During the vocational visit to Stonefields New World, Colin received a call from one of the StepUp participants (his son Scott who was sponsored on the course by his work) asking if the club would support a fundraising effort for Mobility Dogs. A brief chat with Sergeant Nigel and the club Treasurer and President ensued and an agreement made to support with $200 out of the Sunshine Fund.
This team is seen collecting the donation from Colin's home after the NW visit and they then turned this "base" donation into $4,000 during the day which made them the top fundraising team from StepUp. They used such tactics as calling people and asking if they would now "match $ for $" the donation already received. The team comprises five member plus one Mobility Dog handler - two members remained behind to act as a "call centre"-type operation while the other three used considerable imagination to find and obtain donations.
StepUp is a five day leadership course for 25-45 y.o. within district 9920 which provides leadership exercises through which participants will be able to:
- Identify the natural leadership style they tend to adopt in most situations.
- Discover alternative approaches they need to develop if they want to be more effective.
- Explore and test themselves alongside like-minded colleagues.
This is another example of family taking part in Rotary programmes and the Sunshine Fund being out to good use.
For more information about StepUp go to http://www.stepup.rotarysouthpacific.org/
