April, 2006 My Fellow Rotarians - Rotary's Global History Fellowship

District 6440 Histories 2005
1998-99 – $1,500 to Science & Arts Academy; $5,000 paid out to Maine West for scholarships; $700
for 2 vocational scholarships; $1,700 for the Salvation Army; $657 for books for District 62 schools;
$300 for a LL team; $2,000 to the United Way; $600 for the Senior Center Medical Lending Closet;
$500 in support of Special People; $500 to Center of Concern; $500 to Maine West After Prom; $500 to
Des Plaines Crimestoppers; $1,000 to Lattof YMCA; $250 to Maine East HS Medical Clinic; and joined
with Rotary Club of Mapongula, South Africa to fund a Bore Hole.
1999-00 – $440 to School District 62 Paul Jung Fund; $175 to Friends of the Library; Joined with
Rotary Club of Varanisi, India ($2,000) in funding an Eye Bank; $750 to Avenues to Independence; 2 -
$1,000 scholarships for 4 years to HS seniors; $840 - Special effort to support PolioPlus; Food baskets
for needy families, $100 to Maine West HS Fine Arts Boosters; $500 to Maine West After Prom; $657
to DP Senior Center Medical Lending Closet; $2,000 to United Way; $500 to Science & Arts Academy;
and $250 to Self Help Closet.
2000-01 - $200 to the Self Help Closet; $750 to District 6440 Hunger Relief Project; $250 to Help to the
Children Program; $100 to MW Fine Arts Boosters; $1,000 to Science & Arts Academy; $2,000 to the
United Way; $540 to the School District 62 Paul Jung Fund; $725 to the DP Medical Lending Closet;
$200 to the DP Library; $300 to the Salvation Army; $1,000 to the Lattof YMCA; and $2,000 for high
school scholarships.
2001-02 – Made first $10,000 payment towards a $30,000 pledge to DP Library for Rotary Heritage
Reading Room; $7,500 for an International project to provide a van to Rotary District 3010 (India)
Welfare Society for mobile blood collection unit throughout Delhi, India; Adopted Orchard Place
Elementary School; sponsored “Latino Pride! Latino Success!” conference at Maine West HS; provided
2 - $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors; $2,000 to United Way; $250 to the Erie Neighborhood
House; $1,250 to Salvation Army for the Back to School Program; $600 to the Des Plaines Medical
Lending Closet; $500 to the Maine West After Prom; and $1,000 to the Science & Arts Academy.
2002-03 – $2,000 for high school scholarships (4 @ $500); second $10,000 payment to DP Library for
Reading Room; $300 to the Self Help Closet; $240 to District 62 Paul Jung Fund; $2,000 in support of
the local United Way; $2,500 to the DP Library Foundation; $200 Maine West Fine Arts Boosters;
$1,700 in support of the “Gears” Program at District 62 schools; $100 for the Center of Concern; $500
to the Science & Arts Academy; $500 to Maine West HS; and $1,250 to the Salvation Army Back to
School Program.
2003-04 – Paid last payment of $10,000 to DP Library for Reading Room; Grand Opening of the room;
Gave $2,000 with matching grant of $1,000 from RI to establish the “Gears” program at District 62;
gave $2,000 to the Des Plaines United Way; $500 to the Maine West After Prom; $1,250 to the
Salvation Army Back to School Program; $2,000 for high school scholarships; $892 in support of the
“Gears” program; and Contributed $500 to the Self Help Closet.
2004-05 – Contributed $2,500 to an International project in Ecuador to fund heart surgeries for young
people; Contributed $5,000 to the DP Senior Center to be used to open up a Medical Lending Closet in
their new facility; $2,000 to the NW Sub United Way; $500 to the Self Help Closet; and $1,250 to the
Salvation Army Return to School program
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