The Westport Rotary Club will award $25,000 in community partnership grants at a luncheon on Tuesday, May 29 at 12:15 p.m. at the Inn at Longshore.
A total of 33 community organizations will receive grants during the luncheon, and the club donates an additional $5,000 to $10,000 each year for clean water, education and provides prosthetic limbs for amputees in the poorest parts of the world where land mines still exist.
Some of the grants go to Norwalk and Bridgeport-based organizations including Habitat for Humanity and Dress for Success. Another $5,000 earmarked for scholarships for Staples High School graduates.
“Westport Rotary focuses on the immediate community because few outside the Westport community will contribute to the local needs of this wealthy community,” said Robin Hammond, Rotary Community Partnership Grants Committee chairman.
“Rather, we need to take care of our own homeless, mentally ill, hungry, job – seeking and even college bound students needing scholarships.”
The Westport Rotary Club raises money through two local events, including the June 13 Golf and Tennis Classic to be held at Longshore. Additional golfers are being sought by Tony Riggio at (203) 227-6877 and Irwin Lebish is seeking tennis players at (203) 222-0626.
The annual Family Dinner held in November is the other major fund-raiser for the club.
The luncheon is $20 per person.
For more information, call Hammond at (203) 226-7895 x144.
