The overall approach is to include Rotarian families in club activities, look after those who need help and to arrange special activities, which would include all family members of the Rotary Club. This will tend to strengthen community among members locally and extend to all Rotarians worldwide. A very good write-up of the aims and objectives of this Task Force are included in the July issue of the Rotarian: “As outlined in the first Object of Rotary (to encourage and foster the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service), friendship is essential to effective Rotary service.

The family of Rotary Task Force will support this goal encouraging clubs to reach out to Rotarians, care for their families and strengthen the sense of community among Rotarians worldwide. The task force will promote membership growth and retention while encouraging diversity and leadership development. It also will provide clubs with the tools to establish Family of Rotary committees as they work toward achieving the 2003-2004 Presidential Citation, carry out service projects and support The Rotary Foundation of RI.

To the end that Rotarians are successful, each Rotary Club is enjoined to appoint a Family of Rotary Coordinator (perhaps as a Vice President) whose duties will be to establish and promote the Family of Rotary Objectives. This persons duties should be but not limited to:

• Establishing a schedule of activities throughout the year,

• Identifying persons having special needs,

• Organizing social outings on a regular basis in order to promote friendship and fellowship,

• Inviting families to attend club meetings

• And setting up a visitation schedule to cheer up shut ins, hospitalized and recuperating members.

Your imagination will be the only limit on the activities you can participate in. A measure of your success will be contained in periodic reports to the Zone Coordinators who will in turn forward them to the Area Coordinator

The appointment of District and Club Coordinators is the first important step in making this program successful and effective. This is a must appoint requirement and the name and personal data is requested to be sent to the Zone Coordinators. We can achieve the best results if the Club Coordinator is enthusiastic, motivated and empathetic towards the needs of the membership.

In Rotary,

PDG Dan Schulte,

PDG Odetta Marietta

Zone Coordinators

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Do not hesitate to communicate, share your Family of Rotary concern AND your success story.

The mailbox at the bottom of the page is at your service to help you and other promote a better fellowship for all District 5520 Rotary clubs. Use it at your convenience for all matter relating to Family of Rotary.

Birthday card: How about receiving an electronic Rotary greeting on your birthday? All you need to do is ask the attendance committee to give you the club membership list, e.mail address, day and month (year optional!)of all active members. Enter the database in your desktop calendar and when you are reminded of it, click in! Start a very special day in a Rotary fashion!

Happy Hours: A great opportunity to celebrate the end of the week, of the month and invite Rotarians to meet and discuss personal and club problems without the formality of a regular club business meeting. No none will disagree that every hardworking member needs to relax once in a while. What better way to do it than among respected and trusted friends!

Yearly calendar: Celebrate year's most popular Holidays (Christmas, Valentine Mardi Gras, Easter, etc) in the Family of Rotary. Invite spouses and relatives to regular meeting scheduled on that date or stage special Holiday's meetings. Another great opportunity to have families share the life of Rotary and have Rotarians celebrate the community of Rotary

A "Family of Rotary" challenge from the Rotary club of Socorro!

Joyce M. Aguilar, Program Director for Literacy Volunteers of America Socorro County, was presented the Socorro Rotary Club’s Service Above Self Award. Joyce has worked tirelessly outside of her official duties as LVA-SC Program Director to assist the people of our community. With the Women’s Auxiliary at the hospital, she is a relief volunteer for the gift shop. She also puts together packets for new mothers . She also has been active through the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to raise funds for their scholarship program which is for two scholarships a year, one to a girl from Socorro High School and the other to a girl from Tech. She volunteers as a tutor to a group of men and women from Tresco, an agency for the mentally handicapped. This group of 3 to 8 students meets for 1⁄2 hour once a week. She also volunteers with a group from the La Vida Felicidad, senior citizens trying to regain memory loss. She volunteers time each month with a program called Reading With Children Workshops which is conducted at Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation, Head Start and Even Start in Socorro, the GRADS program at AIM High (a program for teen parents). She also works with the Socorro Community Options Prevention and Education (SCOPE) which helps poverty-level families deal with the problems of Teen Pregnancies and Domestic Violence. Finally, Joyce is volunteer Education Director for the religious class in San Miguel Parish, K through 8 th grades. She recruits teachers, registers students and coordinates the classes. There are around 250 children enrolled at present.

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