Sixty Clubs Serving The World
Mission Statement- To make sure each Rotary Club in District 5170 that needs help in doing any World Community Service Project has all the help it needs.
A World Community Service (WCS) project is born when
Rotary clubs from two or more countries join together
to accomplish a community service project. The WCS program
links Rotary clubs needing extra help with clubs in
other countries that are willing to provide funds, materials,
and technical and professional assistance. Typically
the Rotary Foundation provides part of the required
funding in the form of a Matching Grant. More information
about the WCS program is here on the
Rotary International web site.
Along with our District’s WCS Committee listed on this Directory page this year there are International Service “Functional Area Representatives” (FARs) to help each club find and become involved in at least one WCS Project; their names and emails are on the cited Directory page. If you are looking for clubs to partner with on an international project, please contact the FAR for your Area. If you are wondering what the other clubs in our district are doing for International Service Projects, check our district’s list of Current WCS Projects (PDF). This list may give you some ideas; the FARs have more that they will be happy to share with you.
If you are thinking about doing an international project for the first time, see this PDF document for answers to some cultural and practical questions that might come up. If you are interested in a medical project, here is a PDF list of outside organizations that might be interested in partnering with you.
Our committee will be conducting a Project/Partner Exchange at the Avenues of Service event on October 18 at Centennial Hall in Hayward. If your club has a project that needs additional funding, or if your club has cash or DDF funds and needs a project, please contact WCS Chair Tom Schmitz or any member of the WCS Committee, who will help get those needs matched, at the event or later in the Rotary year. However, please keep in mind that all WCS project applications must be completed and submitted by January 31 for consideration in the current Rotary year, and getting agreement and signatures for projects involving clubs in different countries can take considerable time.WCS Chairperson: Tom Schmitz, 510-530-9108
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