Port Townsend (noon) Rotary Club awards $16,000 in community grants
Published 12:01 am Sunday, August 9, 2015
PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend (noon) Rotary Club has awarded $16,000 in Community Service Grants to 15 local nonprofit organizations.
Hilda Anderson, chair of the Community Service Committee that made the awards, says the grants were part of the club’s commitment to be of service in the local community.
Recipients included Centrum, Community Chorus, Disability Awareness Starts Here (DASH), Dove House, Horse Partners Equine Therapy, Jeff Co Backpacks for Kids (four school districts), Key City Public Theatre, KPTZ, Jefferson County Literacy Council, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend Summer Band, the Boiler Room, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Twisters Gymnastics and Vet Connect.
Port Townsend Rotary Club has a yearly funding process, with grant applications due each year by
March 31.
Application materials can be found on the club’s website, www.porttownsendrotary.org.
The grants are funded from the proceeds of the club’s annual charity auction and its holiday wreath sales.
The selection process is usually completed by mid-May.
Last year, in addition to the Community Service Grants, the Rotary Club awarded $18,000 in scholarships to Port Townsend High School graduates, $20,000 as a matching grant to the PUD’s Power Boost program and $31,800 to Camp Beausite for infrastructure repairs to the facility for disabled children and adults.
Other grant recipients included JC MASH, the Youth Mental Health Clinic, Jumping Mouse Children’s Center and ECHHO.
With assistance from the Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary Club, the Noon Club also helped fund the city’s newest park on Parkside Drive.
