Lending a helping hand
Rotarians have been busy and no doubt continue to be busy in communities around the country helping out the flood victims. Close to home both Gympie and Brisbane and outlying towns were badly affected by the floods and the district got involved by opening up a District grant while the Alex Club donated $500 to RAWCS to help flood victims as well as getting in touch with Gympie to offer what help we could.
As you can imagine the District clubs have been busy..see this weeks GIST for more stories..
Here is a message from the Rotary Foundation Coordinator:
District 9620 has received a USD 25K Disaster Response Grant from the Rotary Foundation and it has been decided to run the program similar to the District Grant process.
Our District Disaster Recovery Grants will fund activities and projects that support relief and recovery efforts for families across the District that have been impacted by the current flood disaster.
Support will include the provision of basic items such as water, food, medicine, and clothing. It will also provide assistance for the costs needed to help with the major clean-up of homes e.g. cleaning products and equipment necessary to enable the clean-up. There will also be a need to assist the affected families to get back into their homes with basic needs (fridges, washing machine of a basic nature) to see them through until they can re-establish themselves.
The requirements and what funds can be spent on are detailed in the application form. Each Grant will be limited to a maximum of $3k AUD but clubs are encouraged to work together to get a larger total grant.
There are limited funds and our intention is that we distribute the grants fairly across the District. They will be on a reimbursement basis only as RI requires District to manage the funds.
Applications are now open. Clubs can expect a speedy response to their application and grants will be allocated on a first come basis until all funds are allocated. The applications will be assessed by a Disaster Response Sub Committee comprising myself, DG Wendy and PDGs Patrice Robinson and Alan Stephens.
Regards
Elwyn Hodges
District 9620 Foundation Coordinator
District 9620 Foundation Coordinator
District Governor 2017-18
District 9630
ph. 0419806302
District 9630
ph. 0419806302
Meanwhile a certain scribe was out and about making donations when he got cornered by the local media...
