Our Club’s Community Service Committee has a big responsibility when it meets, as committee members review grant proposals submitted by non-profits across our community. Committee members strive to be good stewards of the Club’s money that is generated by our three key annual fundraisers. Since there is only so much money to award each fiscal year and so many non-profits in our community submitting grant proposals, decision-making can be challenging.Committee members consider the non-profit submitting each grant and how the money awarded will serve and impact our community.
At its most recent meeting, our Club’s Community Service Committee approved three more grants for this fiscal year:
• $2,500 to Sound Affects for their Performance Program so musicians can continue to enrich the lives of the elderly by performing live music in assisted living facilities.
• $4,000 to Project Self-Sufficiency for its Healthy Families Transportation Fund. This grant will help provide individuals enrolled in Project Self-Sufficiency to have safe, reliable transportation to and from work and/or to/from their post-high school education source
• $1,000 to Outreach Fort Collins, a street-based outreach program that maintains our community as a safe and welcoming place while connecting those in need to services and supportive networks. This grant will help ensure staff has appropriate gear to safely perform their jobs.
Our Club’s Community Service Committee also oversees grants awarded specifically to non-profits that provide services to Veterans and First Responders. These funds are raised by our annual Field Of Honor.
In addition to the grants already awarded in this fiscal year, the Community Service Committee approved a grant of $2,000 to Larimer County Dive and Rescue. This grant will go toward the purchase of a new boat.