CLUB SERVICE:   Involves all of the activities necessary for a Rotary club to function succesfully.  This includes attendance, lunch fund, social activities, membership, newsletter, programs, public relations, the District Conference and our website.  Chairperson:  Rich Meyer.  Attendance, Newsletter & Lunch Fund: John Mendenhall.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:  Includes activities that improve the quality of life in our community. This frequently involves some assistance to youth, the aged, handicapped and others who look to Rotary as a source of hope for a better life. In our club, this includes fundraisers such as, The Big Event and A Night At The Races, the Carlynton Interact Club as well as, projects and donations to: "Shoes That Fit", Camp Aim, Relay For Life, "Operation Backpack", Adult Literacy, Gateway Rehabilation, the Chartiers Boys and Girls Club, Family Hospice, local food banks, St. Patrick's Day Luncheon at Parc-Way Industries and Meals On Wheels to name a few.  Chairperson: Diane Karcz.

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE:  Describes the many programs and activities which we undertake to advance international understanding, goodwill and peace. International service projects are designed to meet the humanitarian needs of people in many lands. With the Carnegie-Collier Rotary Club this also includes, the Rotary Youth Exchange Program and the World Affairs Conference which is held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in November. Chairperson: Patty John.

VOCATIONAL SERVICE:  This "Avenue of Service" describes the opportunity each Rotarian has to represent the dignity and utility of one's vocation to the other members of the club.  Each year, our club sends high school students to attend the District 7300 Ethics Symposium.  In the past, we've also participated in Youth Shadow Days. Chairperson: Ted Katz

ROTARY FOUNDATION:   Chairperson:  Mark Brilmyer.  (See next web page for more information.)

The Rotary Foundation:   The purpose of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.

Programs of The Rotary Foundation:   Through Foundation grants and programs, Rotarians can finance a well for a village that lacks clean water, improve the environment, or provide scholarships to educate the next generation. Here are some of the programs that The Rotary Foundation supports:

PolioPlus:  Since 1985, more than 2 billion children have received the oral polio vaccine.  This has been accomplished despite poor infrastructure, extreme poverty, and the civil strife of many countries. Includes PolioPlus Grants and PolioPlus Partner Grants.  

Humanitarian Grants Program:   Disaster Recovery:  Allows Rotarians to donate money in response to specific disasters.  Funds are distributed to local committees to support recovery efforts. The Foundation currently administers four Disaster Recovery accounts: Hurricanes Stan & Wilma(Guatemala/Mexico) Wilma (U.S.), the earthquake in India/Pakistan, and Solidarity in South Asia.  Total contributions to the accounts: $6.4 million.

Matching Grants:   Provides matching funds for the international service projects of Rotary clubs and districts. Since 1965, more than 24,000 Matching Grant projects in 167 countries have been funded at a cost of more than $257 million.

Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants:  Fund large scale, 2 to 4 year projects that improve health, alleviate hunger, or promote human development. Since 1978, more than 280 projects in 75 countries have been funded through The Foundation at a cost of $74 million.

Volunteer Service Grants: Supports the international travel of qualified Rotarians and their spouses to provide a needed service or plan a necessary project in a community.  Since 2006, 200 projects in over 40 countries.

District Simplified Grants:  This program supports the service activities of districts locally and abroad. 

Educational Programs:  Ambassadorial Scholarships-  The Foundation sponsors one of the largest international scholarship programs in the world. Scholars study in a different country, where they serve as unoffical ambassadors of goodwill.  Since 1947, more than 47,000 scholars from 110 countries have received scholarships of more than $476 million through The Rotary Foundation.  In 1991, the Carnegie Rotary Club sponsored Shaun Wright of Thornburg, PA. Shaun received a $22,000 Ambassadorial Scholarship to study international law in France. They are now $28,000/year.

Group Study Exchange Teams:   (GSE)- Annual awards are made to paired Rotary districts to cover travel expenses for a team of one Rotarian leader and 4 to 5 non-Rotarians from a variety of professions. Rotarian hosts organize a 4 to 6 week itinerary of vocational, educational, and cultural points of interest.  Since 1965, more than 57,000 individuals (almost 12,000 teams) from 100 countries have participated at a cost of more than $92 million.

Rotary Grants for University Teachers:  University faculty members teach in a developing nation for 3 to 10 months.

Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program:  Professionals from around the world are trained in conflict resolution and mediation strategies.  The intensive three month course is at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.

Rotary World Peace Fellowships:  Each year, up to 60 scholars are sponsored to study at one of the six Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution for a master's level degree.

Dr. George Carson on 3/17/2008 with some of his Parc-Way Industry friends.  Today was George's and our club's 22nd year of serving lunch to the employees of Parc-Way Industries in Bridgeville.

See Mike Dissen's trip to Tanzania @ www.personal.psu.edu/mad5002

The Carnegie-Collier Rotary Club is thinking of sponsoring Mike Dissen's attempts to open an orphanage and a physical therapy facility in Tanzania during the fall of 2008.  Rotarian Patti John brought Mike to our attention. Mike is a recent graduate of Penn State University and he traveled to Tanzania in 2007.