Community Service

Planned Community Service Activities 2006-2007

Tracy Interfaith Ministries will be the primary focus of our Community Service activities for this years.  Tracy Sunrise Rotary will assist TIM with there move possibly in the Fall/Winter 2006, however prior to that we will need to work on some type of a fund raiser to assist with the cost of office furniture and computers.  Approx. $10,000 will be needed.  Current planned activities are a Casino Poker night with 40 tables of 8.  Current concerns are location of a venue large enough to house a large crowd.  Once the venue has been determined then a date can be set.  Updates to follow.

2.  DARE has indicated they have a financial need approx $5,000. So a secondary fundraiser will be needed to assist.  Currently a Simplified Grant application has been written and submitted to assist with these fundraising efforts.

Other activities will include but are not limited to:

a.  Hometown Hero’s (quarterly beginning late September)
b.  Blood drive  (October)
c.  Coat/Jacket drive (December)
d.  Delta Island Beautification (September)
e.  Senior Thanksgiving dinner (November)
f.  St. Patrick’s Day dinner (March)
g.  Senior /Safety partnership (quarterly beginning August)


We will also need to vote for “New Rotarian of the Year”
                                                “Silent Rotarian”
                                                “Service Above Self Award”


Fundraising ideas include:
Hot Rod/Car Show
Golf tournament
Fun Run
Comedy Night
Tracy Poker tournament

The consensus for a fundraiser at our last meeting was the Poker Tournament however to date I do not have additional information to share with the board.  Anyone familiar with this type of event can call or email me with any information and I will make the contacts.

I am also working on possibly applying for and acquiring  numerous H3 Simplified grants.  These grants are for $1000.00 each and there is approx. $45,000.00 available for the taking.  Once I have all the specific criteria I will update the board.

It is going to be a very busy year with a lot of variety hopefully something for everyone.  Any questions or suggestions please feel free to let either myself or Joe Schlemer know.