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The morning started well. The Valle
Verde Choir was mute, much to the disappointment of Terry Sutherland.
Just how much of the "University of Iowa" can one take?
There were diverse, but important business
matters to address after breakfast and before the speaker - -
Orphanage visit (3/20), successful Huck Finn report with Larry
Kempton doing the mating dance of the hooping crane on piles
of refuse, the 3rd reading of the slate of officers for 2010-2011,
golf committee, jazz festival update.
The stormy morning was made much brighter
by the induction of our newest Club member, Marvol Barnard. Welcome
to Valle Verde Rotary, Marvol.
Our guest speaker was Michelle Phillips, Director
of the Green Valley Community Foundation - - an organization
that most of the Club members and sojourners confessed they had
never heard of. It is a good thing she was invited to speak.
The Green Valley Foundation was formed in
1970, growing out of several local charities. It serves an area
from Sahuarita to south of Tubac. Until recently it was an arm
of the state-wide Arizona Community Foundation. It is now an
independent stand-alone organization.
The basic purpose of the Green Valley Community
Foundation is to provide funding for charitable organizations
in its service area. Traditionally they have funded 10 of the
65 eligible charities in their area. This year the Foundation
will distribute $100,000 to over 20 agencies.
The Foundation currently has an endowment
of $2 million. Their goal is to build the endowment to $10 million.
This would enable them to distribute $500,000 each year to agencies
in their service area.
Where is that kind of endowment money coming
from? Think individual contributions, corporate gifts, bequests,
wills, fund raising events, etc. This will not be easy. Think
selling fast food is a competitive challenge, try fund-raising
in this economy.
When Michelle was finished with her presentation,
no Club member or Sojourner could plead ignorance. |
