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District 5500 strongly supports The Rotary Foundation and its educational and humanitarian programs around the world. The District Rotary Foundation Committee is committed to the mission of the Foundation, and the committee members are available to help each club understand the Foundation and meet club giving goals. Committee members make great programs for your meetings, too!

In addition to the Foundation subcommittee chairs, D5500 has an enthusiastic group of Foundation Area Representatives who are charged with helping clubs learn more about the Foundation and sharing ideas about increasing Foundation giving.

	District 5500 Rotary Foundation Area Coordinators
Sheryl Christenson	San Luis Frontera, Yuma, Yuma Crossing, Yuma Foothills, Fort Yuma, Somerton, Yuma North End, Yuma Sunrise
Gordon Nedom	Ajo, Gila Bend, Maricopa, Casa Grande, Casa Grande Daybreak, Coolidge, Florence, Globe, Kearny, Miami-copper Cities, Superior
Claudette Perier	Marana, Marana Dove Mountain, Old Pueblo, Oro Valley, SaddleBrooke, San Manuel, Cienega, Tucson Foothills, Tucson Kino
Kathleen Silvers	Catalina, Pima, Rincon, Tucson , Casas Adobes, Pantano, Presidio, Saguaro, Tucson Sunset, Tucson Sunrise
Michael Scott	Green Valley, Mountain Empire, Nogales, Rio Rico, Sahuarita, Tubac, Valle Verde
Dennis Bielicki	Sierra Vista, Sierra Vista South, Sierra Vista Sunrise, Sierra Vista West, Benson, Bisbee, Douglas, Willcox Gila Valley, Safford

To learn more about The Rotary Foundation in District 5500, browse among the other Foundation pages: Group Study Exchange, Matching Grants, District Simplified Grants, Annual Giving, Permanent Fund, Scholarships, World Peace Fellows, PolioPlus, and Foundation Alumni.

To learn about Foundation recognitions click this link: FOUNDATION AWARDS

The District Rotary Foundation Committee members are a great resource for club programs. Here are the committee members and their specialties:

District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair	Teree Bergman
Annual Giving Chair	Frank Presson	Catalina
Permanent Fund Chair	Phil Silvers	Tucson Sunrise
Grants Chair	Sally Montagne	SV Sunrise
Simplified Grants Chair	Al Chesser	Catalina
Scholarships Chair	Bob Ernstein	Tucson
World Peace Fellowships Chair	Ann Marsh-Marten	Tucson Sunrise
Polio Plus Chair	Tom Tilton	Tucson Sunrise
Alumni Chair	Rad Fisher	Pantano
Group Study Exchange Chair	Denny Scanlan	Rio Rico
Group Study Exchange Inbound	Meg Weesner	Cieniga
Group Study Exchange Outbound	Denny Scanlan	Rio Rico

Need a Great Program?

The Foundation Committee members are resources for your club. They can provide programs about the Foundation. Each subcommitee has its own story, and all are good topics for club programs.

Foundation Chairmen & Speakers

Foundation Chairman Teree Bergman	Ambassadorial Scholarships Bob Ernstein
Annual Giving Frank Presson	World Peace Fellowships Ann Marsh-Marten
Permanent Fund & Major Gifts Phil Silvers	Group Study Exchange Denny Scanlan
Alumni Bill Fee	GSE Outbound Denny Scanlan
GSE Inbound Meg Weesner	Matching Grants Sally Montagne
Polio-Plus Tom Tilton	Simplified Grants Al Chesser

SPEAKER'S BUREAU

SPEAKER	TITLE
PRID Phil Silvers	Rotary Trumps Terrorism
	The TRF Permanent Fund, a Benefit Program for Loyal Rotarians
	Who Makes the Decisions in Rotary, Anyway?
	Rotary's First All-Indigenous Group Study Exchange Team, 2004
	PolioPlus--in Technicolor
	Exciting TRF Opportunities in Palestine
	Where Did the Future Vision Plan Come From?
	Experiences of a Quadruple Rotary Foundation Alumnus
PDG Teree Bergman	The Foundation ABCs
	Why Give to TRF?
	West Africa 2009 – Personal Participation in Polio Immunization
Annual Giving Chair Frank Presson	Foundation Basics
PolioPlus Chair Tom Tilton	World Polio Eradication Initiative: Where We Stand

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