotary FUNDS through its Foundation

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After 20 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions.

Rotary and Polio

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Rotary was formed in 1905 in Chicago and their first project was a public restroom. Today, Rotary has over 34,000 clubs in over 200 countries.

Rotary then and now

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Eco means partnering with local Rotary projects

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Like Zero Waste Events!

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Target Audience

* Individuals who have the environment on their mind .

* More emphasis on Projects and

Less on fundraising!

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Typical Meeting Structure – you decide

• Shorter Meetings about one hour.

• No Meeting fines, invocation, or flag.

• Two monthly Club meetings and

• Monthly Chamber social/mixer.

• Monthly Projects and more...

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Projects

• FUN!• Environmental in nature.• Significant volunteer time.• Supplies paid by recipient.• 1-3 projects per month.

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Chartering & Joining

• 25 Charter members at $15 ea.

After established, possible:

• Initiation Fee: $50 One Time

• Club Dues: $130 Annually

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• Several projects at local zoo including: Trail Maintenance, building compost bins, & a greenhouse.

• Bell Ringing for Salvation Army.

• Planted 1,000 trees in Spring and bud capping in Fall.

• Served Meals for kids and Seniors.

• Adopt a River, Storm Drain, Beach Clean up.

• Organizers for Earth Day.

• Organized a Library, etc… etc…

Sample Duluth Projects

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• 1. Keep Manatee Beautiful Adopt-A-Road Program

• 2. Keep Manatee Beautiful , Storm Drain Identification Project

• 3. Can Sculpture

• 4. Service above Self Awards

• 5. Shred-o-thon

• 6. Peace Pole Project

• 7. 3rd Grade Dictionary Donations

• 8. P.A.C.E Mentoring

• 9. Camelot Community Care

• 10. Spelling Bee

Top Ten Projects for East Manatee

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What to take away:

• Find former Rotarians who’ve left Rotary and see if Eco is a fit.

• Talk about Eco-Rotary with your friends who recycle.

• Recognize they have their own sphere of contacts and network.

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• Rotary International rules still apply.

• The 4-Way Test and “Service Above Self” are guiding principles.

• Traditional Clubs can add Eco-elements and Eco-Clubs can add Traditional elements.

• Projects in our Community.

• 25 Members are needed to Charter a club.

What we DO have in common:

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• Sponsoring Clubs should plan to stay involved for the first two years with their chartered club including assigning mentors and encouraging Rotarians to visit club meetings.

• PRLS, PETS, and other Rotary seminars and trainings should be emphasized to all of its members.

• Utilize district Resources and mentors to answer questions and concerns of members.

Planning for Success:

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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;

Object of Rotary

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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.

Object of Rotary

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"Of the things we think, say or do:

1. Is it the Truth? 2. Is it Fair to all concerned? 3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships? 4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?"

Rotary’s 4 Way Test

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• Partner with County of San Luis Obispo to provide the world’s first Zero Waste Golf Courses!

• Dairy Creek

• Local Events

Potential Projects

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Moving the Worm Bin in place.

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Worms are a good solution for food waste.

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Worm Salad!

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Teaching recycling can be FUN!

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Adopt a Park is FUN and benefits our Community!

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Restoring native vegetation while having FUN!

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Fun Community Projects like installing Eco LED lights

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Eco means working to bring our community together!

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Eco and Thanksgiving! WOW!

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Remember: Eco Rotary is FUN for all!

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