Chariho Rotary Foundation

Community giving (local, national and international): warm center meal support - provide financial support and volunteers to assist in serving free meals to the community dining program provided by the local emergency shelter and community kitchen. Also provided additional funds to support summer lunch program for children - 500. Rican - donation to assist organization in providing emergency food, clothing, and other vital supports to neighbors in crisis throughout the state, primarily in Washington county and surrounding areas - 1,000. Ymca reach out to youth program - provide financial support to the local ymca for Chariho resident membership and camp scholarships - 3,500. Wood river health services - local federally qualified health center serving the Chariho community. Funding for clinical program expansion - pledge of 15,000 over three years. Hasbro childrens hospital - 1,028. Chariho high school interact club - financial and volunteer support are provided to the local interact club for community service projects that include christmas gifts for local families in need, heating oil support, and a number of other community service projects - 1,527 ashaway free library - 575. Jonnycake center of westerly - provides a continuum of services in cooperation with other agencies in our service area to assist people through crisis situations and work with each individual to find a path out of dependency toward self-sufficiency - 2,500. Boyscout troop 121 - community service projects throughout the area - 1,000. Community 2000 - organization provides community grants to local teachers and scholarship awards to local students - 1,000. Chris collins Foundation - 1,500. Ashaway ambulance - 1,800. Domestic violence resource center - 1,500. Literacy volunteers of Washington county - 1,000. international program support: the Rotary Foundation - Chariho Rotary participated in an international grant to support clean water and sanitation in guatamala (aqua caliente) - 1,050. Chikumbuso is a grassroots project in ng'ombe, zambia. It provides an alternative lifestyle to the most vulnerable women and children by providing free schooling for the children, as well as adult training and capacity building, income generating activities and community building programs - 831.

Educational support: college educational scholarships - nineteen students were provided 1,500 scholarships for college programs. Awards are based on community service and educational excellence - 28,500.