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Community Service

Powell Majors Endowed Scholarship - $9,500 raised
- Charlotte Rotary partnered with CPCC to honor Rotarian Powell Majors by establishing a scholarship to enable students to attend CPCC.

Youth Merit Awards - $12,000
- provided $500 scholarship to high school senior from each of the public and private high schools in Charlotte.

1921 Rotary Scholarship Program - $8,000 budgeted plus additional $20,000 donations
- scholarships will be provided to enable CPCC students to transfer and receive a four-year degree.

CPCC Literacy Project - $2,000
- provided funding to assist in the cost of GED testing at CPCC.

Hospice & Palliative Care - $435
- funding to sponsor Light Up A Life tree program at Hospice.

Habitat for Humanity - $15,000
- volunteers and financial support to build Habitat house with other Charlotte Rotary clubs.

Salvation Army Bell Ringing
- volunteers rang the bell at the Square for the Salvation Army.

CARTS - $1,000
- supported District 7680's campaign to raise funds for Alzheimer's Research

Crisis Assistance Ministry Clothing Drive
- month long collection of warm clothing for Crisis Assistance Ministry.

Little Sugar Creek Greenway - $4,500
- Charlotte Rotary to purchase a clock that will be presented to the County and installed on the Little Sugar Creek Greenway.

WWII Oral History Project - $7,500
- final pledge to produce WWII documentary through partnership with WTVI (Centennial Project).

Vocational Service and Youth Service

Children's Theatre of Charlotte - $1,500
- drama for healthy living program which educates teens on the pitfalls of drug & alcohol abuse.

World View Workshop - $750
- Myers Park Interact club will assist in conference details for the World View Partners' Workshop presented by CMS in August.

World Deaf Swimming Championships - $500
- sponsored student to compete in the World Deaf Swimming Championships that will be held in Taipei, Taiwan in August.

RYLA Camp - $350
- funded Myers Park Interact student to attend Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp at Gardner Webb

Global Essay Contest - $800
- covered expenses for hotel and chartered bus for student and teacher traveling to Washington, DC to compete in Global Essay Contest.

Andrew Howell Scholarship - $250
- provided scholarship for a young musician to attend the Tanglewood Music Camp.

District Governor's monthly newsletter
- arranged for an Interact student at Myers Park to coordinate, type, and distribute the District Governor's monthly newsletter.

Classroom Central - $3,000
- financial support enabled Classroom Central to purchase reading material and supplies. Also provide 5 to 9 volunteers to work with teachers on a monthly basis.

Junior Achievement Exchange City - $3,000
- financial support assisted low-income schools to participate in Exchange City program. Also provide 5 to 9 volunteers to work at Exchange City on a monthly basis.

Rotary Scholarship Golf Classic - $5,000
- golf tournament raised money to provide scholarships to children of fire, sheriff, police, and medic employees. Also provided 30 club members to staff and coordinate event, and challenged club members grouped by Classifications, who raised an additional $5000.

Charlotte Reads Literacy Project - $1, 900 raised
- collected children's books and raised money to purchase books (traditional classics and multicultural books) for children aged 6 months to 5 years.

International Service and The Rotary Foundation

Arequipa Fireman Training Exchange - $2,500
- provided funding (and partnered with Charlotte Sister Cities and Charlotte Fire Department) to send 4 Charlotte firemen to train volunteer fire fighters in Arequipa, Peru.

Ambassadorial Scholar Orientation - $90
- picked up expenses for Ambassadorial Scholar Deborah Hirsh to attend Ambassadorial Scholar orientation.

International Youth Exchange Program - $3,500
- hosted exchange student from Korea
- sponsored inbound and outbound summer (4-6 week) exchanges

Group Study Exchange
- hosted 5-member GSE team from London.

Trip to Arequipa, Peru
- 10 Rotarians and family members traveled with DG Joe Morris and others to Arequipa, Peru. Trip will result in our club funding an extensive water project.

Peru Water Project $4,500
- initial funding needed for Matching Grant that will be used to improve water conditions in Arequipa, Peru.

Inbound Ambassadorial Scholar Host Counselor
- David Dunn, UNCC, served as a host counselor for inbound Scholar Kazami Yamazaki, who is working with the TEACCH program at UNCC.

Matching Grant for Kathmandu, Nepal - $5,115
- provide library materials, books, computers, computer programs and reference books for the St. Xavier's School Godavari.