How many members of your Rotary club are contributing to The Rotary Foundation's Annual Programs Fund?
Consider The District Project which is the Sandfilter/Microcredit Program. Click here for the form used to donate to the APF through our District.
According to professional fundraiser Bill Eck, of the Rotary Club of Denver Southeast, Colorado, USA, Rotarians will give, even in tough economic times, if they recognize Rotary's value to them. A former District 5450 Rotary Foundation Chair and Annual Giving Chair, Eck recommends asking the following questions of Rotarians individually or, preferably, in an interactive group setting. Their responses, he says, will help them realize Rotary's full value, leading them to want to make a gift.
- What is important about Rotary to you personally?
- What impact has Rotary had on your life?
- What is your proudest accomplishment in Rotary and why?
- What is your most meaningful experience in Rotary and why?
- What is your role in furthering world understanding, goodwill, and peace?
- How does The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International strengthen Rotary and you?
- Why is making a difference to people in the world important to you?
- What is your part in ensuring The Rotary Foundation's impact?
- If you had $1 million dollars to give to The Rotary Foundation's programs, what would you do with it and what does that do for you?
Eck says that "the power of taking Rotarians to the value they receive from Rotary will only strengthen their commitment, ownership, and gratitude" in giving to the Foundation, every year.
