Community Support
The Rotary Club of Jamestown is deeply involved in the local and international communities, donating time and effort to a variety of community service projects and making grants in support of local and international projects. Much, though not all, of our recent work is listed below.
2015-16 Community Service Projects
- Literacy Projects with the Jamestown Public Schools
- Annual Book Drive
- Vocational Projects with the Jamestown Public Schools
- Highway Clean Up of I-86
2013-14 Community and International Grants Awarded
- National Comedy Center Construction
- Jamestown Boys and Girls Club Renovations
- WCA Hospital Emergency Department Construction
- Chautauqua Lake Association Weed Abatement
- Chautauqua Institution Music Scholarship
- Nepal Women’s Weaving Cooperative (microbusiness)
- Cambodia Private School (Rotary-sponsored) whiteboards and
- Haiti latrines
- Shelterbox
- grass playground construction
2014-15 Community and International Grants Awarded
- St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Summer Reading Program with the James Prendergast Library Summer Family Literacy Program
- Jamestown Jammers Baseball (team housing)
- Chautauqua Institution Music Scholarship
- Nepal Women’s Weaving Cooperative (2nd of our 3-year pledge)
- Jamestown Public Schools
Donations made to the Rotary Club of Jamestown's Community Service Fund, a 501(c)3, for fiscal year ending 2012:
To our local & international communities: $23,129
Total to date: $907,763
Total to date: $907,763
To the Rotary Foundation: $5,913
Total to date: $308,657
Grand Total: $1,216,420