Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser this Weekend!

Our Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser this Saturday (February 2) from 5-9pm at the First United Methodist Church on 915 2nd Avenue. Enjoy all-you-care-to-eat spaghetti, a dessert auction, and entertainment. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5.00 for children under 12, and free for children 5 and under; tickets are available in advance or at the door. If you cannot attend, please consider sponsoring a hungry college student. All proceeds go to support our UAF team's travel to Washington, D.C. to tackle hunger and homelessness issues.

This is our kick-off fundraiser. We hope you can join us!

For more information about our trip contact us or visit our website:
http://www.alaska.edu/woodcenter/leadership/volunteer/asb/asb-2008/

Thanks!
-Kari
Kari Pile
Volunteer Program Assistant with the Leadership Program
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Wood Center - Division of Student and Enrollment Services
Email: volunteer@uaf.edu
Phone: (907) 474-1170
Web: www.uaf.edu/leadership

Halibut Feed and Auction

Please begin to gather goodies for the Halibut Feed for the baskets or donations for the Auction. Tentatively that date is May 3rd. Lets make it a success!

Printer needed!

North Pole Rotary is in need of a Color printer. Please Let Michelle know if you or your business is willing to donate one. THANK YOU!

2008 District Conference

Date: May 8-10, 2008
Event Fee: $300.00 USD
Location: Soldotna, AK

Rotary Board Meeting

Don't forget to meet TODAY (January 25th) 1:30pm Mt Mckinley Bank. This is a makeup for any non-board members!

Volunteers needed!

This message was posted on our blog for our help/support

Looking for Volunteers for the Iron Dog in the Fairbanks and Anchorage Area. February 2 and 10th, 2008 in Anchorage and Fairbanks area for the race finish February 11- 16th 2008. Please call 229-2801 if you are interested.Thanks,Valarie Cooper-BrownIRON DOG Volunteer Coordinator

Please come to January 30th Meeting!

We will be inducting Benny on Wednesday, January 30. We’ve been trying for years to get Benny to join. Alana finally convinced him. Benny and the Pagoda team have been wonderful to us over the many years we’ve held our meetings there. It would be wonderful to have a full house on the 30th to welcome him into our club. Besides, the program that day will be yet another wonderful presentation! We also have a special guest, please come and show your support!

100% Attendance

For December:
Margarita, Alana, Michelle, Dave, Chuck, Jack, Pam, Katherine, Marisa, Joanne, Jeff T., Jeri, and AC.
For the Second Quarter:
Margarita, Alana, Michelle, Dave, Chuck, Katherine, Marisa, Joanne, Jeff T., and Jeri.

Congratulations to all these Rotarians for perfect attendance!
Remember, we have other clubs you can attend
to receive a make up, or visit www.rotaryeclubone.org

Mike Walsh Ph. D with Foraker Group

Director of Interior Services Michael Walsh, PhD, has lived in Alaska for over 25 years, most of that time in Fairbanks. Mike served in the administration of Governor Tony Knowles and Lt. Governor Fran Ulmer. As the Director of Interior Services Mike oversees our Fairbanks Office, has overall responsibility for development of our business planning services, and provides training to boards and staff on a variety of topics.

Mike gave an interesting presentation on the Impact of nonprofits on Alaska on January 16. Did you know there are 6,000 nonprofits in Alaska! That's one nonprofit for every 110 Alaskan (includes everyone), or 1 nonprofit for every 75 adults. That's more than any other state! The second state is New Jersey with 1,800 nonprofits for every resident.

Why do we have so many nonprofits? There are 27 nonprofit categories in the IRS code. The state likes to have lots of nonprofits. It's less the government has to spend, less services they have to provide; the government relies on nonprofits. ANSCA has many tribal nonprofit organizations. Our geography is another reason. For example: Food Bank in Fairbanks can't provide food for Anchorage or Juneau or Dillingham, so there has to be a Food Bank in those locations.

Nonprofits in Alaska employ 31,000 people. Ten percent of the workforce in Alaska work for nonprofits in Alaska compared to the national 7%. In rural Alaska alone, nonprofits employ between 12-25% of the workforce. The Alaskan nonprofit workforce grew 52% between 1990 and 2000 vs 12% for the rest of the workforce. Wages for nonprofit employees are getting closer to the average workforce wages.

501(c)3 nonprofits spend $2.4 billion - that includes payroll, vendors, etc. Nonprofits in North Pole alone spent $650,000 - i.e. North Star Volunteer Foundation, North Pole Rotary, Moose Lodge, Lions Club, etc. In all, over $3.4 billion was spent by all 501(c) nonprofits in Alaska.

Alaskan nonprofits are too dependent on federal and state government funding and need to develop more individual giving. In terms of individuals giving that make over $200,000 annually, Alaskans rank #51 of all states. In terms of volunteering our time, we are outstanding.

Nonprofits are a huge part of Alaska's economy. You can help your favorite nonprofits by giving more than just your time, give your financial support, too.

January 9th Rotary meeting

Chuck gave his classification talk. Boy, has he been around…...the world that is! Jerry, one of our
original charter members, talked about the club in the old days.

Alana brought a fun quiz for us all to play with a “semi-fabulous” prize. Thanks Alana! Our club
members give an average of $146.17 to the Paul Harris Foundation annually.

Rotary International

Dear fellow Rotarians, Please use the link below to access another newsletter from the RI Public Image Resource Group. This should be the last communication for 2007. Dave Robinson wishes to thank everybodyfor what they do for Rotary and gives his best wishes for a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous 2008!
http://rotaryinternationalpublicimage.createsend1.com/viewEmail.aspx?cID=95AE9569F97603A0&sID=4BC46B081A44B89F96B91308D26491B9&dID=5CB9CB5A1CE688CE