Let me quote a famous Pilot, as in, Pontius- “ so it is said, so let it be written”; actually it was Yule Brenner in “The Ten Commandments”. I have written a few posts regarding charitable fund committee giving and what I would call regular club giving, i.e. scholarships, the “Y”, etc. I thought you would like an update on our giving.
Last week at the BOD meeting it was agreed that the club would give the “Y” $1500.00 for camperships, Camp Laughing Loon $500.00 for camperships for two local kids, TA Auction $500.00 and an additional $1100.00 for the United Way.
A few weeks ago the United Way presented a program on their back pack program. See the tack from a few weeks ago from 02/28 for more details. The club through the charitable fund committee agreed to fund the program with a $500.00 donation. At last week’s BOD meeting Bernice requested that we underwrite the entire program for the Biddeford Saco area. As a result the board agreed to another $1,100.00 for a total of $1600.00.
The money will be used to purchase 800 back packs and all of the items that go in them. They will be distributed in our two towns. We may also have an opportunity to turn our donation into a service project as well whereas, we may have the opportunity to actually help stuff the bags and distribute them to the kids. Look for more information on the project this summer. The bags are handed out at the beginning of the school year. Sounds like it could be a fun project.
On another subject- the community service committee is working on a project. We may have a service project in a few weeks planting trees. Our club is getting a tree for every member. It is part of a national Rotary Project; every Rotarian in the states is getting a tree. We have reached out to the both municipalities without a lot of luck. We have since reached out to BHS and TA to see if we could plant the trees or donate them to the schools for the kids to plant or to work together with the kids. We will keep you posted on our progress.
Regards,
Joe
