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Gold Canyon Golf Resort
6100 S. Kings Ranch Road
Gold Canyon, AZ  85117
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We welcomed back visiting Rotarian Dave Murray from the Thunder Bay/Ft. William, Ontario, Rotary Club.  Our speaker for the day Jim Bissonet was a guest of the club. 
1. Harvey Clark announced the 2nd Annual Arizona Infragard golf tournament benefiting survivors of fallen FBI agents.  It will be held Friday, May 16 at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs course.  For more info or to register or to provide a sponsorship, contact them at connect.azinfragard@gmail.com.  Harvey is now the person in charge of speakers for Infragard so he keep an eye out for speakers for our club.
2. Jim Erickson chewed out club members for such a low turnout for the District Conference which will celebrate Rotary achievements under the leadership of our own Jay Jones as District Governor.  He urged us to get on the ball and be there for Jay.  There is still time to sign up for the Conference which will be held at the Phoenix Squaw Peak Hilton near the intersection of HWY 51 and Glendale Ave.
           Friday, May 16  5:30 - 9:00 PM  District Leaders Awards Dinner   Cost $99 includes dinner
           Saturday, May 17  7:00 AM to 6:30 PM District Conference   Cost $125 includes dinner
Visit the District 5510 website at http//rotary5510.org to register online.
3. Rotary volunteers will help unload USPS trucks bringing food to the AJ Food Bank.  This will be on Saturday, May 10 from 2:30 to 5:30 PM at the AJ Food Bank.  
4. The club voted for Kenneth R. Boyd as the Zone 26 candidate for the nominating committee for the 2016-17 RI President.
5. Len LaFlesch's son Jason and wife Jennifer who live in Gilbert will star in a new HGTV reality show dealing with flipping houses.  The couple was selected because of their extensive experience in buying distressed houses and rehabbing them for profit called "flipping".  The executive producer of the show met them through a mutual friend.  The show is slated to air this summer. 
6. Sandy Campbell won the drawing and $10 but drew the 9 of diamonds.  The pot was worth $212.50 today and it will be going up again next week so get your tickets!
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District Governor Jay Jones introduced our speaker of the day.  Jim Bissonet is a member of the eClub of the Southwest.  He has served Jay's administration as the district's Grants Chair and Jay expressed his deep gratitude for Jim's excellent service to District 5510.
 
Jim's topic was The Rotary Foundation(TRF).  Jim reviewed the 6 focus areas of the Foundation - 1. Clean Water 2. Peace and Conflict Resolution 3. Women and Children 4. Education and Literacy  5. Disease Prevention and Control and 6. Economic and Community Development.  TRF is one of the highest rated charitable organizations in the world - it puts 89% of donations into programs, 9% into fund raising and 2% into administration.
 
He explained the 3 funds that make up The Rotary Foundation.  They are the Annual Fund, the Polio Plus Fund and the Endowment Fund.  
 
The Annual Fund is where most of our annual giving goes including Every Rotarian Every year donations.  50% of what clubs in 5510 donate in a given year comes back in three years to the district where it is used for District Designated Funds.  These funds underwrite club projects at the local level typically in the form of grants in the range of $500-$1,000.  The other 50% comes back to the district to help fund Global Grants.  Global grants target one of the 6 emphasis areas of TRF.  They have a host club and an international partner club.  Grants are for a minimum of $30,000.  The projects they fund have to be sustainable and have measurable outcomes.  Packaged grants fund volunteers with needed technical expertises going abroad to assist on development projects.  The costs of sixteen weeks of service are borne by these grants. 
 
Polio Plus Funds are received from donors who specify this use for their donation.  The money is used for the world wide fight to eradicate Polio.
 
The Endowment Fund receives money from wills or trusts via bequests.  Only the interest from the Endowment Fund is spent.  
 
Last year worldwide, the Annual Fund received $115 million in donations, the Polio Plus Fund received $98 million in donations and the Endowment Fund received $20 million in bequests. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

May 14 - Lando Voyles - Pinal County Attorney

May 21 - Marcus Johnson - Johnson Financial Advisors

May 28 - TBD

June 4 - Rick Olson

June 11 - TBD

June 18 - Tony Pistilli

​June 25 - TBD

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 10 - Food Bank Service Day; 2:30 - 5:30 PM; AJ Food Bank in Government Complex

 

 

 

 

Member Birthdays
May 3 - Heather Itz
​May 23 - Jeannie Anderson
May 23 - Bob Crow
May 25 - Len LaFlesch
 
Wedding Anniversaries
May 5 - Ed and Cassandra Shockley - 9 years
 
Join Date Anniversaries
May 3 - Dan Govinsky - 36 years
 
 

Nearby Rotary Clubs that might be useful for meeting makeup attendance. You can find the meeting times and locations for Rotary clubs throughout the world by going to the Rotary International website (www.rotary.org) and clicking on "Club Locator" in the upper right corner of the screen.

Mesa East Rotary Club:  Mondays at 12:00 p.m.

Superstition Springs Golf Club, 6542 E. Baseline, Mesa (16 miles)

Gilbert Rotary Club:  Thursdays at 7:00 a.m.
The Henhouse Cafe, 3244 E. Guadalupe Rd., Gilbert, AZ (20 miles)

Mesa West Rotary Club:  Thursdays at 12:10 p.m.
Hilton Phoenix East-Mesa, 1011 W. Holmes Ave.,Mesa (24 miles)

Mesa Sunrise Rotary Club:  Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m.
Banner Health Business Center, 525 W. Brown Rd., Mesa

Tempe South Rotary Club:  Fridays at 6:45 a.m.
Friendship Village, 2645 E. Southern Ave., Tempe (26 miles)

Rotary E-Club of the Southwest
www.rotaryeclubsouthwest.org

Other make-up opportunities can be found at www.rotary.org or www.rotary5510.org.