Schaumburg A.M. Rotary awards grants
The Rotary Club of Schaumburg A.M. culminated a year of giving at its June 13, Community Grant Awards Breakfast. This year, the club donated over $22,000 to various organizations, who provide a broad range of services in the local community and around the world.
During its 22-year history the club has donated more than $400,000 to address a wide variety of humanitarian concerns found both in the Northwest suburbs and worldwide.
Locally, grants were awarded to: Alfred Campanelli YMCA; Child’s Voice; The Children’s Advocacy Center; District 214 Read-to-Learn Adult Literacy Program; Women in Need Growing Stronger (WINGS); Winston Churchill Elementary School Reading Program; Cub Scout Pack 394; Boy Scout Troop 193; St. Hubert Job & Networking Ministry Program; and Operation Warm for the benefit of the Marletta Darnall Schaumburg Child + Family Center.
International grants were presented in support of: Polio eradication through The Rotary Foundation’s PolioPlus program; Feed My Starving Children, who provide life-giving nutrition to malnourished children all over the world;
The club sponsored the participation of four area high school students at the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards three-day leadership development camp held annually at Camp Edwards in East Troy, Wis., and provided $4,000 in vocational scholarship assistance to three area residents.
Additionally, Schaumburg A.M. Rotarians donated $2,000 to the Schaumburg Township Food Pantry and supported this year’s Schaumburg/Hoffman Estates Memorial Day Observance.
During the holiday season the club contributed stocking stuffer items to Hoffman Estates-based Fellowship Housing, an organization dedicated to serving at-risk single mothers and their children and supported the Alfred Campanelli YMCA’s Super Santa Program, which provides gifts for children and families who cannot afford them.
Rotary is a worldwide network of inspired individuals, who translate their passions into relevant social causes that change lives in communities. Membership is open to service-oriented residents and workers in the area. Schaumburg A.M. Rotary meets weekly for breakfast on Wednesday mornings from 7-8:30 a.m., at the Bridges of Poplar Creek Country Club, in Hoffman Estates. Visit www.schaumburgamrotary.org for more information.
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