Just days prior to the Foundation Walk, the Rotary Foundation approved D7070’s application on how to allocate DDF (District Designated Funds) to projects proposed by District Clubs. This allows Clubs to start working on 20 local and international projects. A list of the projects is displayed under the Foundation tab on www.rotary7070.org.
The District can only use max. 50 percent of new DDF for District Grant projects. The amount of DDF available is a result of the funds raised for the Rotary Foundation’s Annual Fund three years ago. This year, Clubs were applying for more funds than was available to the District. Fortunately, all Clubs agreed to adjust their applications, enabling each project to receive some grant funds. Grant cheques will be presented to the Clubs leading each project at the District Conference. However, the message from this is that we need to raise more funds for the Annual Fund, so Clubs can to ‘more good locally and beyond’.