GLOBAL ROTARY FOUNDATION GRANT UPDATE:
Did you know that our District can be very proud of our international work through The Rotary Foundation?
We currently have ongoing Rotary Global Grant projects providing funding for classroom-based libraries for elementary schools in Cam Lo, Vietnam; advanced life support equipment and education in Honduras; farmers cultivating land in Oholi, India; 600 portable computers for schools in Marthwada and Palghar, India; acid-attack survivor support in Uganda; mini-science centers in India; ophthalmic equipment for The Rotary Clinic in Kashmir, India; a Boys & Girls Club van in St Thomas; mobile children day centers (creches) at the construction sites in Pune, India; a hospital-based dialysis center in the Philippines; and our Military Family Veterans Center in Louisville, Ohio, which opened this fall.
CLUB | LOCAL DISTRICT GRANT PROJECTS 2018-19 |
Alliance | Habitat Support (washer/dryer) |
Austintown | Help Homeless Veterans - doctor/clinic visits and job interviews |
Boardman | Food Christmas Basket Project |
Canfield | Electric Service Extension to Canfield Green |
Canton | Pack the Bus Project (food & clothing for children at Christmas) |
Canton South | Cross-eyed Mission Honduras (eye exams/glasses) |
Cortland Rotary | Cortland Area Food Pantry Support |
Dennison | Imagination Station (children learning activities) |
Dover | Operation Warm Coat |
East Canton | 4th Grade Constitution Book Project |
East Liverpool | Dolly Parton Imagination Library (book a month for students to age 5) |
Girard-Liberty | Girard-Liberty School Food Pantry Support |
Howland Twp | Howland Park Bench Project |
Hubbard | High School Senior Scholarships |
Jackson Township | Jackson Township Community Scholarships (graduating seniors) |
Kinsman | Library Story Walk (literacy walk behind library) |
Louisville | RYLA Student Support |
Massillon | Upgrade Historic Spring Hill Home (parking, sustainability) |
Minerva | Community Bench Project |
Newcomerstown | Seating for Cy Young Youth League Fields |
Niles | Dictionary Project & Niles Cemetery Tree Project |
North Canton Rotary | Safe Kids - Child Passenger Safety Training Project |
Orrville | Dental Equipment for Local Boys & Girls Club |
Plain Township Rotary | Spark Tank (NextGen student education project) |
Poland | Memorial Tree Planting in City |
Salem | 3rd Grade Dictionary Project |
Steubenville | Women's Health & Wellness Event (local college) |
Struthers | 3rd Grade Dictionary Project |
Sugarcreek | Hitching Post for Community Center |
Warren | 3rd Grade Dictionary Project |
Wooster | Wooster Scholarship Program |
Youngstown | Wick Park Pavilion Remodel (Centennial Project) |
Please feel free to email or call me with questions/concerns.
Peter Apicella, M.D., DRFC
2205 Pearce St, Salem, OH 44460
330-207-0500 (cell)