Service Projects

Service Projects
of the
Rotary Club of Fort Collins, CO
Last updated on July 14, 2006

1. Polio Plus - this is an international effort to rid the World of Polio, by 2005, Rotary's Centennial Year. It appears that we, along with the World Health Orginization and several other entities, be successful. Learn about the effort at the following URL: http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/pr_polio_factsheet.pdf

2. Rotary Read Fort Collins - this was a tri-club effort, but now is quad-club effort with the chartering of the After Work Club in January, 2003. The program's purpose is to foster reading by younger children. Incentives include giving "coupons" to the most avid reader to buy books. Pizza Hut works with us in providing 2 for the price of 1, if a person has a Rotary Read Pizza Hut card, which the clubs sell for $10 and are valid for one year. Learn more about Rotary Read Fort Collins at the following URL: http://www.Rotary5440.org/fortcollinsco/RotaryRead/

3. The World Community Service Committee seeks small amounts from our Club with "matching" funds from District 5440 and the Rotary Foundation. Learn more from the World Community Service Committee reports to the Club

4. Grants, usually about $15,000 each year, to local non-profit organizations for various purpose to helpsupport a specific program. Applications are accepted early in each calendar year and the grants are made in May.
Grant Information

5. Scholarship programs:

a) smaller amounts, usually not more than $2,000 each to students from local high schools to assist them in attending colleges of their choice; and

b) a fairly large amount, $5,000 single scholarship, in conjunction with the Better Business Bureau and two adjacent Rotary Districts, 5450 and 5470. http://www.Rotary5440.org/fortcollinsco/rtybbbscholar/

6. 4-Way test programs in local Junior High Schools in conjunction with Speech or Social Science classes. Rotarians sit with 4-6 students and participate with the students in suggesting solutions to student generated questions about such topic as: suicide, drugs, cheating on tests, parent's infidelity, etc. Learn about the 4-Way test at the following URL: http://www.Rotary5440.org/fortcollinsco/4wayfldr.html

7. Water quality sewage projects in developing countries. Learn about a project in Columbia at the following URL:
http://www.Rotary5440.org/fortcollinsco/SanIsidro/

8. Fighting infectious diseases in developing countries. Learn about Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever at the following URL: http://www.Rotary5440.org/fortcollinsco/dengue6c.html. Also look at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/dengue/index.htm

9. We also sent CDs and videos this summer to many District Governors with important information about the West Nile Virus; learn about it at the following URL: http://www.Rotary5440.org/fortcollinsco/WestNileVirus/

This page is expected to be dynamic with somewhat frequent changes, so you may want to visit it perhaps once a month to know of the most current projects and plans. For additional information send us an e-mail.