Rotary Club of Durango Daybreak

“Line 10 - the 4 rotary clubs in la plata county host the redball express fundraiser annually and share the proceeds equally. All revenue, donations and expenses run through a separate bank account owned by this club. The net profit is then paid out equally to each club. The amount paid out to the other 3 clubs is reported on line 10 at 4,755 each.”

“Expenses international committee 16,240 rotary youth exchange 2,756 rotary youth leadership 450 club service committee 5,944 community service committ 20,157 total 45,547”

“Humanitarian service organization whose focus is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: 1) the developmentof acquaintance as an opportunity for service; 2) high ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society. 3) the application of the ideal of service in each rotarian's personal, business and community life; 4) the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.”

“Club service - focuses on strenghtening fellowship and ensuring the effectice functioning of the club. During the year, the club service comittee held several fellowship functions, held fireside chats where the ideals of rotary and service were discussed, distributed a weekly newsletter and discussed club service at weekly meetings. Club service committee also arranged for speakers at each weekly meeting where members learn more about their community and rotary.”

“Vocational service encourages rotarians to serve others through their vocations and practice high ethical standards. At each club meeting, club members take turns giving brief summaries of thier vocation and recite rotary's four way test. The four way test is an important ethical standard that all rotarians try to follow in their personal and business lives. Annually a vocational service award is given to one member of the community who exemplies outstanding customer service.”

“Community service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community. The service committee awarded several small grants to worthy organizations in the local community. Some of these include support of the durango community shelter, manna soup kitchen, voa shelter, and many more. The service committee also arranged for several "hands-on" work projects where members worktogether to improve the local community. These include manna soup kitchen, community shelter, firewood delivery project, literacy kindgarten readiness packets red ball express, highway clean-up and many more. The club also continued their the navajo solar light project. For this project,the club receives donations from members and grants from rotary and uses the money to install solar lights on the navajo reservation”

“International service committee encompasses actions taken to expand rotary's humanitarian reach around the globe and promote world understanding and peace. The international committee awarded several grants through the rotary foundation which helped promote world peace and understanding. Some of these included: cameroon africa water which provides clean water and menstrual hygiene training in maetur cameroon, education and literacy in guatemala, gravity clean water system in nicaragua and prostheses and heart surgeries in juarez juarez gift project to provide underpriviliged children with christmas gifts.”