A local Rotary club is spearheading a fundraiser to benefit food banks in Hamilton.
A local Rotary club is spearheading a fundraiser to benefit food banks in Hamilton.
The Hamilton/Burlington Rotary Capital Fund — established in 2010 among District 7080 and 7090 Rotary clubs — has the goal of increasing the capacity and delivery efficiency of the emergency food system through Hamilton Food Share.
The Rotary Club of Burlington-Lakeshore has pledged $100,000 over a five-year period to initiate the Rotary Capital Fund, to increase the capacity and effectiveness of the food-bank system and infrastructure of the large food banks.
"I am particularly proud of the contribution the Burlington Rotary clubs have made as they realized poverty has no boundaries and Hamilton is where the problem lies at this time," said Jim Bridle, co-chair of the Community Service Committee for the Rotary Club of Burlington-Lakeshore.
Nine Burlington and Hamilton Rotary clubs contributed or pledged to contribute in 2010 and 2011.
Between April 2010 and March 2011, the Rotary clubs involved granted $51,000 to nine Hamilton-area food banks or social service agencies, with the Burlington-Lakeshore club giving $40,000 of the total.
The money was used by social service groups for capital projects like buying storage containers, forklifts, weight scales and freezers or doing kitchen upgrades.
The Hamilton/Burlington Rotary Capital Fund — established in 2010 among District 7080 and 7090 Rotary clubs — has the goal of increasing the capacity and delivery efficiency of the emergency food system through Hamilton Food Share.
The Rotary Club of Burlington-Lakeshore has pledged $100,000 over a five-year period to initiate the Rotary Capital Fund, to increase the capacity and effectiveness of the food-bank system and infrastructure of the large food banks.
"I am particularly proud of the contribution the Burlington Rotary clubs have made as they realized poverty has no boundaries and Hamilton is where the problem lies at this time," said Jim Bridle, co-chair of the Community Service Committee for the Rotary Club of Burlington-Lakeshore.
Nine Burlington and Hamilton Rotary clubs contributed or pledged to contribute in 2010 and 2011.
Between April 2010 and March 2011, the Rotary clubs involved granted $51,000 to nine Hamilton-area food banks or social service agencies, with the Burlington-Lakeshore club giving $40,000 of the total.
The money was used by social service groups for capital projects like buying storage containers, forklifts, weight scales and freezers or doing kitchen upgrades.
The Hamilton/Burlington Rotary Capital Fund — established in 2010 among District 7080 and 7090 Rotary clubs — has the goal of increasing the capacity and delivery efficiency of the emergency food system through Hamilton Food Share.
The Rotary Club of Burlington-Lakeshore has pledged $100,000 over a five-year period to initiate the Rotary Capital Fund, to increase the capacity and effectiveness of the food-bank system and infrastructure of the large food banks.
"I am particularly proud of the contribution the Burlington Rotary clubs have made as they realized poverty has no boundaries and Hamilton is where the problem lies at this time," said Jim Bridle, co-chair of the Community Service Committee for the Rotary Club of Burlington-Lakeshore.
Nine Burlington and Hamilton Rotary clubs contributed or pledged to contribute in 2010 and 2011.
Between April 2010 and March 2011, the Rotary clubs involved granted $51,000 to nine Hamilton-area food banks or social service agencies, with the Burlington-Lakeshore club giving $40,000 of the total.
The money was used by social service groups for capital projects like buying storage containers, forklifts, weight scales and freezers or doing kitchen upgrades.
