Yesterday our DG paid us a visit and asked our president to submit an application for the RI PR award as well as the presidential citation so I thought I'd submit the following:

The Rotary Club of Cumberland Centennial, BC Canada, D5020 was chartered on 3 June 2005. Since its 20 charter members began meeting, the club has grown to 31 members with a net increase of 7 members since 1 July 2007. As one of its projects for the current year, the club set a goal of raising Rotary's profile in our community and on Vancouver island. More than 20 news releases have appeared in newspapers and on television stations and several recorded interviews have been played on the two radio stations in our community. In all, Rotary's existence and stories of community and international service have been circulated twice a week to more than 25,000 homes by our two newspapers. One Island-wide TV station, with a viewing audience of 363,000 has featured photos and the stories that accompanied them as often as once each week; a different story every time. The two radio stations have broadcast the items to their listening audiences of more than 100,000 people. As the newest club of four in the Comox Valley Community, we have submitted the largest number of articles and therefore been featured most often but the other clubs have also done a great job of getting their stories out. Our goal of raising Rotary's profile has been reached and the leadership our club has provided has spurred the more senior clubs to get their good news out to the public. If you have a look at our website, you'll see abbreviated news stories and photos on the home page. www.rotarycc.org

Yours in Rotary,

John
John Challender, PR Guy
RC of Cumberland Centennial, Bc, Canada D5020

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