[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 736

[Garry & Anne Krischock]

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  1. 1409: Donor recognition Stats From: Sunil K Zachariah 

  2. 1410: Foundation honors three couples for major gifts From: Sunil K Zachariah 
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  1. 1409: Donor recognition Stats 
 Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:55 pm (PST) 
Donor recognition totals

With the important contributions of these generous donors, The Rotary 
Foundation is fulfilling its promise of creating a polio-free world, 
helping children and families live healthier lives through Rotary's 
Humanitarian Grants Program, and educating young people about 
cultures worldwide. Rotary World Peace Fellows are engaging in the 
study of peace building, which may allow them to participate in 
resolution efforts in some of the world's most challenging 
situations. 

Below are totals as of 31 October 2007. Learn more about the 
individual recognition that these donors receive. 

Major Donors -- 9,001 
Bequest Society -- 5,726 
Benefactors -- 75,537 
Paul Harris Fellows -- 1,080,267 

Source: Rotary International
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary


2. 1410: Foundation honors three couples for major gifts 
 Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:58 pm (PST) 
Foundation honors three couples for major gifts

By Tiffany Woods

Mike and Nancy Dunlap (top) and James and Linda Bradley were inducted 
to the Arch C. Klumph Society on 22 October. Three North American 
couples were recently inducted into the Arch C. Klumph Society, which 
honors people who give at least US$250,000 to The Rotary Foundation.

Mike and Nancy Dunlap and James and Linda Bradley were inducted on 22 
October; Bill and Doris Jean Hammontree became members the next day. 
The ceremonies were held at RI World Headquarters in Evanston, 
Illinois, USA. The couples' portraits now hang in the Arch C. Klumph 
Gallery on the 17th floor.

The Dunlaps' membership in the society adds to the list of roles they 
share: They're also business partners, certified public accountants, 
Rotarians, and winemakers. The two met in 1986 when Nancy began 
working at Mike's accounting firm. She became a partner in the 
business in 1999. Along the way, they fell in love and were married 
on 4 July 1991.Why the Fourth of July holiday?

"Because you always have the day off," Nancy said just before the 
induction ceremony.

Mike chimed in, "Remember, we're accountants - we're practical."

A former deputy sheriff, Mike, 57, joined the Rotary Club of 
Escondido Sunrise, California, in 1985, and Nancy, 53, joined the 
Rotary Club of Bonsall in 1996. The Dunlaps have been instrumental in 
getting Rotarians and others to donate to the Foundation. They've 
also led by example by setting up an $800,000 charitable remainder 
trust. 

Like the Dunlaps, the Bradleys are a Rotarian couple. James, 64, 
joined the Rotary Club of Sidney, British Columbia, Canada, in 1996. 
Linda, 60, joined the Rotary Club of Sidney By The Sea later that 
year. They joined the Rotary Club of Ottawa, Ontario, in 2007.

James, who was born in Scotland, moved to Canada at age 14 with his 
parents, who were seeking economic opportunity. They settled near 
Montreal, where he met Linda on New Year's Eve in 1967. At the time, 
she was in nursing school, and he was designing helicopters. They 
married in August 1968 and have three children and two grandchildren. 

In 1974, the Bradleys moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, and the 
next year James founded DART Aerospace, which develops products for 
helicopters. In 1984, Linda left nursing to head DART's marketing 
team. The Bradleys sold the business in 2003 and now spend much of 
their time on Rotary activities. Linda, for example, is the immediate 
past governor of District 7040 (Ontario and Quebec, Canada; New York, 
USA). 

Seeking to create a more peaceful world, the Bradleys have agreed to 
endow a Rotary World Peace Fellow every year in perpetuity. "We've 
been looking for something to make a difference," James said. "We see 
the peace centers program that Rotary has as the best chance of 
making a difference."

The Hammontrees, who live in Florida, USA, also believe in making a 
difference; that's why they've donated to the Foundation. "We knew 
the Foundation was the way to reach out to people," Bill said at the 
ceremony. 

For a while, he didn't have much money to give. During the Great 
Depression, his dad earned $1 a day and struggled to support four 
children. Nevertheless, his parents instilled a charitable spirit in 
him and his siblings, making sure they always had a coin to put in 
the collection plate at church. 

Bill, 81, went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Abilene Christian 
University and own a retail lumber company in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 
He later started two businesses, which he still owns, that 
manufacture wooden cable reels in Florida and South Carolina.

He met Doris Jean, now 80, in college. "She was dating my brother," 
Bill said. "I told him he had two weeks, and I was going to take 
over." They were married in April 1947 and had four children.

In 1954, Bill joined the Rotary Club of Tampa-North, Florida, because 
he was looking for an opportunity to serve his community. He now has 
49 years of perfect attendance, he said.

He attributes his financial success partly to serendipitous 
encounters with Rotarians. In one instance, a new member was sitting 
beside him at a club meeting and asked whether Bill's millwork 
company could make cable reels, which it wasn't doing at the time. 
Bill made him a sample, and the rest is history. 

"What I have made is because I manufacture cable reels, but I never 
would have if there hadn't been a Rotarian sitting beside me. How 
could I not support Rotary? It has blessed me," he said.

Source:Rotary International News
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary
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