Monday, October 31, 2022
By: Lisa Glodine McCurdyOn October 3, 2022, the Board of our Club’s Foundation, the Rotary Foundation of Washington, DC, accepted the recommendation of the Foundation’s Disaster Working Group to support a proposal providing $1,000 in disaster relief funding to Puerto Rico to mitigate the impact of Hurricane Fiona. The request specifically requests, funds to repair damage to the Mayaguez Children's Library and private homes caused by water damage, in coordination with the Rotary Club of Mayaguez and the local 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Plenitud Iniciativas Eco Educativas.
The Foundation Board established a process for funding disaster relief efforts at our November 2021 Board meeting, which includes the Working Group receiving and processing disaster relief applications from Club members, calling for competing applications for relief concerning the same disaster, ranking the applications, and recommending the highest-ranked proposal to the full Foundation Board for a vote on funding.
The Working Group consists of Foundation President Lynn Holec, Club President Marilyn Nevy Cruz, Past President Bill Dent, Foundation Director Irene Koerner, Foundation Treasurer Linda Solomon, and Past President Lisa McCurdy as the Group’s Chairperson.
Due to the generous annual donations of club members, bequests of past club members through their estate plans, and the sound stewardship of the Foundation Board over the past century, our Rotary Club is able to fund disaster relief initiatives in addition to the many other worthy projects, programs, and activities through its Foundation. We should be proud of our legacy and make every effort to expand our reach. As we approach the season of calendar year-end giving and our friends and family consider non-profit organizations to support, we would be remiss if we fail to share that the Rotary Foundation of Washington, DC is a highly rated 501(c)(3) charitable organization doing a century of good work that impacts the community so favorably.”
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