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MADISON-GLUCKSTADT ROTARY CLUB AWARDS

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT AWARD

We won the 2008-2009 Rotary International Significant Accomplishment Award for our canned good/non-perishable food drive for MadCAAP in September, 2008, making the first time a club in District 6820 has EVER won this coveted award. We brought in 76 bags of groceries which totalled over 1000 food items to feed the neediest residents of Madison County and look forward to working with MadCAAP again this year.

PRESIDENTIAL CITATION

Of the 44 clubs in District 6820, we were one of only six clubs that qualified for this award in 2008-2009, which is based upon meeting goals in membership, club service, vocational service, community service, and international service.  This was the fifth straight year for our club to win the Presidential Citation.

Here's what we're doing to qualify for the Presidential Citation for 2009-2010

1.  Membership

• Net growth of at least one member per year.

2.  Club Service

• Robert Kisselburgh and Mark McGuffee will attend the District Conference on April, 2010.
• Mark McGuffee and Theresa Kennedy will attend PETS in Spring, 2010.
• We will renew a subscription of The Rotarian to the Camden Elementary School.

3.  Vocational Service

• Carl Venable provided each member with a Four-Way Test placard suitable for display at work or in a home office.  This placard reminds us each day of our Rotarian oath.  Our new president will also be providing our members another way to remember the Four-Way Test.  Details coming soon.

4. Community Service

• Four Dictionary Projects, at three Madison County Schools and a school in West Jackson.
• A gift certificate in the amount of $500 from The Bookshelf in Ridgeland, payable to one of the schools.
• A project to be determined with MadCAAP.
• A project to be determined with the Boys & Girls Club of Canton.

5. International Service 

• We will spend $1000 to fund four cleft palate surgeries. Once received, the money will be sent through Claire's Bears and the surgeries will be for children in a third-world country. Note: Because this money is matched, dollar for dollar, by The Cleft Palate Association, our donation will mean $2000 and a total of eight surgeries.