Donation to The Hope for Today Foundation

A new community initiative to assist drug and other substance addicts to get back on their feet in the community received a huge boost last week from Rotary Central through a generous donation of CI$4,000. The Hope for Today Foundation offers a halfway house for drug and other substance addicts or ex-prisoners to assist them with interim accommodation and a bridging program as they try to find their way back on their feet and into the community. Rotary Central's Community Service Director Mr. Naude Dreyer said that the club was really impressed by the facilities (two adjacent houses with a large lot of land between them, and a small cottage for the manager of the program) and the excellent work that the group is doing to help these people. "We try to assist as many community projects as possible during a very busy Rotary year and when we found out about the good work of the Hope for Today Foundation it quickly became obvious that this was going to be a very rewarding opportunity for our club," said Mr. Dreyer. Rotary Central presented the check for CI$4,000 to Mr. Bud Volinsky of the Hope for Today Foundation last week Wednesday. "It is difficult to express how grateful we are for the generous and timely contribution to our foundation by Rotary Central," said Mr. Volinsky. "Utility payments have been a concern in these early months of our Halfway House Bridge Program and this donation toward that need brings a large degree of comfort and lends to our ability to concentrate on the primary purpose of the halfway house initiative," he continued. Mr. Volinksy said that the foundation hopes to create a mutually productive relationship with Rotary Central and will keep the club up to date on the project's progress. Rotary Central President Mr. Wil Pineau said he was pleased that the club was able to identify this unique opportunity and hoped that the initiative receives additional support from the wider community. The current manager of the facility is the first lady to have graduated from the Drug Rehabilitation Program of the Courts and Social Services.