{"id":751,"date":"2019-03-06T22:54:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T22:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swdurhamrotary.org\/?p=751"},"modified":"2019-04-29T00:59:50","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T00:59:50","slug":"fundraiser-the-wine-raffle-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/index.php\/2019\/03\/06\/fundraiser-the-wine-raffle-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraiser: The Wine Raffle is Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-752 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/swdurhamrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/rotarians-at-work-0319-750x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/rotarians-at-work-0319.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/rotarians-at-work-0319-350x187.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">It&#8217;s that time of year again! We&#8217;re holding our annual wine raffle fundraiser in early April, and we&#8217;re selling raffle tickets. Tickets are $10 each, and prizes are various bottles of wine &#8212; the grand prize is wine for a year &#8212; that&#8217;s 52 bottles of wine, donated by our fantastic sponsor, <a href=\"http:\/\/samsbottleshop.com\">Sam&#8217;s Bottle Shop<\/a> in Durham. There will be at least 10 raffle winners, with other prizes ranging from one to twelve bottles of wine per winner. The winning tickets will be drawn live at our event on April 11th, which will be held at Sam&#8217;s Bottle Shop at 6:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">All money from the raffle fundraiser will go to the Southwest Durham Rotary Foundation, which puts money back into projects the club members work on both locally in Durham and across the world. Help support a good cause and you could win a fantastic wine prize! If you&#8217;d like to buy tickets, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:swdrotary@gmail.com\">swdrotary@gmail.com<\/a> before April 5th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Projects we completed in 2018-2019 with proceeds from the 2018 wine raffle include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Fill That Bus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Helped to collect school supplies for Durham Public School teachers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Effort collected over $100,000 in school supplies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">History on this event \u2013 started by the Southwest Durham Rotary club seven \u00a0years ago with the support of the other area Rotary Clubs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Over the duration of the time in which we have been involved we have collected over $500,000 in school supplies for DPS teachers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">By the end of this year the SWDR Foundation will have donated $27,000 to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crayons2calculators.org\">Crayons2Calculators<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Urban Ministries of Durham<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Long standing project of collecting toiletries from club members throughout the year to donate for the packaging of sanitary kits (also donated to <a href=\"http:\/\/Caring House\">Caring House<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Serve breakfast three to four times per year<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Spent a day decorating the family area and the Caf\u00e9 for the December holidays<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Hosted a craft table and brought Santa Claus to the Holiday Party for the children staying at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umdurham.org\">Urban Ministries<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fmfnc.org\"><strong>Families Moving Forward<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Facilitated the donation of tricycles as part of a district project<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Dental Bus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Five to six dentist Rotarians worked in conjunction with support staff and other volunteer Rotarians to serve underserved individuals at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trosainc.org\">TROSA<\/a> and UMD, providing free dental care totaling over $60,000<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">SWDR provided the funding for the rental of the dental bus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>MLK Day of Service Meal Packaging Event<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Packaged over 106,000 meals that were distributed to food pantries in Wake, Durham, Johnston and Orange Counties<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Fifth year of the event<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Support the Rotary Peace Center at Duke\/UNC and serve as host counselors to recipients<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Commitment to Youth<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Support the Rotary Youth Exchange Program<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Sponsor Durham students to travel abroad<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Host In-bound students from other countries to spend nine months in Durham<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Interact\/Rotaract<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Sponsoring five Durham Youth to attend a three-day event focused on personal development and servant leadership<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Rotary Youth Leadership Awards<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Sponsoring five Durham Youth to attend a three-day event focused on personal development and servant leadership<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Interact\/Rotoract<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Sponsor and Advise students in the Interact Club of North Carolina School of Science and Math<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Sponsor and Advise students in the Rotaract Club of Duke University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Pursuing the formation of a Rotaract Club at North Carolina Central University<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Alzheimer&#8217;s Caregiver Luncheon<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Have done this event for five years<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Luncheon, prize giveaway in honor of caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and other memory disorders<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Over 100 guests in attendance at this year\u2019s event<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>International Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Funding committed to provide clean water to a school in Arusha, Tanzania<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Funding committee to a project in Cambodia focusing on Maternal and Child health<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Funding provided to support the building of over 200 toilets in Pune, India to promote clean water\/sanitation and (we also supported the first iteration of this project in 2016-17 with over 200 toilets)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">2016-17 provided funds to assist in a project to solarize eight schools in Uganda<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">2016-17 provided funds to help provide security fencing and update facilities at a small school in Uganda (different from the schools that were solarized)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Mentaid<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">2016-2017 and 2018-19 provided funding to help in the improvement of facilities at a school in Nicaragua \u2013 new electrical wiring, upgraded facilities overall.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The 2018-19 project will be completed in March 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Bull City Racefest<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Raised $900 from our volunteers + volunteers from the other Durham clubs volunteering to support Polio eradication efforts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>End Polio Now<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">As a club (not including individual donations from members) we donate $1,000 per year to Polio eradication<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Scholarships<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Provide four $1,000 scholarships to students at the Emily K Center<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Contributed to a District Grant which provided eight scholarships for Durham Youth to attend the Institute of Civic Engagement for Emerging Leaders Conference<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Backpack Buddies:\u00a0<\/strong>Members of the Southwest Durham Rotary Club continue to partner with the Durham Sunrise Club to deliver backpacks filled with food for the weekends to students at Forest View Elementary School.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We have been delivering through this program for two years and have supported the district grant to provide backpacks for 24 students (meals for every weekend while school is in session) for the last five years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Habitat for Humanity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">This spring we will be volunteering with the Durham Rotary Club on the building of a house in Durham<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">SWDR also contributed to a district grant to provide funding for a portion of the project<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apsofdurham.org\">Animal Protection Society of Durham<\/a>: \u00a0<\/strong>SWDR provided funding to receive a district grant for the placement of a misting system in the play yard of our local animal shelter.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>During the spring and summer, the turf surfaces because too hot for the animals to utilize for play and exercise.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The misting system will keep the space cool so that the animals can continue to have outdoor time for training, socialization and play while they are waiting to be adopted into their forever homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Additional Contributions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Contributed funding to a District Grant to support a multi-day conference focusing on the Conflict Over Gaza \u2013 People, Politics and Possibilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Work with local universities to identify high caliber graduate students to pursue advanced degrees internationally through the Global Grants process<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again! We&#8217;re holding our annual wine raffle fundraiser in early April, and we&#8217;re selling raffle tickets. Tickets are $10 each, and prizes are various bottles of wine &#8212; the grand prize is wine for a year &#8212; that&#8217;s 52 bottles of wine, donated by our fantastic sponsor, Sam&#8217;s Bottle Shop &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/index.php\/2019\/03\/06\/fundraiser-the-wine-raffle-is-back\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fundraiser: The Wine Raffle is Back!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,32],"tags":[62,70],"class_list":["post-751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news","category-swdr","tag-fundraiser","tag-wine-raffle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}