The DC Rotary Foundation supports their Interact and Rotaract Clubs for COVID-19 pandemic projects

1. Rotaract Club of Washington, D.C. -  $1000
 
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The Rotaract Club of Washington DC was honored to use a portion of their DC Rotary Foundation remaining funds to support health care workers responding to the COVID-19 crisis. The club purchased 240 face shields through Project Shield, an initiative by Rotary District 5320 in southern California. Shields will be donated to first responders at Howard University Hospital.
 
 
2. Rotaract Club of George Washington University - $766
 
The Rotaract Club of George Washington University was pleased to host a virtual fundraiser to raise funds for Food*4*DC*Kids. The Club used a portion of their remaining DC Rotary Foundation yearly budget to provide additional COVID-19 pandemic relief funds ($500) to this organization.  
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Food*4*DC*Kids, launched in response to COVID-19, provides delicious prepared meals to needy students and families from DC schools. Sponsored by WNDC Educational Foundation, Food*4*DC*Kids is collaborating with local farmers and FreshFarm Markets’ Food Hub to provide at least 50 meals per day. The program is working with the Columbia Heights Educational Campus and other DC schools to distribute meals to families affected by COVID-19.  
 
3. Interact Club of CHEC - $1035
 
The Interact Club of Columbia Heights Educational Campus (CHEC) was pleased to use their remaining yearly DC Rotary Foundation budget to provide the Rotary Club of San Salvador Maquilishuat with a $1035 grant for disaster relief efforts as a result of Tropical Storm Amanda in El Salvador.  
 
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On May 31, 2020, hundreds of Salvadoran families had to evacuate their homes due to the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Amanda. Many have died, many families have lost everything, and many more have been affected by this terrible event.

Local Rotarians from District 4240 Rotary Clubs are working hard in distributing help. They are working in supplying relief, support and hope.

“In the context of COVID-19, tropical storm Amanda has exacerbated the needs and vulnerabilities of children being left homeless, losing their belongings, including school supplies and have had to move to shelters to protect themselves” says UNICEF Representative Ivette Blanco.  
 
The DC Rotary Foundation added an additional $1000 grant towards relief efforts as a result of Tropical Storm Amanda. 
 

 
In addition, DC Rotary Club member, Marilyn Nevy Cruz was able to raise $1500 through a birthday fundraiser to provide a $750 donation to the Rotary Club of San Salvador Noreste to buy 39 mattresses for families who lost everything as a result of Tropical Storm Amanda. $750 was also donated to the Rotary Club of San Salvador Maquilishuat to buy 80 non-perishable food packages for 80 families from the CRUZ ROJA community in the municipality of Cuscatancingo, in San Salvador. 


Go Interact! Go Rotary! Rotary Connects the World!
 
4. Interact Club of Richard Wright PCS - $450
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The Interact Club of Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media Arts hosted a fundraiser to raise funds for Best Kids. The Club was pleased to use their remaining DC Rotary Foundation yearly budget to provide additional COVID-19 pandemic relief funds to this organization.    
 
The Rotary Club of Washington, DC along with it's Foundation appreciates their youth clubs' energy and enthusiasm to support local and international causes during the COVID-19 pandemic. They will continue to support their interests and projects during the 2020-2021 Rotary year.  We are very proud of all four clubs and couldn't have it any other way! #interact #rotaract #rotary #DC #DCRotaryClub #DCRotaryFoundation #youth #leaders #RotaryConnectstheWorld

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The Honorable Vincent Bernard Orange, Sr. is an attorney and certified public accountant possessing degrees in taxation, law, communications, and business administration. Mr. Orange served 14 years in Washington, DC as an elected official, including two-terms as the Ward 5 Council Member and two-terms as an At-Large Council Member, and served 6 years as the Washington, DC Democratic National Committeeman; and recently served four-years as President & CEO of the DC Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Orange is currently setting up youth apprenticeship programs for the government of the District of Columbia.

In 2005, Mr. Orange authored legislation creating the only District of Columbia public holiday entitled “District of Columbia Emancipation Day” which honors the 3,100 DC enslaved persons freed on April 16, 1862, nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863.

The Honorable Vincent Bernard Orange, Sr. has received numerous awards and recognition, including the 2023 President Joseph R. Biden’s Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, induction into the Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame Society (2018), DCTV Hall of Fame (2017), Washington Business Journal Power 100 Recognition (2016 & 2017), Prince Hall Lodge No. 14 Life Time Achievement Award (2017), and the Sigma Delta Tau Legal Fraternity, Inc. Outstanding Service Award (2016) for career accomplishments promoting excellence in the study, practice and judicial processes of the law.

Mr. Orange is a life-time member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., a Prince Hall Affiliated Mason, and a member of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church located in Washington, DC.

The Honorable Vincent Bernard Orange, Sr. is an attorney and certified public accountant possessing degrees in taxation, law, communications, and business administration. Mr. Orange served 14 years in Washington, DC as an elected official, including two-terms as the Ward 5 Council Member and two-terms as an At-Large Council Member, and served 6 years as the Washington, DC Democratic National Committeeman; and recently served four-years as President & CEO of the DC Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Orange is currently setting up youth apprenticeship programs for the government of the District of Columbia.

In 2005, Mr. Orange authored legislation creating the only District of Columbia public holiday entitled “District of Columbia Emancipation Day” which honors the 3,100 DC enslaved persons freed on April 16, 1862, nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863.

The Honorable Vincent Bernard Orange, Sr. has received numerous awards and recognition, including the 2023 President Joseph R. Biden’s Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, induction into the Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame Society (2018), DCTV Hall of Fame (2017), Washington Business Journal Power 100 Recognition (2016 & 2017), Prince Hall Lodge No. 14 Life Time Achievement Award (2017), and the Sigma Delta Tau Legal Fraternity, Inc. Outstanding Service Award (2016) for career accomplishments promoting excellence in the study, practice and judicial processes of the law.

Mr. Orange is a life-time member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., a Prince Hall Affiliated Mason, and a member of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church located in Washington, DC.

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RI President R. Gordon R. McInally owned and operated his own dental practice in Edinburgh until 2016. He has held various academic and professional positions, served as Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and is an ambassador for “Bipolar UK”.
A member of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry in Scotland, Gordon joined Rotary in 1984 aged 26. He has served as President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) and in RI has had many roles, including adviser to the 2022 Houston Convention Committee and chair of the Operations Review Committee. Gordon looks forward to working with members on building new style Rotary clubs and groups. His vision is to ensure that Rotary should exist everywhere in a style to suit everyone who has the desire to do good in the world. 

He is also a patron of “Hope and Homes for Children” and led a partnership between that organization and RIBI during his presidency to lift orphans of the Rwandan genocide out of poverty and into stability. He recalls a moment of epiphany about Rotary’s power to transform lives while in Rwanda when he met a 16-year-old girl who had previously never owned shoes. Gordon is also a patron of “Trade-Aid” for developing countries. 
 

In his free time, Gordon enjoys rugby, good food and wine, and “stick dressing”. Gordon strongly supports The Rotary Foundation, which he describes as “the fuel that provides the energy to do Rotary service.” He and his wife, Heather, also a Rotarian, are Paul Harris Fellows, Major Donors and Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation. They are also members of the Bequest Society. As a proud grandfather, Gordon wishes to dedicate his presidency to making the world a better place for children everywhere to live and thrive. “No matter how long I live, I will never be able to give back to Rotary what Rotary has given me,” he says.

RI President R. Gordon R. McInally owned and operated his own dental practice in Edinburgh until 2016. He has held various academic and professional positions, served as Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and is an ambassador for “Bipolar UK”.
A member of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry in Scotland, Gordon joined Rotary in 1984 aged 26. He has served as President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) and in RI has had many roles, including adviser to the 2022 Houston Convention Committee and chair of the Operations Review Committee. Gordon looks forward to working with members on building new style Rotary clubs and groups. His vision is to ensure that Rotary should exist everywhere in a style to suit everyone who has the desire to do good in the world.

He is also a patron of “Hope and Homes for Children” and led a partnership between that organization and RIBI during his presidency to lift orphans of the Rwandan genocide out of poverty and into stability. He recalls a moment of epiphany about Rotary’s power to transform lives while in Rwanda when he met a 16-year-old girl who had previously never owned shoes. Gordon is also a patron of “Trade-Aid” for developing countries.


In his free time, Gordon enjoys rugby, good food and wine, and “stick dressing”. Gordon strongly supports The Rotary Foundation, which he describes as “the fuel that provides the energy to do Rotary service.” He and his wife, Heather, also a Rotarian, are Paul Harris Fellows, Major Donors and Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation. They are also members of the Bequest Society. As a proud grandfather, Gordon wishes to dedicate his presidency to making the world a better place for children everywhere to live and thrive. “No matter how long I live, I will never be able to give back to Rotary what Rotary has given me,” he says.

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