INTRODUCTION

The Rotary Club movement was founded by Paul Harris, a Chicago Illinois, USA businessman on February 23, 1905. The club was called Rotary because "Members met in rotation at their various places of business." The Rotary Club of Victoria was formed on January 1, 1914 and is one of the oldest in Canada. There are 1.2 million Rotary members in 200 countries around the world.

"The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise ... " and in fact, Rotary's motto is "Service above self". The objective of one of Rotary International's major programs, Polio-Plus, is to protect all the children in the world from polio.

• Promote peace
• Fight disease
• Provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
• Save mothers and children
• Support education
• Grow local economies

The Rotary Club of Victoria is proud of its record of service to the Greater Victoria community. It has contributed to the building of parks, playgrounds, seniors/low cost housing, and has provided thousands of volunteer hours to community projects and hundreds of thousands of dollars to individuals and not-for profit agencies to help them ease the burden of their everyday activities. We have been instrumental in the establishment and support of the Food Share Network in Victoria.

The Club disperses several thousands of dollars each year to worthy projects. Money is raised through various fundraising initiatives. Our Club also has a Foundation to which members and others contribute financially and this provides investment income.

Application for financial assistance for community or individual projects must be directed to the Chair, the Community Needs Committee, the Rotary Club of Victoria. The committee reviews all applications and makes recommendations to the Club's Board of Directors. In order to treat all applicants as fairly and equally as possible, applicants are requested to submit a completed application form.

Applications from not-for-profit organizations will, generally speaking, only be considered if the organization has a charitable registration number issued by Revenue Canada.

The Rotary Club of Victoria, B.C. anticipates that recipients of grants will give the Club appropriate public recognition, such as in the media, in-house publications, and annual reports or appropriate identification on hard assets/equipment such as a plaque or name plate.

Please Note: It would be appreciated if you would structure your written proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Use the headings and sub-headings as indicated and in your own words, as briefly as possible, answer the questions.

Applications by Organizations

1. Organization information:

   • summarize history
   • state mission, goals and how your project fits in with your long-range plans
   • outline current programs/activities and projects
   • major accomplishments

2. Purpose of Grant:

   • briefly describe proposed project
   • identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and approximate number of
   • people that will be served by your project
   • describe goals and objects of project and how you plan to meet them
   • provide a timetable for project
   • name of project facilitator

3. Evaluation:

   • indicate how you plan to record progress and results of your project
   • how do you plan to evaluate the project (applicants who accept funds from the Rotary Club of Victoria, B.C. do so on the understanding that they will provide a copy of the project evaluation)
   • name of person who will prepare and be responsible for the evaluation and the approximate date at which the evaluation will be deposited with the Rotary Club.

4. Attachments:

   • list of officers and directors
   • copy of proposed project budget
   • annual report of organization, if available
   • letters or documents of support (optional)
   • other information supporting your project

1. Purpose & Cost

   • For what purpose will the grant be used?
   • Total cost?

2. Project Details

   • Describe briefly why you want to carry out your project or need the piece of equipment?
   • If a Rotary grant will not cover the total cost of your project or piece of equipment, state briefly how you plan to finance the balance.
   • If a piece of equipment is involved state briefly what will happen to the equipment if and when it is no longer needed by the applicant.