The Rotary Club of Snoqualmie Valley has selected thirteen community organizations to receive $14,000 in grants ranging from $500 to $2,000. Club President David Moore said, “Every dollar that supporters and partners of the Rotary Club of Snoqualmie Valley provide goes back to the community. For over 25 years the Rotary club has been able to provide cash grants to many of the outstanding service organizations in and around the Valley.”
The following organizations were awarded grants:
- Acres of Diamonds: Furnishings for new program space for kids from homeless families
- CarePoint Clinic: Medical expenses project
- Empower Youth Network: Suicide and substance abuse prevention programs
- Encompass Northwest: Outdoor therapy play space
- Helping Hands Ministry: Emergency client assistance
- Hopelink: Financial resiliency program
- Mama’s Hands: House of Hope: Home Sweet Home Program
- Mt Si Senior Center: Atrium deck furniture
- North Bend Community Theater: Scholarship Fund for theatre camp
- Si View Community Foundation: Portable Automated External Defibrillator (AED) for Tollgate Farm Park
- St Clare Episcopal Church: Water smart veggies
- St Vincent de Paul: Keep My Home
- Trail Youth: Coffee outreach for youth
Each year the Rotary club raises funds for its grants program by hosting fun and popular activities in the community, including SipFest, the Mount Si Classic Charity Golf Tournament, and the Beer Garden at the Festival at Mt. Si.
The Rotary club supports the community through service projects that include participating in the state’s Adopt-A-Highway program; providing food to a local homeless shelter; hosting gravity car races for developmentally disabled students; and providing food to homeless youth when schools are not in session. And since 1979, the more than 35,000 Rotary clubs around the world have led the global effort to eradicate polio.
For more information about how you can get involved, visit www.snoqualmievalleyrotary.org, or contact David Moore, at (425) 681-1671.