The District Rotary Foundation Fund-raising and Promotion Sub-Committee promotes giving to The Rotary Foundation, and by doing so raises the awareness of the Foundation in District 9940.

Annual giving is the cornerstone of The Rotary Foundation’s funding efforts. District 9940 clubs are asked to set annual giving goals both to the Annual Programmes Fund and to PolioPlus, and Rotarians are invited to make contributions to help achieve these goals. The 2010-11 indicative goal set by DG Howard for annual giving is NZ$100.00 per capita. 

There are several ways in which Rotarians can personally contribute to The Foundation.

Individual contributions through the Club goal setting processing is vital to the ‘Every Rotarian, Every Year’ effort, in building sustained support for The Rotary Foundation’s Annual Programs Fund, the primary source of funding for the Foundation’s programmes. The processing of club and individual contributions to The Rotary Foundation, and to PolioPlus, is managed through The New Zealand Rotary Clubs Charitable Trust (NZRCCT). This vehicle ensures that all such contributions meet NZ Trust and Charitable requirements, and therefore qualify for appropriate tax exemption status.  It also provides a more reactive service to clubs seeking to track transactions as well as gaining up-to-date details of contribution history.  Full details may be obtained from the District 9940 Rotary Foundation Administrator (Giving), Christopher Robertson (details above). All funds to be sent to The Rotary Foundation must be forwarded to the District Foundation Administrator for consolidation in the District 9940 Foundation Account, and to ensure that the correct taxation receipts are issued.

Benefactor. A Benefactor informs the Foundation that he/she has willed an outright gift of (at least) US$1,000 to the Foundation’s Permanent Fund. For further information about this programme and how to become a Benefactor, the on-line link is http://www.rotary.org/en/contribute, then follow the link to ‘Individual Recognition’.

Centurion.  A Centurion is a Rotarian who undertakes to contribute the sum of NZ$100.00 per annum to the Foundation.  Further details may be obtained from the Centurion Club Administrator, Christopher Robertson (details above).
Personal Participation in Projects.   Rotarians can personally and physically assist in Foundation programmes by traveling to the project and taking part.  Examples of this are Polio Immunisation activities, and Vocational and Humanitarian projects in support of the Foundation’s 6 Areas of Focus.

District Foundation Fund-raising and Promotion Sub-Committee Convenor
Bill Day (Suzanne) (Port Nicholson)
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Committee
Don Battah (Lynda) (Eastern Hutt)
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Bruce Couch (Sue) (Plimmerton)
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