As the Rotary year draws to a close, the Rotary Committees responsible for considering and approving grants have been very busy with more than $27,000 having been paid out to local community and other organisations. These grants are paid from the South Wairarapa Rotary’s Martinborough Fair Charitable Trust.
Included with these grants were some special donations made to both the Hawkes Bay and Masterton Mayoral Relief Funds, towards the recent cyclone damage sustained by Tinui and the Hawkes Bay area. The money for this donation came from the Disaster fund that is one of the committed projects that Rotary pledges money to each year.
Other organisations who have received grants during March and April are: the Carterton Youth Village for a new trailer plus another grant for decorating their communal hall, the Martinborough Youth Trust, Tates Bush Reserve for gravel on their access track, Greytown Trails Trust, Heart Kids NZ, Martinborough and Featherston Foodbanks, South Wairarapa Principals Association towards running the South Wairarapa Speech competition, Autism NZ, the Young Readers Program, Meals on Wheels Wharekaka, Kahutara School Mangatete Wetland, Age Concern Wairarapa, Pest Free Token Trust and the Featherston Booktown Trust.
The proceeds from the Martinborough Charitable Fair Trust allow South Wairarapa Rotary to help fund community organisations each year. However, we are acutely aware that most of our Club’s activities are not highly visible due to them being grants and donations, whereas other community organisations are more visible due to many of their activities requiring them to be out and about in the community.
Be assured, South Wairarapa Rotary is here to assist in supporting community activities both with funds and/or manpower should that be required, so please contact us if you have a project that requires our support either financially or physically.
If you would like more information about the fund-raising activities of the South Wairarapa Rotary Club or wish to be part of the work we do in the community, please contact Glenn Todd our Club Committee Director on 027 458 3789.
