District Grant Award Announcement Sept 2021

By: Sarah MacGillivray
District 7780 Foundation Public Image Coordinator
RC Bath Sunrise’s Satellite Club: E-Club
 
District 7780 is pleased to announce that 16 clubs have been awarded funding for their District Grants submitted earlier this year.  The projects range from community gardens and play areas to backpacks filled with school supplies, providing summer meals and year-round food resources to vocational graduate support kits.  Some clubs are improving their community by building a boardwalk on a current heavily used trail system, while others are educating dog owners on being river friendly. Club members should be proud of the positive impacts on their communities!  Click here to get more details on the projects, and maybe help find some ideas to form a similar project in your community!
Congratulations to all who submitted their grants, it is often seen as a daunting task to make sure you have all of the qualifications met, but as all good Rotarians, you put service above self and put the work in, and it has paid off.  Thank you to the clubs which include:  Bath Sunrise, Biddeford-Saco, Brunswick, Brunswick Coastal, Damariscotta-Newcastle, Ogunquit, Portland, Portland’s satellite club-Education and Children's Issues, Portland Sunrise, Rochester, Saco Bay, South Berwick and Eliot, Wells, Westbrook-Gorham and Yarmouth.
 
The funding of these projects (totaling $46,842!) is made possible by the donations from our own District 7780 club members to the Rotary Foundation.  So thank you to all members who donate each year for making a significant mark on all of our communities.  Would you like more information on donating to The Rotary Foundation?  To learn just how easy it is to set up on-line payments click for information on https://my.rotary.org/en/Rotary-Direct.  Your club’s Foundation chairperson will also have information on ways to make payments by check and more.
 
Are you proud of your club’s RI Foundation efforts and want to get the word out?  Please reach out to me and I’ll be happy to help you with putting together a press release for local media, or even just help with writing an article to be included in our District 7780 newsletter!  Email:  smacgillivray5@gmail.com.