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What exactly ARE the
Vinita
Rotary Club Committees???
4-Way
Speech Contest Committee
This
committee assists with the promotion of our Rotary
4-Way Speech Contest at the local high school.
Committee members also assist with judging the
speech contest.
Back
Pack Program Committee
This
committee assists with the promotion of our annual
fundraiser(s) to support the Salvation Army's
Backpack Program, which is a program that helps to
feed hungry school children. This committee also
assists with the coordination and purchase of food
in mass quantity for donation to the Backpack
Program.
Calf
Fry Committee
This
committee requires fun-loving Rotarians who aren't
afraid to get their hands dirty! This committee
coordinates activities of the Vinita Rotary Club's
cooking team (including taste-testing for "recipe
perfection" in Vinita's annual Calf Fry Festival.
Camp
Enterprise Committee
This
committee coordinates with the Rotary Club of Tulsa
to identify local high school juniors who would be
good candidates to attend Camp Enterprise, an intensive three-day program of
instruction, competition and teamwork. Through
interaction with business executives and
entrepreneurs, participating students are
introduced to the challenges and opportunities of
the free enterprise system. From successful
business leaders, they learn the value of hard work
and dedication; and learn, too, that they can be
successful in whatever career they pursue if they
apply the principles that the business speakers
have learned from years of experience.
Christmas
Party Committee
This
committee coordinates and plans the annual club
Christmas Party.
Community
Clean Up Committee
This
committee coordinates with the annual spring "clean
up" day in Vinita. Committee members assist the
elderly, disabled, and those without adequate
transportation hauling off items from their yards.
This committee is also one of those that you can't
mind getting dirty doing!
Concession
Stand Maintenance Committee
In
2005, the Vinita Rotary Club built the
Concession Stand at the Bill Morgan Sports
Complex in Vinita for our Rotary Centennial
Project. This project is much more
than a concession stand, and also includes
bathrooms and an upstairs press box. Hundreds of
children, parents, coaches and spectators visit the
Sports Complex each year. Baseball tournaments are
hosted with visitors coming from near and far to
enjoy the facilities. Our club assists with the
maintenance of this Concession Stand at the sports
complex.
Dictionary
Committee
This
committee coordinates with representatives at our
local elementary schools throughout Craig County to
order new dictionaries for every 3rd
grader, 3rd grade teacher and school
library in the county. The committee also assists
with placing personalized labels in the front of
each of the dictionaries and assists with
delivering the dictionaries to the students.
Every
Rotarian Every Year (EREY) Committee
Each
Rotarian on this committee commits to contribute at
least $100 yearly to the Rotary Foundation. This
committee should also assist our Club Foundation
Chair in Rotary Foundation promotion.
Golf
Tournament Committee
This
committee assists with the planning, development,
organization and conduct of our annual Rotary Golf
Tournament, which is one of our biggest
fundraisers.
Hornet's
Nest Maintenance Committee
These
committee members assist with maintenance during
scheduled "work days" (usually 1-2 times per year)
at the Hornet's Nest Playground, a community
playground located on the grounds of Hall Halsell
Elementary School. The Vinita Rotary Club helped to
construct this playground in 1993.
Immunization
Program Committee
This
committee coordinates with Craig General Hospital
and the Craig County Health Department to provide
packets of information for the hospital to give to
parents of all newborns, promoting timely
vaccinations.
Literacy
(Library Books) Committee
This
committee coordinates with the librarians at our
local elementary schools to order new,
age-appropriate books for the school libraries. The
committee also assists with placing Rotary labels
in the front of each of the books and meets as a
committee to present the books to the librarians
and school children.
Medical
Supply Network Committee (MSN)
This
committee coordinates the collection of change in
designated donation collection boxes around town.
Committee members then take the change for counting
and deposit. All money collected supports the
Medical Supplies Network.
New
Member Orientation Committee
This
committee coordinates and helps to conduct our
quarterly New Member Orientation sessions.
PolioPlus
Committee
This
committee promotes club contribution to the Rotary
PolioPlus Program, which works toward polio
eradication. Each year, the committee distributes
coin collection cards to our membership. Each
member is asked to fill the card with quarters (or
to return it with cash), to total $10 each.
Rotary
Radio Night Committee
This
committee coordinates all activities associated
with Rotary Radio Night, which is the biggest
fundraiser we have, designated completely for our
Senior Scholarship Fund. Committee members help
coordinate ad sales and also assist as Rotary "dee
jays".
Rotary
Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Camp Committee
This
committee coordinates with the local high school to
identify students who would be good candidates to
attend Camp RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards).
At workshops and camps, the RYLA participants
develop leadership, communication, and
problem-solving skills while having fun and making
new friends. Committee members also help arrange
transportation for the RYLA participants to and
from camp.
Salvation
Army Bellringers Committee
These
committee members volunteer to represent our club
and "Ring the Bell" for the Salvation Army in the
weeks prior to Christmas.
Senior
Rotarian/Senior Scholarship Committee
This
committee assists with the selection of Senior
Rotarians (based on applications received). The
committee also assists with the Senior Scholarship
Award Selection each May.
Water
Well Committee
This committee coordinates with
the Rotary Club of Tulsa to make a $1,000 club
contribution each year to fund the drilling of a
water well in a country where potable water is
unavailable.
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