International Service Committee
Each quarter, an Agenda is emailed to all Club Presidents, Presidents-Elect, Community Service Chairs, International Service Chairs, Foundation Chairs and others who have regularly attended our meetings. Every email also contains the pertinent documents we will discuss and to which we will refer in the meeting. We don't provide hard copies (save trees!) so bring your laptop or tablet or even your phone to access them. We hope you review ahead of time, too.
Our quarterly Learning By Query segment brings to life a current or recently closed grant from which we all can learn. These are pre-selected prior to the meeting.
If you would like to present, you will have 5-6 minutes to do so and sending your PowerPoint slides at least 3 weeks in advance of the meeting is required. Submit to DISC Bonnie at: bonnie.black@rotary7040.com.
If your club wants to promote an idea or current possible project, please inform our DISC ahead of time and bring enough copies - a QR Code is perfect - so all in attendance may discern if it's something for their club. We do not encourage solicitations at our meetings.
The 'basic' information about our District Resource Network include:
- rotary_action_groups_flier_en..pdf
- take_action_work_with_rotary_experts_en.pdf
Other "need to know about" documents all available on rotary.org:
- REVISED as of 1 July 2026 Community Needs Assessment Template
- REVISED Rotary Impact Handbook
- Guide to Global Grants.pdf
The recent Quarterly Meeting ISC Powerpoints & Learning By Query Powerpoints are below to download.
If you are interested in receiving any of the documents from any prior meetings, including the PowerPoints used, please email District International Service Chair, Bonnie Black, at: bonnie.black@rotary7040.com
Watch the five-part webinar series designed to support you and your club with developing effective projects with lasting, sustainable impact (Planning a Project: Design for Results in Rotary Membership Webinars on Vimeo). Learn directly from Rotarians and Rotaractors on the tools and strategies they use to plan, find resources for, implement, and evaluate projects. Webinar topics include:
- Promoting Projects: Tell Your Story
- Planning a Project: Design for Results
- Finding Project Partners and Resources: Build an Effective Team
- Measuring Results: Demonstrate Your Impact
- Expanding Reach: Partner with Youth in Service
Resources you will find effective as you plan for your grant:
Remember to use our DISTRICT RESOURCE NETWORK to help shape your upcoming project/grant!
WELCOME TO THE DISTRICT INTERNATIONAL SERVICE COMMITTEE
PURPOSE: To stimulate and assist clubs or groups of clubs to undertake International Service to improve lives and meet human needs, and thus advance world understanding, good will and peace.
Our International Service Committee (ISC) offers all Rotarians an opportunity for international fellowship through humanitarianism. As we embrace these opportunities, we can also gain professional development and join networks of other Districts memberships supporting our programs beyond local borders.
With the call from Rotary International to Create Lasting Impact, we can help those in need and we have the ability to inspire and focus a new, younger generation of Rotarians and Rotaractors. From our global quest to eradicate polio, to our District’s quest to address malnutrition in children, digging water wells in Haiti, the Gift of Life for children around the world, programs in Ethiopia, Peru, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Columbia, Niger, Kenya, Ghana, Ukraine and beyond, our committee continues to grow and address global issues.
The work of Rotary begins in the community, and every community has its own unique needs and concerns.
While we serve in countless ways, we’ve focused our efforts in 7 key areas to maximize our impact. These areas encompass some of the world’s most critical and widespread humanitarian needs, and we have a proven record of success in addressing them:
- Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
- Disease prevention and treatment
- Water and sanitation
- Maternal and child health
- Basic education and literacy
- Environmental
- Economic and community development
Rotary District 7040 International Service:
The Service Project Center (spc.rotary.org) features information about Proposed and Ongoing projects around the globe as well as here. Rotary District 7040 encourages participation of all District 7040 clubs and members in posting your community as well as international projects for all to see.
Our quarterly meetings with our District Foundation Committee are on Saturdays at the Seaway Valley Theatre in Cornwall. Our dates for 26-27 are: September 12, November 7, April 24 and June 12. You may REGISTER NOW by selecting the meeting date on the District Calendar and note any dietary needs, please. Registration closes one week prior to each meeting. REGISTER EARLY!
We will continue with IMPACT Tabletop Activities as we have for the past few years. Understand IMPACT results for your projects (District or Global) through tabletop discussions and discernment - it all comes to life!
Contact for more information on Rotary District 7040 International Service projects:
PDGBonnie Black, ISC Chair 2022-2028
Rotary International Service resources:
Additional information is available on the Rotary International website www.rotary.org.
Rotary International has published the updated HANDBOOKS anad COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT TEMPLATE which you can download from the files listed on the left panel.
Additional information is available on the Rotary International website www.rotary.org.
Rotary International has published the updated HANDBOOKS anad COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT TEMPLATE which you can download from the files listed on the left panel.
International Service Global Support Network
This group meets monthly on the second Thursday at 3pm via Zoom with a variety of speakers available to answer questions from anyone in the audience (which is worldwide). In 2026, our DISC, PDGBonnie, was both a guest presenter as well as the interviewer of RI Grant Staff members.
Listen to the hour-long sessions here:
Got questions about a possible District (local or global) or Global Grant for your club? Make sure you use our District Resource Network. Look to the left under RESOURCES to find out who your contacts are and more!