Rether Johnson - Chair
St. Clair County East

Purpose: Maintain the District alumni database of past and present Foundation program participants: Ambassadorial Scholars, Group Study Exchange team members and leaders, Rotary Volunteers, Carl P. Miller Discovery Grant awardees, and University Teacher Grant recipients.

Goals: Update the existing District database and plan for alumni participation at District events.

Who Are Foundation Alumni?

Anyone who receives a Rotary Foundation grant or scholarship award is an alumnus of a Foundation program. Ambassadorial Scholars, recipients of Grants for University Teacher or Carl Miller Discovery Grants, Group Study Exchange team members, and Rotary Volunteers are all Rotary Foundation alumni. If you completed the requirements of any of these programs, you are an alumni.

What Programs and Activities Are Available to Alumni?

Alumni currently receive REConnections, a twice-annual newsletter with Oct/November and April/May issues. REConnections details news of alumni activities and the accomplishments of individual alumni as well as news of the Rotary World.

A Group Study Exchange from India to Brazil

If you are an alumnus/ae and have not been receiving REConnections, complete our on-line address update form.

What is Alumni Relations?

Alumni Relations is a program within the Foundation to cultivate the continued participation of alumni

• To stay connected to Rotary
• To mentor
• To serve

The goals of the Alumni Relations program include the following:

• To build life-long ties between Foundation program participants and Rotary
• To increase interest in Rotary membership
• To provide alumni a way to give back to Rotary through service and financial support

Rotarians know there are many successful ways Foundation programs alumni can stay involved:

• Act as advocates for Foundation programs
• Recruit program participants
• Participate in inbound and outbound orientations
• Act as advisors to District selection committees
• Speak at club, district and other meetings
• Act as mentors to current program participants and Interact or Rotaract members
• Participate in service projects, including Rotary Volunteers
• Host exchange program participants
• Give to The Rotary Foundation Annual Programs Fund or Permanent Fund

I'm an Alum. What Can I Do To Help Rotary?

Plenty! Volunteer to help Rotarians and other former Foundation program participants in those programs and in many other local and international events.

There are several things you can do immediately:

• If you are not receiving communications such as REConnections from The Rotary Foundation, complete our on-line address update form.
• Contact your sponsor counselor, host counselor, or any Rotarian and offer your services. If you have moved, just ask us! The Rotary Foundation Alumni Relations staff will put you and local Rotarians in touch with one another.
• Contact any member of the Foundation Alumni Resource Group.
• Consider making a contribution pledge to The Rotary Foundation.
• Join your local Alumni Association, or organize an alumni group in your area if there isn't one. Contact The Rotary Foundation Alumni Relations section for more information.

Keeping in touch with Rotarians is the way to build a long and wonderful relationship with Rotary.

REConnections Bulletin