BUSC Rotaract End of Semester Email (May 04, 2018)

Thank you for an incredible semester!

State of the BU Sargent College Rotaract 2017-2018

Image from Cantina Night Fundraiser on December 7th 2017

Executive Board Members 2017-2018

President: Sarah Tuberty Vice President: Cole Koerber Secretary/Social media: Melissa Braun Treasurer: Sam Metiliz Service Chair: Jenna Stitik Mentorship Chair: Ioana Moldovan Fellowship Chair: Gabi Menendez Rotaract Liaison: Jesse Lao

Elected Executive Board 2018-2019

President: Ioana Moldovan Vice President: Jesse Lao Secretary: Melissa Braun Treasurer: Hailey Cerrentani Social Media Chair: Pooja Sonikar

Meetings: 18 total, Wednesdays from 5:00-6:00pm in Sargent College room 107, sent out weekly newsletters via club runner. To join the email list email: burotar@bu.edu

Membership:

Total members; ~20 Regular members: ~10 (50% increase from last year!)

Service Projects:

Brookline Day Back Pack Awareness Table: gave away a bunch of backpacks and provided education on back pack safety.
EPIC Boston Serve: painted a local Boston school in groups led by individuals with disabilities who are empowered through service in their community - we also raised $85 for their organization!
Friends of Boston's Homeless/Woods Mullen Shelter: served dinner at the shelter and provided 13 housewarming baskets with items that we donated, collected and sorted in meetings for individuals who are moving into new housing arrangements.
Cradles to Crayons: created 3 fleece-tie blankets in a meeting and donated to their facility as well as volunteered at their Giving Factory to help with sorting shoes for care packages for children in need.
Pancake Breakfast: helped serve breakfast, bus tables, promote the silent auction, give away prizes and face paint for Brookline Rotary's largest fundraising event of the year.
Fenway Park Green Team: collected recyclables during the game and got to watch a great Red Sox game (plus free lunch and a T shirt!)
Franciscan Children's Hospital: donated 14 homemade cards we made in a meeting for the children in residence.
Boston Adoption Center: donated a bunch of homemade cat toys we created in a meeting.
Healthy Cooking Workshop with Women and Children Thriving in Brookline and Target: 7 evenings of cooking 1 savory and 1 healthy meal, 10-15 women and sometimes children would arrive and make delicious food!
Knitted 80 Items: for Brookline Rotary Clubs Knitting for Kids Project

In total, we served for over 200 hours of community service this year!

Mentorship Activities:

Keith Harris and Chi Lu Tran- Rotary International
Amy Witherbee- Financial advising
Karin Gaffney- Districtwide events and vision
Anne Bader-Martin- One Can Help
Susan Rack- Polio Campaign in India
Peg Doyle- Wellness and You
Diane Gallagher- Peace Corps

Fellowship Activities:

Vision Boards - made in teams to express what they wanted out of Rotaract and values that they held
Assassin - interactive game to help members bond
Gingerbread Making - Holiday party where we made gingerbread houses and ginger bread trains while listening to Christmas music
Ice Skating - First event of Spring semester, held at BU Ice Skating Rink, 3 members attended Post-it positivity campaign - Wrote/ drew inspiring quotes and posted them around Sargent, CAS, and the gym
Making Cat Toys for shelter - joined event with Jenna, made around 20 cat toys to donate
Wrote cards for individuals moving into a new home

Fundraisers:

End Polio Now
- Raised $119 to assist Brookline Rotary Club and their campaign for raising funds for ending Polio.
Cantina Night – Play for All Park
- It was a successful event raising $1027.83 dollars raised for Play for All Park. We also had lots of donations from cantina itself, and other outside groups. Overall, another bar night next year might be successful as well as I think this was the most successful event of the year as turn out/fundraising goes.

One Can Help
- We had a fundraiser for the organization One Can Help, which works with lawyers and social workers to help underserved children obtain any resources they might need such as a bus pass or a laptop for college. The event took place at Scoozi in Kenmore Square on April 18. Members came for a fun dinner with good food and 15% of their check was donated to One Can Help. Around 20 people attended the event and $28.59 was raised.

Club Events:

Fenway Green Team Service Project with Norwich University Rotaract- 5 members *1 member planned the event
Project Soar with Interact Cubs, WPI Rotaract, and Brookline Rotary- 2 members * 1 member assisted in planning an leading activities
RYLA Weekend with D7930- 1 Member
Hartford Zone 32 and 24 Institute- 1 Member, 1 Member on planning committee for Rotary Now
Fundraiser for Boston Rotaract Club- 2 Members
Interrota in Taipei, Tiawan- 1 Member
District Holiday Party- 1 Member
Mid-year Leadership Dinner D7910– 1 Member
Lifestyle by Design Podcast- 2 members
Improbable Players-10 members attended- 1 member on planning committee to bring this to BU
TedxBeacon Street- 2 members attended

Upcoming Events:

RYLA Weekend with D7930- 1 Member
Rotary International Convention- 1 Member
Rotary International Rotaract Pre-convention- 3 Members
Rotary Youth Exchange Panel Discussion at the RYE Pre-convention- 1 Member
One Can Help- Service project assisting the fundraiser gala- 2 members