{"id":3980,"date":"2022-05-18T17:10:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T21:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/?p=3980"},"modified":"2022-05-18T17:10:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T21:10:28","slug":"derby-shelton-honored-for-foundation-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/blog\/derby-shelton-honored-for-foundation-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Derby-Shelton Honored for Foundation Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_4046-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3981\" src=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_4046-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_4046-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_4046-rotated.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable members to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, the alleviation of poverty and the promotion of peace.\u00a0 The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotary members and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.\u00a0 This support is essential to make possible projects, funded with Foundation grants, that bring sustainable improvement to communities in need.<\/p>\n<p>At the 2022 Foundation Dinner of Rotary International District 7980, the Derby-Shelton club was recognized for the financial generosity of all its members.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Colin Gershon, Foundation Chair, presented the club with the following 2020-21 recognitions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100% TRF Giving<\/li>\n<li>100% Every Rotarian Every Year<\/li>\n<li>Certificate of Appreciation to End Polio Now<\/li>\n<li>Highest Per Capita Giving<\/li>\n<li>Highest Total Contributions to all TRF Funds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The club was also recognized for the members whose commitment to helping to change and save lives through:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li>Sustainer Circle<\/li>\n<li>Major Donors<\/li>\n<li>Paul Harris Society<\/li>\n<li>Bequest Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Funds donated by our club to the Annual Fund of TRF are held and invested for three (3) years and at that time, come back to the district for both educational and humanitarian grants.\u00a0 In the past 3 years, Derby-Shelton has received over $10,000 in grant money, donated by club members, that has been used for:<\/p>\n<p>ECHO Hose EMS &#8211; Emergency Operation Room and Simulation Room with mock training scenarios<\/p>\n<p>TEAM, Inc &#8211; Early Childhood Program: providing new, warm, winter coats to all the children, and sneakers.<\/p>\n<p>St. Vincent de Paul &#8211; COVID Relief &#8211; for food insecurity<\/p>\n<p>TEAM, Inc.\/ Griffin Hospital &#8211; food distribution to the Valley Food Banks<\/p>\n<p>Spooner House &#8211; COVID 19 Virus Emergency Support<\/p>\n<p>Derby-Shelton Rotary Club is honored to be recognized by the district for giving to The Rotary Foundation. We\u00a0recognize our commitment to <em>Service Above Self<\/em> and the impact we are making on our local communities.\u00a0 We thank our community for the opportunity to serve and make a difference<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable members to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, the alleviation of poverty and the promotion of peace.\u00a0 The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotary members and friends of the Foundation who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-foundation","category-news","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3982,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions\/3982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}