President Mark Zober address to the Community Service/Allocations Committee

President's Update on Community Service and Allocations

Dear Chairman P/P Rafi, Committee Members and Friends,

I want to commend you all on the outstanding work you are doing to exemplify the Service Objects of Rotary this year. It is such a joy to see that you are carefully examining the best possible service "investments" given our limited resources. This has involved visiting sites, meeting with the senior staffs of potential recipient organizations and thoughtful discussions.
Let us look at our accomplishments:

1. Tisch Family Zoological Gardens (Jerusalem) Animal Asisted Training Project - Allocation of 8,000 NIS - We have found the ways and means to support this $25,000 "Matching Grant Project" despite The Rotary Foundation (TRF) restrictions this year. Along with our Rotary Partners in Dusseldorf and Sao Paolo we will be purchasing an all terrain vehicle for this project.

2. Gan Rimonim (Jerusalem) - Allocation of 8,000 NIS for psychiatric services - following a careful examination, we are supporting needed psychiatric services in the Gan Rimonim preschool in Jerusalem.

3. Herzog Hospital (Jerusalem)l- following a remarkable Hannukah Party/Fundraising Campaign we have raised 15,000 NIS for a customized wheelchair for a child with serious respiratory challenges.
Where has our money come from?:

We carried over 6,500 NIS from a prior commitment with a Rotary Club in Istanbul, Turkey for a project in that country. We have considered freeing up this money for other projects.
We also carried over 8,000 NIS for the above Zoo Project - that money has been spent.
We raised 13,400 NIS from the Whiffenpoof Concert - uncommitted funds
We raised 15,000 NIS from our Hannukah Party/Fundraiser that has been committed and monies will be handed over today.

Total monies available for Community Service/Allocations this Rotary Year= 42,000 NIS

Total monies allocated to date = 31,000 NIS

Total monies remaining for Community Service/Allocations this Rotary Year= 11,900 NIS

At our January 20, 2009 Board Meeting we will look at a revised budget projection with what I hope will be some optimistic numbers for more available monies for additional Community Service/allocations projects this Rotary Year.

I am also anticipating another fundraiser designated for a specific project similar to the Hannukah Party/Fundraiser model. This depends on our Club being presented with a compelling project that will generate wide support.

I have received a revised request for funding from the Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center (JRCC) (see below). I received a call from Gal Sever of the JRCC and we have worked on two funding proposals.



Presidential Request:

I have a request of the Committee, Board and Club to consider funding an international water and Sanitation project during my presidency. This has been one of my most important service objectives since taking office. Dr. Sophie Simon and I are working on identifying such a project and anticipate cost at 15,000 NIS. We hope that these monies can be identified in the revised budget. We are calling on your support for this proposal.

Again, thank you for your commitment to community service.

Mark Alan Zober, Ph.D.
President
Jerusalem Rotary Club
December 30, 2009

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מרכז סיוע לנפגעות אונס ותקיפה מינית ירושלים ע"ש לינדה פלדמן (ע"ר)
The Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center in Memory of Linda Feldman
P.O Box 2549 Jerusalem 91024 Tel: 02 623 2451 Fax: 02 624 1942 Email: jrcc@netvision.net.il

Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center in Memory of Linda Feldman - Proposals for The Rotary Club Jerusalem

1. Spreading the Message of Non- Violence: Educational Materials
The Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center (JRCC) relentlessly to create a meaningful social change through education. Every year, the JRCC conducts hundreds of workshops to varied audiences, and ed4ucates thousands of people about sexual violence, treatment and prevention. In order to facilitate our work, we need to produce printed materials, which we can then distribute to volunteers and participants. These materials would enable the knowledge gathered by the JRCC to be implemented in the optimal way, and would greatly assist JRCC volunteers in their vital work.
These materials will reach thousands of people in the greater Jerusalem area and nationally, and will spread the massage of non-violence and equality of the JRCC, and the generosity of the Rotary club of Jerusalem.
This project would be funded exclusively by the Rotary club, and would greatly improve our work and our ability to impact the target audience as well as the general population.
Therefore, we propose to produce three types of booklets, at a total cost of 8000 NIS. The booklets will be dedicated to the following subjects:
1. You are not Alone – general information on sexual violence in Jerusalem
2. Victims of Rape in the Health Care System – the aftermath of sexual violence
3. The Complete Volunteer Guide – a manual for volunteers
The cost of this project is 8000 NIS.

2. The Coexistence Project – Tolerance Training Program
This groundbreaking project brings Arab and Jewish university students together, connecting them in a joint mission of fighting violence against women and promoting human rights. The students undergo a training course on the subject of women’s rights and sexual violence conducted by SAWA- rape crisis center for Arab women, and it’s Jewish counterpart, the Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center (JRCC). The training course that the participants of the program undergo is conducted by two coordinators hired by the JRCC exclusively for this project only, and an external consultant. Each coordinator receives a one-time payment of 3000 NIS for the training course, and the external consultant receives a payment of 2000 NIS. The total cost of the course personnel is therefore 8000 NIS (two coordinators + one external consultant).
The JRCC will be more than happy to have a participant of the course come to the Rotary club once the course is complete and elaborate on the significance and impact of the project.