Breakfast Rotary donates $6,500
Living up to its motto of Service Above Self, McMinnville Breakfast Rotary Club distributed $6,500 raised during its recent Charity Gala to seven local charities yesterday.
“These are all very well deserving organizations in our community that need help,” said incoming Breakfast Rotary president Randy Garrison. “Many of them have no way to raise funds on their own and we wanted to put this money back into the community where we can see the good work being done.”
Organizations benefiting from Breakfast Rotary’s generosity include Park Theater Group, Boy Scouts of America, Families in Crisis, Kids of the Community, Habitat for Humanity, McMinnville Housing Authority and Child Advocacy Center.
These organizations were suggested, according to outgoing club president David Wideman, by the club’s board of directors and approved by the club’s membership.
“Thank you for all of the hard work you do – we’re so thankful for your help,” he told representatives of those organizations at the club’s meeting yesterday morning. “I hope we can continue to support you in the future.”
McMinnville Housing Authority resident activity coordinator Donald Roberts said the donation to his organization will go a long way in helping the children at the Authority’s three centers and will help fund everything from snacks to field trips to educational supplies.
“We’re very appreciative of Breakfast Rotary and we thank them for giving us their consideration,” he said. “This donation is very important to us and it will be used frugally and wisely.”