CONTACT: Judy Bellew, (318) 294-8385, shreveportrotary@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CIVIC GRANTS FUND AVAILABLE TO LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Rotary Club of Shreveport announces civic grant cycle is now open.
Shreveport, LA — November 20, 2019
Area non-profit organizations planning projects to benefit the Shreveport-Bossier communities in the coming year may now apply for local funding from Rotary Club of Shreveport to aid their efforts. The Rotary Club is now accepting civic grant applications, which must be postmarked no later than February 18, 2020.
The maximum amount for any one grant awarded will be $5,000. Each year our club awards a limited number of grants. This year's recipients of the grant awards will be announced no later than May 16, 2020.
Beginning with the 2018-2019 grant cycle an organization that received a Major award ($1,000-$5,000) may submit a grant but will only be considered for a $300 Honorarium award for the next two award cycles. This includes any organization that receives a District Grant submitted by our Club. Organizations falling within this category are: Volunteers for Youth Justice, Gingerbread House, Holy Angels, Literacy Volunteers at Centenary College, Shreveport Opera, MLK Health Center, InterCity Entrepreneur Institute and LA Association for the Blind.
To request an application please e-mail shreveportrotary@gmail.com or call the Rotary Club of Shreveport at (318) 294-8385. Completed applications must be postmarked no later than February 18, 2020. Preferred submission is an email to shreveportrotary@gmail.com, but can be mailed to Rotary Club of Shreveport, P.O. Box 380, Shreveport, LA 71162.
Rotary Club of Shreveport supports the community through funding of select projects that benefit local area residents and provide opportunities for members of the club to actively participate and provide recognition of Rotary. Priorities for civic projects supported by the club include education, social services and community development.
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Some past recipients of civic grants funded by Rotary Club of Shreveport include:
Alliance for Education
Alzheimer's Agency
Caddo Career & Technical Center
Caddo Council on Aging
Children and Arthritis
Chimp Haven
CoHabitat Foundation
Community Renewal, International
Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Prevention
David Raines Community Health Center
Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries
Food Bank of Northwest LA
Fuller Center for Housing
Geaux 4 Kids
Gingerbread House
Girl Scouts
Goodwill Industries
Great Results Equine Assist Therapies
Heart of Hope
Herndon Magnet School
Hillman House
Holy Angels Residential Facility
Inter City Entrepreneur Institute
K-9 Search & Rescue Support (SFD)
Literacy Volunteers/Centenary College
LA Association for the Blind
LSU Intergenerational Literacy
Martin Luther King Health Center
Northwest LA Interfaith Pharmacy
Operation Homefront
Providence House
Rotary Park
Rutherford House
Sci-Port: Louisiana’s Science Center
Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission
Shreveport Green
Shreveport Opera
Shreve Island Elementary School
Starbase Louisiana
Step Forward
Strand Theater
St. Luke’s Episcopal Mobile Medical Ministry
Volunteers of America
Volunteers for Youth Justice
Westwood Elementary
YWCA
Rotary Club of Shreveport is a member of Rotary International, an association of Rotary clubs throughout the world. Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, work to eradicate polio worldwide and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
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