DID YOU KNOW…
Each year, our club’s Small Gifts Committee places a call for applications from local community organizations to support the important work they do. Grants of up to $500 are awarded in the fall and are given to 501C3 organizations within Clinton County that serve a large population for a greater good. Grants are awarded for special projects - not for general operating expenses and not for fundraising event sponsorship. There is also a special focus on youth-at-risk. Encourage a local not-for-profit you know to apply. Submit project title, organization name, contact information, funding amount requested, length of program, goal/summary of project, collaborative partners and a budget to mmcgrath@cviarc.org by October 30.
Committee Meetings
Please check with the Committee Chairs for any specific meeting details.
Rotary Board Meeting - Board meetings are the third Monday of the month. The next meeting is Monday, October 19 at MHAB at 12pm. Reminder: To earn their blue badge, new members must attend a Rotary Board Meeting.
Environmental Committee - This committee meets regularly on the 1st Thursday of each month at noon. The next virtual meeting is on November 5. For the Zoom link, contact Amanda Prescott.
Fishing Tournament Committee - This committee meets the 4th Tuesday of every month at 4:00pm. The next meeting is Tuesday, October 27. The zoom link will be sent out prior. All are welcome! For more information, contact Robert Swem.
Membership Committee - This meeting is regularly scheduled for the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 11:10 am. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, October 14th.
Program Committee - This meeting is regularly scheduled for the 1st Monday of the month. There is NO August meeting. The next meeting is on October 5th at noon at MHAB.
Service Committee - The Service Committee will be meeting bi-monthly going forward. It will be the first Wednesday at 11 am at MHAB. The next Service Committee meeting is November 4.
Committee Chairs Reminder
Please send your meeting attendance sheets to
Anne Cutaiar to ensure accurate recording of volunteer hours and make-ups.
North Country NextGen
Nu Digital Gate Mentorship Project:
What the $125 mentor sponsorship supports
A $125 mentor sponsorship opens the Nu Digital Gate mentor pathway for one African educator. It carries that educator through the whole journey — onboarding, the structured training pathway, verification, the mentor-readiness process, and the citizenship interview — and gives the sponsor ongoing visibility into that journey through a Sponsor Impact Dashboard. It funds one educator from first enrollment to becoming a recognized, active NDG mentor.
How the $500 matching model works
The Club's $500 is treated as a single matching pool — released once, in full.
A Rotarian half-sponsorship is $62.50, and the Club's $500 can match eight of them:
8 Rotarians × $62.50 = $500+ the Club's $500 match = $1,000 total
$1,000 ÷ $125 = 8 complete mentor sponsorships
So the Club's single $500 decision, matched by eight Rotarians giving $62.50 each, unlocks eight full mentors — double the reach of the $500 on its own.
Dashboard Visible and Informative
Can a $62.50 half-sponsorship receive a dashboard? Yes. Every $62.50 participant gets their own Sponsor Impact Dashboard. A half-sponsorship is "recognized" right away, and the mentor sponsorship "activates" once the full $125 is completed — either by the Club's match or by a second Rotarian.
There are three simple states a sponsor might see:
"Rotary Club-Matched" (their half completed by the Club pool), "Shared" (paired with another Rotarian's half), or "Reserved — awaiting match" (safely held and recognized until a matching half arrives). No one is ever lost, and no half-sponsor disappears into a general pool. The dashboard can also show the sponsored mentor's verified lifetime mentoring activity and lifetime mentor earnings after graduation, where applicable, so sponsors can see continuing impact beyond the initial sponsorship.
The dashboard visibility can operate at two levels. Each participating Rotarian receives their own Sponsor Impact Dashboard, whether they sponsor a full mentor, participate in the $62.50 match, share a sponsorship with another Rotarian or sponsor multiple mentors.
At the same time, the Rotary Club can have a Club-level dashboard showing live 24/7 visibility into the Club's direct $500 matched impact, the additional impact created by individual Rotarians and the total Rotary Club impact.
Access Materials & Links
Check out the online repository of available program materials and links from recent Plattsburgh Rotary Club meetings. Log in using your ClubRunner login.
Available Slides Handouts and Links | Rotary Club of Plattsburgh
Website Support
Whether you have an eye for design, enjoy organizing information, like learning new technology, or simply want to lend a hand, we'd love to have you on the Website Committee. No prior experience with ClubRunner is required.
Some ways to contribute include: Adding stories to the website, contributing to design of the overall site, assisting us with maintenance of the calendar, and participating in review/proofreading activities.
If you're interested, contact Amanda Prescott.
