Homeless to Homeward We provide rental, utility, and emergency food assistance. Goal: Flagler County Rotary and Flagler County Public Schools are trying to keep or place
families in homes without social service intervention (unless necessary), to keep children in
school and achieving, and to provide basic needs to families (shelter—with water, electricity, minimal furniture, and food).
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Make It - Take It (MITI) Helping others help themselves --a community
project.
Make It-Take It (MITI) Project provides “at risk” members of the
community access to information technology that empowers them with the knowledge
to effectively use this tool to improve all aspects of their lives. The program
is aimed at bridging the digital divide, in other words, providing technology to
those in our community who do not have access to technology in their homes. Each student
enrolled in the program receives a computer to take home upon completion of the
course. More than, this they graduate with greater self esteem and confidence to
go forward.
Mrs. Veronica Maggs of Adult Education has run this program from its conception
in 2004. Since that time hundreds of students have graduated and everyone has
received a computer. The program is supported by
donations of both money and materials from many in the community.
The international dimension of the program is extensive in
the Philippines. As of 2008, there is a new Make It-Take It
Technical Center in Plaridel, Philippines, sponsored by Interact students of
Rotary and the Rotary Club of Flagler County.
Pictured here are Veronica Maggs and Bill Welch, who were
guests of honor at the intercity Rotary Club in Plaridel meeting during the Fall
2008 trip to the Philippines. To learn more
about Make It Take It program please visit the original program web-pages >
click here.
Mentor Program (Legacy Program) September through May at Princess Place
Flagler Rotary has formed a partnership with the Legacy Program at Princess
Place Preserve to establish a mentor
program for its students. The program runs
the length of the school year, from September through May. Meetings are held
8:00 a.m. on the third Thursday of every month. The
mentors meet with their mentees to provide support, counsel, friendship, and
real world insights and experiences. As the mentees tackle major life milestones
such as finishing school, college, college alternatives, job search, and more,
their mentors help them with planning, logistics, and hopefully new ways of
thinking about their options. For more information on the mentor program, contact
:
Note: The Flagler Legacy Compact Program began August 1997. The Legacy
Program at Princess Place Preserve is a satellite campus for Matanzas
High School and 30 students receive credits which include Ecology, Environmental
Science, Math and English classes. The goals of the Legacy Program are for the
students to become more motivated in school, set long term career goals, and
become stewards of the land and teach others the importance of our natural
resources. They accomplish these goals by completing service learning projects
that enhance the preserve. To learn more
http://www.flaglerparks.com/princess/edprograms.htm
The Dictionary Project Supplies dictionaries to all third grade students in Flagler County
and beyond Over 9,480,959 children have received a dictionary thanks to the
generosity of sponsors who have participated in the Dictionary Project. Sponsors
provide a dictionary for the children in their community each year, so they can
enjoy the benefits of a large vocabulary.2,330,715 dictionaries were given to
students in 2007 as a gift from people who live in their town.
The goal of this program is to assist all students in completing the school year
as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers by providing students with
their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to
use at school and at home for years to come.
The Dictionary Project gives 95 cents of every dollar donated toward the
purchase of dictionaries. Reading is the most
important skill of all. It is the
starting point for all the economic and social opportunities this world has to
offer. Educators see third grade as the dividing line between learning to read
and reading to learn. Every year we watch The Dictionary Project grow by
expanding our pool of sponsors, so more children can enjoy the benefits of
owning their own personal dictionary. Our sponsors have made tireless efforts to
improve literacy and the quality of life in their communities. These volunteers
are the breath of life of The Dictionary Project. Through The Dictionary
Project, people feel empowered to affect change and improve education so that
the children will grow up better prepared to compete in the global economy.
Rotary Club of Flagler County distributed over 4,000 dictionaries in our four
years of participating. We distributed to the third graders and their teachers.
The dictionary provides only words that third graders need to know, but also the
Constitution, bios of all the presidents, info on all the States and info on
world countries, and way more that I can name – it is an amazing research tool
for them to have at their fingertips. This project was adopted by the Rotary
District in 2008 year and was made district-wide with presentations by Rotary
Clubs in October. More info can be found at
www.thedictionaryproject.org
Rotary Scholar Athlete of the Month A Flagler County high school senior is recommended by the athletic
director in the given school. The student, their parents, coach and Athletic
Director are invited to lunch where they are recognized with an award.
Shelterbox Shelterbox
is an international disaster relief charity which provides humanitarian aid
worldwide in the form of shelter, warmth and dignity for people displaced by
natural and other disasters. It is an independent charity that relies on public
donations to carry out its work.
Founded by Rotarian Tom Henderson, a former Royal Navy search and rescue diver,
ShelterBox started in 2000 as a project of the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard,
Cornwall. ShelterBox is now the largest Rotary Club project in the world and has
raised more than £25 million in donations. It has responded to over 80 major
disasters in more than 50 countries including the Indian Ocean Tsunami,
Hurricane Katrina and Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.
Each ShelterBox contains a 10-person tent, blankets, water purification and
cooking equipment, basic tools, a stove and other essential equipment. All boxes
are numbered so they can be tracked by donors. For more information about
Shelter Box, visit
www.shelterbox.org
Scholarship Program Rotary gives out scholarships
Rotary Club of Flagler County provides academic scholarships to worthy Flagler
County students.
Rotary International - END POLIO NOW!
Rotary Club of Flagler County supports the campaign
to end polio
The US$200 million funding agreement between Rotary and the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation marks another milestone in Rotary’s 20-year legacy of
polio eradication work. Rotary, as a volunteer service organization of 1.2
million men and women, made a commitment to immunize the world’s children
against polio in 1985 and became a spearheading partner in the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative three years later. The other partners are the World
Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
UNICEF.
Rotary’s primary responsibilities include fundraising, advocacy, and volunteer
recruitment. To date, Rotary has contributed nearly $700 million to the
eradication effort, an amount that will grow to more than $850 million by the
time the world is certified polio-free.
With nearly 33,000 clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas, Rotary
reaches out to national governments worldwide to generate crucial financial and
technical support for polio eradication. Since 1995, the advocacy efforts of
Rotary and its partners have helped raise more than $3 billion in vital funding
from donor governments.
Rotary clubs also provide “sweat equity” on the ground in polio-affected
communities, which helps ensure that leaders at all levels remain focused on the
eradication goal. Over the years, Rotary club members have volunteered their
time and personal resources to reach more than two billion children in 122
countries with the oral polio vaccine.
Thanks to Rotary and its partners, the number of polio cases has been slashed by
more than 99 percent, preventing five million instances of childhood paralysis
and 250,000 deaths. When Rotary began its eradication work, polio infected more
than 350,000 children annually. In 2007, fewer than 2,000 cases were reported
worldwide.
But the polio cases represented by that final 1 percent will be the most
difficult and expensive to prevent for a variety of reasons, including
geographical isolation, worker fatigue, armed conflict, and cultural barriers.
That’s why it’s so important to generate the funding needed to finish the job.
To ease up now would be to invite a polio resurgence that would condemn millions
of children to lifelong paralysis in the years ahead.
The bottom line is this: As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in
the world, all children – wherever they live – remain at risk.
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DONATE to END POLIO NOW.
program for its students. The program runs
the length of the school year, from September through May. Meetings are held
8:00 a.m. on the third Thursday of every month. The
mentors meet with their mentees to provide support, counsel, friendship, and
real world insights and experiences. As the mentees tackle major life milestones
such as finishing school, college, college alternatives, job search, and more,
their mentors help them with planning, logistics, and hopefully new ways of
thinking about their options. For more information on the mentor program, contact
:
important skill of all. It is the
starting point for all the economic and social opportunities this world has to
offer. Educators see third grade as the dividing line between learning to read
and reading to learn. Every year we watch The Dictionary Project grow by
expanding our pool of sponsors, so more children can enjoy the benefits of
owning their own personal dictionary. Our sponsors have made tireless efforts to
improve literacy and the quality of life in their communities. These volunteers
are the breath of life of The Dictionary Project. Through The Dictionary
Project, people feel empowered to affect change and improve education so that
the children will grow up better prepared to compete in the global economy.
