LAFAYETTE ROTARY CLUB

Backpack project - this program provided food in the home environment for children needing assistance in a local school district. Food packs ("backpacks") were provided weekly during the school year for the children of eligible families. Our rotary club worked with the food finders organization to establish the menu/guidelines to follow. The club also worked with the kroger company to provide milk coupons for inclusion in the food packs. Approximately 1000 volunteer hours over 35 weeks were devoted to assisting some 80 families with regular food backpacks

High school & community college scholarship program - the lafayette rotary club provides academic scholarships for up to 5 graduating high school seniors to help support their 1st year of college, and for up to 10 vocational students enrolled in the local community college. School guidance counselors have the necessary application forms to use as part of their overall responsibilities to help provide opportunities for students in the local high schools and students in community college. In both cases, panels of rotary club members select the scholarship winners, based on the selection criteria established by the club. Scholarship winners and their families are invited to an awards luncheon where they are appropriately recognized. This year, 4 college scholarships of 1,000 each were awarded, including one to purdue university, one to indiana university, one to new york university, and one to depauw university. Seven vocational scholarships of 1,000 each were awarded to students attending ivy tech community college. Habitat for humanity - as part of habitat's women build project, our club team provided volunteer labor and contributed funds toward a new habitat house in greater lafayette community. Campership program - each year, a committee of rotary club members selects local 501(c)(3) organizations to receive grants to support attendance at summer camps that they sponsor. This year, nine organizations received funds for camperships, totaling 3,450. The organizations were girl scouts of central indiana; boy scout of america sagamore council; civic youth theater; local family ymca; salvation army; hanna community center; haan museum of indiana art; habitat for humanity; and lafayette urban ministries. Servants at work ramp build project - the rotary club provided a team of its members to assist in building a wheelchair ramp at a home in lafayette for a cost of 2,000. Rotary youth leadership awards (ryla) - rotary youth leadership awards (ryla) is an international program that was created by rotary international to encourage strong leadership in youth. Young people chosen for their leadership potential attend an all-expenses-paid camp to develop and enhance leadership skills through activities conducted in an atmosphere of trust and respect. Ryla aims to teach what it takes to be an effective leader. The lafayette club provided funding for young people to attend the camp this year. Daybreak rotary mental health nurse scholarship - the nurse scholarship is a program of the daybreak rotary club of lafayette, indiana. The lafayette rotary club assisted the daybreak rotary club by providing some of the grant funds for this scholarship.