District Grant Telemedicine Grant Complete

The Rotary Club of Petaluma's District Grant partnered with the Rotary Club of Shanghai and Quai Hua Foundation to facilitate a telemedicine project and a doctor's exchange between the US and Children's Hospital of Fudan University.  This spring, a visiting team from the US toured the hospital and saw the grant in action.    District grants are 1:1 matching grants from Rotary District 5130 to fund a short term project or activity that a club wants to do within the time frame of a single Rotary year. 
 

Every year, Rotarians throughout our District 5130 donate money to The Rotary Foundation (TRF). Three years after it is received, half of the total amount contributed by our district in that year goes into TRF’s World Fund. The other half is held in a District 5130 account at TRF where it is to be distributed, subject to certain guidelines, by the district itself. Called District Designated Funds (DDF), these district-controlled monies can be used for either local or international projects.