FAST

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FAST FOR HOPE
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What is Fast for Hope?

• Fast for Hope is a fundraising effort that
  supports both our local communities and the world
  at large.
• During Rotarys anniversary week, the week
  surrounding February 23rd, is the time when most
  District 5950 Clubs participate in Fast for Hope.

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When did Fast for Hope originate?

• In 1986, District 5950 initiated the Fast for
  Hope program to fund World Community Service
  (WCS) projects. It has been expanded to include
  Neighborhood Community Services. Funds are split
  roughly 50-50 between the two
• This program allows our District to respond to
  humanitarian needs around the world by providing
  funding for clean water, supplies, medical care,
  relief support and food.

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How does it work?

• When we Fast for Hope, Rotarians designate one
  weekly meeting meal and then abstain or eat
  sparingly.
• The money saved is assigned to a greater good.
• Some Clubs simply build this donation into their
  annual budgets.

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TODAY

• Fast for Hope contributions are divided equally
  between World Community Service projects and
  Neighborhood Community Service projects.

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It does make a difference

• These monies help provide the basic daily needs
  for those less fortunate than ourselves - plus
  aid the progress toward self sufficiency.
• Our goal for 2008-09 is 15 per member, minimum
  10 - with 100 participation from the District
  5950 Clubs.

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Special requests andemergency relief

• Fast for Hope dollars allocated to WCS and NCS
  have typically been used for special requests and
  emergency relief that do not fall within the
  guidelines of the traditional Matching Grant
  Programs offered through the Rotary International
  Foundation.

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Fast for Hope A Special Request

• In 1993, 4000 was sent to the Leon, Nicaragua,
  Rotary Club. They hired a manufacturer to make
  300 desks and 300 chairs for the local elementary
  school.
• Prior to this project, the children were sitting
  on the ground and practicing their writing in the
  dirt!

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Children of the Andes School

• In recent years, World Community Service made a
  matching contribution to Minneapolis 9, Hopkins,
  and Minnetonka Clubs for the support of the
  Children of the Andes School program in Quito,
  Ecuador.

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Project Nino De Los Andes Quito, Ecuador

• The money purchased food for the pre-school
  children of very poor working families.
• The children arrive at the school in a bus
  provided by Minneapolis 9, Hopkins and
  Minnetonka Clubs and wear Rotary sweatshirts.

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Visioning Trip to Haiti
In Haiti, 17-23 of the children die before the
age of five. Over the next three years, this
Rotary project will yield 141 wells, 1200
latrines, plus health and sanitation education.
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Fast for Hope Disaster Relief

• In recent years, World Community Service
  committed 6000 of matching funds for disaster
  relief in Columbo, Sri Lanka and Rapalle, India.

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Fast for Hope Disaster Relief

• The funds were combined with other gifts to
  enable Feed My Starving Children to ship
  several containers of meal packets to these
  devastated areas. Thats about 570,000 meals.

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District 5950 World Community Service 2008-2009
Grants

• Chanhassen/Chaska/Minneapolis/Waconia 5629 -
  Medical supplies for Peru
• Minneapolis 4115 Tech school equipment
  Ecuador
• Minneapolis-6000 Cooking stoves Belize
• Bloomington Noon/Eden Prairie 11728 - van and
  medical supplies India
• Bloomington Noon/Minneapolis/Edina 10,985 -
  Water hand pumps India
• Orono-8186 - Safe water, tents Pakistan
• Chanhassen-6624 - water distribution systems
  Honduras
• Lake Minnetonka/Excelsior - 3530 Incubators
  Argentina
• Minneapolis University/Minneapolis/Edina - 4500
  Water storage
• tank Rwanda
• Shakopee - 2375 Water tank, farm equipment
  Columbia

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District 5950 WCS Grants 2008-2009

• Maple Grove/Brooklyn Center/Brooklyn
  Park/Rogers/Crystal-Robbinsdale - 7100 Dental
  equipment Philippines
• Bloomington/Minneapolis - 6000 Lab equipment
  Tanzania
• Burnsville/Minnetonka/Plymouth - 9000 Bio-Sand
  filters Philippines
• Minneapolis - 6000 Bio-Sand filters Philippines
• Minneapolis/other 5950 clubs - 9325 Wheelchair
  Tricyles India (Kothequdem)
• Minneapolis 3534 Artificial Limbs India
  (Kothequdem)
• St. Cloud Granite 8500 Ulta-sound equipment
• Minneapolis - 3300 Working Boys Center
• Minneapolis South/Hopkins 3350 Children of the
  Andes Ecuador
• Minneapolis - 4286 Safe Water Shuar Equador
• Burnsville Breakfast-5943 School Support Uganda
• Edina Morningside/Edina/St. Louis Park,
  Minneapolis University - 5000 Rebuild Playground
  Israel

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District 5950 World Community Service Projects
not matched by The Rotary Foundation (Funded by
Fast For Hope)

• Burnsville Breakfast -2750 Autoclave - Guatemala
• Chanhassen - 5000 Scholarships - Peru
• Eden Prairie Noon- 1175 Hurricane Relief - Haiti
• Great River - 3500 Cooking Stoves - Guatemala
• Eden Prairie a.m. - 2500 Food, Medicine -
  Honduras

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Neighborhood Community Service

• Neighborhood Community Service projects (NCS)
  were initiated to meet humanitarian needs in our
  own communities.
• These projects meet special needs and fund
  emergency relief as well as develop Rotary
  presence.

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Neighborhood Community Service Matching Grants

• Sauk Centre, Alexandria, Glenwood 2000
• A new park shelter along Lake Wobegon Trail in
  West Union, MN. The objective was to reach out to
  a smaller community and perform community
  service.
• Each club contributed 667.00
• (also received Cap Funding).

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2006-2007 NCS Grants Awarded

• Glencoe Rotary Club 2300 for painting a house
  Project called Christmas in May
• Rogers Rotary Club - 3000 for Strive Program
• Shakopee Rotary Club - 1000 for literacy program
  to buy books for Shakopee first grade students
• St. Michael Rotary Club - 800 for First Grade
  literary program to buy books
• City of Lakes - 200 for Jeremiah program to buy
  food for a dinner
• Sauk Centre, Alexandria, Glenwood - 2500 to redo
  entrance to Stearns County Fairgrounds

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2008-2009 NCS Projects

• Chaska - 1000 for Single Moms program
• Bloomington Noon - 240 for Dictionaries for 3rd
  Graders
• Burnsville Noon, Burnsville Breakfast, Apple
  Valley - 2500 for Robert Lewis House playground
  and yard improvements
• Edina Morningside - 1000 to repair and donate
  bycycles
• Glencoe - 1000 for perennials in park
• Redwood Falls - 1000 for park benches
• Sauk Center - 900 for fire safety booklets for
  3rd graders
• Excelsior - 1000 for dictionaries for 3rd
  graders
• Crystal/New Hope/Robbinsdale - 1000 for cans for
  kids trailer
• Sartell 969 for bench and landscape

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2008-2009 NCS Projects

• Minneapolis 9 - 1000 for Dictionaries for 3rd
  Graders
• Wilmer/Wilmer Lakes - 2000 for Child Guide
  Program
• Savage - 1000 for Bocce Ball courts
• Shakopee 1000 for Strive College Tours
• Minneapolis South, 9, Uptown, University, City
  of Lakes - 2500 for Taste of Lake Street
• Total grants for the year so far 18,599 for 25
  clubs

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How can you participate?

• By supporting Fast For Hope, Rotarians will make
  a difference in our communities and our world.
• Clubs may tap into these two avenues,
• World Community Service (WCS) Bruce Hedblom
  Chair
• Neighborhood Community Service (NCS) Don
  Stiles Chair, for additional project monies to
• feed and enrich the souls as well as the
  bodies.

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Your Club can make a difference!
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Please consider at contributing 10 per
member and consider increasing your annual
donation to 15(or more) per member.Our goal is
for every club to contribute and to raise over
30,000 for the Rotary year.To donate send a
check from your club made out to Fast For Hope at
District 5950 office. Checks can be sent any
time up until 6-30-09 and anytime before 6-30-10
for the next year.
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THANK YOU!
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