Signature Project
Every three years, the
Frederick Rotary Club selects a community service project to receive the
majority of the Club’s support. Past signature projects have included [fill in
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Signature Project
2006-2009: Frederick High School. The Club is committed
for 3 years to help make this older school a better place to learn through
student mentoring, tutoring and internships; working on school beautification
projects; and raising money to buy
much needed supplies, furniture and other items.
Meals on Wheels
Rotarians drive a variety
of delivery routes organized through the Frederick County Department of Aging.
Student Guests
Each month during the
school year, two senior students from one or more area public and private high
schools are invited to attend Rotary’s Wednesday lunch meetings to learn about
the Club’s local and international activities and the various subjects addressed
by our distinguished guest speakers
Salvation Army Bell Ringers:
On Saturdays for the five
weeks preceding Christmas, Rotarians team up in front of various supermarkets
and shopping centers to ring bells and urge donations for the Salvation Army’s
Christmas collection, which provides the majority of this organization’s
funding.
Rebuilding Together
Formerly Christmas in April, this one-day, annual program finds
Rotary volunteers
repairing the homes of low-income, elderly and handicapped
Frederick
County residents who are
unable to do it themselves.
4-Way Test Speech Contest
Each year,
we conduct a 4-Way Test speech contest
inviting Frederick
County high school
students to compete to win cash prizes. The county winner then competes at the
Rotary District level. In 2006, the
Frederick
County winner also won the
District competition.
High School Mock Job
Interviews:
This club partners with
Frederick
and Thomas Johnson High Schools
to conduct mock job interviews each spring and fall to help students meet
graduation requirements and prepare for future real job interviews. Dozens of
Rotarians participate on each occasion.
Hood
College Rotaract:
Internationally, Rotaract
is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women ages 18-30. Currently
in its start-up phase, the Hood College Rotaract Club is advised and sponsored
by members of this club and also the Rotary Club of Carroll Creek. Its intention
is to participate in projects having a positive international impact. To learn
more, please email: Rotarian John George at
georgej@hood.edu.
Frederick
High School Interact:
Interact is an
international organization of local service and social clubs for students of
secondary school age; it fosters leadership, responsible citizenship and
international understanding. The Frederick H.S. club organized at the beginning
of the 2006-7 school year. Worldwide, there are more than 7,780 Interact clubs
in some 107 countries and geographical areas. To learn more, please email
Rotarian Rich Glover at
rich@glovercrew.com.
Speakers Bureau:
Members of this Rotary club collectively have
expertise and knowledge of innumerable subjects from their occupations,
volunteer work, hobbies, life experiences and more. They are very willing to
share this experience as speakers. To arrange for a speaker, please email Paul
Adams at
padams@frederickmotor.com
Rotary International
Foundation:
Rotary has established one
of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world through contributions from
members. While the eradication of polio throughout the world is currently its
premier program, this foundation funds worthy projects large and small
throughout the world. All members are encouraged to become Paul Harris Fellows
through a gift of $1,000 to this foundation.
Ambassadorial Scholarships:
Each club nominates
qualified non-Rotarians for scholarship and grant opportunities sponsored by
their Rotary District intended to further Rotary’s mission of achieving world
understanding through educational programs. In a recent year, university
teachers competed to spend a multi-month period teaching in a designated “low
income” country.
Books for International
Goodwill:
Our Rotarians collect used
books from local schools and throughout the community and transport them to the
Parole Rotary Club near Annapolis, where they are prepared for international
shipments all over the world to people learning both to read English and to
learn many subjects through reading English.
International Youth
Projects:
This committee strives to
cultivate and enhance a broader understanding of the goals, aspirations and
cultural foundation of international students currently attending college in
this area. Toward this end, several such students are invited to address the
club on International Youth Awareness Day. This is one of our most popular
annual presentations.
World Understanding Month
Each year during February
this committee arranges for appropriate speakers every week, including the
international students mentioned above.
Rotary Group Study Exchange
Team:
Every year teams of 5 or 6
young professionals from countries around the world are led by a Rotarian to
visit other countries for a period of several weeks, during which they speak at
a great many Rotary clubs about their own work and homelands. During that same
year, young professionals from the U.S. visit abroad and share American
culture with international Rotary clubs. When members of the international teams
visit our club for several days, our Rotarians welcome them into their homes and
provide transportation for their tours of businesses and scenic areas in
Frederick.
From the board of directors and the Bulletin
editors to the membership committee and planners of weekly programs, it takes an
enormous amount of work to keep such a large and active club functioning. Scores
of dedicated members participate in the work of 22 committees in this lane. Many
tasks are behind the scenes while others are front and center. The largest
effort involves producing the weekly Wednesday luncheons with detailed programs
held at Dutch’s Daughter restaurant, for an average of 200 Rotarians and their
guests. Committee leadership rotates annually at the discretion of the club
president.
