Welcome to the Rotary Club Ending Human Trafficking
Are you an established professional who wants to make positive changes in your community and the world? Our club members are dedicated people who share a passion for ending human trafficking / modern slavery. Becoming a Rotarian connects you with a diverse group who share your drive to give back.
Karen Walkowski
As we all look to spring and the energy of new life, and the long days of summer for some of us, I am excited about focusing on the next chapter of our club. In the next 2-3 months, the board will be crafting our first strategic plan which will provide greater focus to the strategic priorities for the next 3-5 years. We are also starting to identify specific volunteer opportunities and committees are forming which is always exciting to see.
The board did not want to wait for the results of the strategic plan to offer some structure and focus for our club. We spent time crafting a set of goals and priorities to work on for the remainder of this Rotary year (until July 1). I presented these goals at our January meetings when we had the opportunity to host many people who were not part of our club but I wanted to share them with you once again. As you read these goals, please find areas that interest you and let me know if you want to volunteer to lead or participate in these efforts. Also, please feel free to reach out to me or other board members with questions or other ideas.
- Complete our first strategic planning process. This important process will be kicking off in early February. Your input will be critical!
- Grow our club to 100 members. This will depend on you! If everyone invited just 1 person to join, we would be at almost 75 people. If a few of you invite 2 people, we would be there!
- Establish at least 1 satellite club. Our club was established as an innovative cause-based club. As I speak to other groups, I have been encouraging them to join our club as a satellite club so we can create a network of like clubs.
- Establish as least 1 project where our club partners with local Rotary Districts/Clubs. I will be looking to our Strategic planning process to give more clarity on what you all want to do with this.
- Establish a 501c3 Foundation. This will allow us to receive tax-deductible donations and seek larger funding from companies and other larger organizations
- Establish clear goals for 2021-2022. In order to fully develop our club, the current board will be serving through June 2022 which is unusual for Rotary. Starting in July 2022, we will move to the traditional Rotary schedule of Michelle Seets serving as President for the 2022-2023 Rotary year.
Thanks again for your continued passion and commitment to Ending Human Trafficking.
Karen
Service Above Self
Eden Prairie, MN
United States of America