THE ROTARY CLUB of NEWPORT BALBOA

Park across the street if the gate is down. 
www.newportbalboa.org
Membership -Nan Raney
President - Bob Silver

Club Office: (949) 719-7768

 

HOW DO I JOIN ROTARY? And why should I?

  

If you are reading this, you probably have already met a Rotarian. Candidates are invited to join Rotary. The first step is to attend a meeting, so that you can ask questions not covered here, and meet the members. There is no meal charge at this first meeting, as you are our guest. If you wish to return to meet more Rotarians, you will be charged for your meal. If it appears to be a mutually satisfying experience your name would be submitted for membership by a Rotarian sponsor to the Board of Directors.  Upon review and approval, and with your approval, your name would be proposed for membership. Your name would be circulated, and with no objections, you would be invited to join The Rotary Club of Newport-Balboa.

 

WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED OF ME AS A ROTARIAN?

 

You would be expected to Attend a weekly Rotary meeting, support Club Service Projects, and learn about Rotary International’s history and work.  Share Rotary with family and friends.  Sponsoring other new Rotarians ensure continuity so that Rotary can continue its worldwide projects, such as the eradication of Polio, and the ongoing message of bringing a better life to the millions of children living in poverty around the world.

 

Rotarians believe in high ethical standards in life and business, as exemplified in Rotary’s Four-Way Test, which applies to the things that Rotarians think, say and do:

 

• Is it the TRUTH?
• Is it FAIR to all concerned?
• Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
• Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

 

WHAT DOES IT COST TO BE A MEMBER OF NEWPORTBALBOA ROTARY?

 

There is a $100 initiation fee, and quarterly dues are currently $145.  The weekly dinner cost at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club is $15 for Newport-Balboa members, $20 for guests, about the same price you would pay for dinner at a local restaurant.  There are social events and special meetings such as the Christmas Party, where a special menu will raise the cost.  Members agree to be “fined” a fixed amount annually, presently $80, for recognition of milestones, such as birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Members are encouraged to attend District functions, for which there may be additional charges, and to support the work of The Rotary Foundation by becoming a Paul Harris Sustaining Member, for a minimum annual contribution of $100 (as a club we have committed to an average of $250 per member to the Rotary Foundation in the 2008-2009 Rotary year), and likewise to support the Club Foundation with an annual contribution of $100.

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With Rotary membership, you can make a difference in our community through local projects, and to all the people of the world through international projects (both through fundraising and hands-on projects).

 

WHAT IS ROTARY?

 

Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Rotary is the world’s first service club, founded in Chicago, Illinois in  1905. Today there are over 1.2 million Rotarians serving their communities and the world, in over 31,000 Rotary Clubs in 163 nations.

 

WHY JOIN ROTARY?

The Opportunity to Serve
Personal Growth and Development

Leadership Development

Networking

The Development of Ethics
Continuing Education
Public Speaking Skills
Friendship
Business Development
Family Programs
Vocational Skills
Assistance when Traveling

And an opportunity to help make the world a better place in the future.

 

WHY JOIN NEWPORT-BALBOA ROTARY?

 

For all the above reasons, and, if you enjoy good fellowship in a beautiful location in a relaxed atmosphere at the dinner hour, one evening a week.  Rotarians are expected to attend the weekly meeting of their club, or to make up at another Rotary Club (which is a great opportunity to get to know people in other clubs all around the world. In Newport Beach, there are Rotary Clubs that meet for Breakfast (on Tuesday), Lunch (on Thursday), and our Dinner meeting is on Wednesday. In addition, there are ten other Rotary Clubs within a 10 mile radius of Newport Beach.

 

WHAT PROJECTS DOES NEWPORT-BALBOA ROTARY SPONSOR AND SUPPORT?

 

Here are just some of the local examples:

 

Arbor Day environmental activities for local Third Graders
Provide books and mentors in Elementary Schools

Frank E. Anderson Memorial Youth Track & Field Championships
Scouting for Food

Wounded Warrior Center @ Camp Pendleton

Operation Santa Claus (supporting those in need)

Back Bay Clean Up

Environmental Nature Center's Butterfly House
Scholarships to Orange Coast College

High School speech and vocal contests

California Elwyn’s Bowl-a-Thon

Collecting books for the Reading by 9  for elementary schools

High school programs like Interact Clubs

Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA) camps for junior high kids.

 

And some examples of our club’s international activities:

 

• Annual Exchange of Junior High Students with The Rotary Club of Okazaki West, Japan.
  Group Study Exchange with young professionals from other nations (this year Chile, next year Bavaria in Germany).
• Trick or Treat for UNICEF.

 

Through The Rotary Foundation:

 

• Improve training of the deaf in India, with a Matching Grant with the Rotary Club of
  Mysore, India, and, in a second project, to reduce the causes of deafness in children through new water wells, and vaccination programs. Project Deaf India, which has immunized hundreds of thousands of teenage girls in rural India against measles, mumps, and rubella to prevent deafness and other birth defects in their children.
• Host high school students from a foreign nation under the Rotary Youth Exchange.
• Provide Ambassadorial Scholarships to college students who wish to study abroad for one year, thereby serving as goodwill ambassadors and improving international understanding.

 

MOST SIGNIFICANTLY: ERADICATE POLIO

 

Since 1985 when Rotary began its PolioPlus Program, the number of global polio cases has declined by more than 99%. Over $462 million has been contributed by Rotary International. Nearly two billion children in 122 countries have received oral polio vaccine and are successfully protected from poliomyelitis. Rotary International has partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to eradicate polio globally.

 

And these are just a few examples.  Learn more about how Rotarians make a difference at www.Rotary.org  Every day, Rotarians are making a difference in the world.