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ROTARY CLUB OF SPRING VALLEY AWARDS COMMUNITY GRANTS
$26,000 provided to local non-profit organizations in 2010
The Rotary Club of Spring Valley will award grants totaling $26,000 to thirty-three local non-profit organizations in 2010. The first of these awards were made at Rotary meetings held January 28 and February 25. The remaining grants will be awarded on March 25 and April 29. The awards were made possible through the success of the club’s annual pecan sale with 100% of the proceeds from the annual fundraiser being returned to the community. “Our members were thrilled with the success of our fundraising efforts this year in light of our current economy and are proud to support so many worthy organizations,” said club president Babbie Jaco.
Recipients of the 2010 community grants include: Alston Wilkes Society, Alzheimer’s Association, American Red Cross (Central SC Chapter), Babcock Center Pitts Apartments, Bethany Christian Services, Bookman Road Elementary School PTO, Capital Senior Center, Central SC Habitat for Humanity, College Transition Connection, Columbia Classical Ballet, Communities in Schools of the Midlands, Friends of Juvenile Justice, Heartworks Ministry/Jubilee Academy, House of Heroes, Indian Waters Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Jeep Rogers YMCA Leaders Club, Kelly Mill Middle School, Killingsworth Home, PAALS (Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services, Palmetto Health Cancer Center, Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital, Rice Home, Richland County Sheriff’s Department’s Project Hope and DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), Richland Two Education Foundation, Rotary CART Fund (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research), Salkehatchie Calhoun Camp, Sandhill Farmer’s Market, Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands, Sistercare, Special Olympics South Carolina, USC College of Nursing and Youth Corps.
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Representatives from the Alzheimer’s Association, American Red Cross, Babcock Center Pitts Apartments, the CART Fund (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research) USC College of Nursing, Columbia Classical Ballet Outreach, Friends of Juvenile Justice and Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital were awarded grants by the Spring Valley Rotary Club at its January 28 meeting. A total of $26,000 will be given by the club this year to support local non-profit organizations.