Community Service

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Community service allows our Club members to give back to the community and help make meaningful differences in the lives of people in our community. The Club’s “giving back” is possible thanks to fundraising projects undertaken by our Club throughout the year and Club members generously donating their time and resources.

     

$38,000-plus! That's how much Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary awarded in grants to area non-profit during fiscal year 2024-2025. These grants address local needs and can have a lasting impact on our community.

Non-profits that provide services to veterans and first responders are key beneficiaries of our Club’s annual Field Of Honor. Funds at the Field Of Honor are generated via sales of medallions, Community Supporters and donations. This past fiscal year, that one Club fundraiser resulted in $14,245 in grants--ranging from $600 to $4,000--being awarded to the following nine non-profits:
  • First Responder Trauma Services
  • Platte River Veterans Flyfishing
  • High Plains Honor Flight
  • Health4Heroes 
  • Larimer County Search & Rescue 
  • B-Bold Empowered Adaptive Living
  • Vets Honoring Vets
  • Berthoud American Legion Post 67
Additional funds generated from our Club's Field Of Honor and two other fundraisers--peach sales and 10K raffle--meant that our Club could have even more impact in our community. During fiscal year 2024-2025 our Club was able to award $24,000 in Community Service grants to 10 community non-profits. Community Service grants ranged from $4,000 to $1,000. Non-profits securing grants from our Rotary included the following: 
  • Project Self-Sufficiency 
  • Coats & Boots 
  • Food Bank of Larimer County
  • Neighbor to Neighbor
  • Mujeres de Colores
  • Off the Hook Arts
  • CSU Writing Project
  • Hispanic Women's Farming Proyecto (FC Community Action)
  • Sound Effects
In addition to awarding grants to non-profits within our community, Club members put “Service Above Self” in action by volunteering for the following organizations:  
  • Food Bank of Larimer County
  • Meals on Wheels
  • Rendezvous Trail clean up
Club members also reached into their own pockets and donated. . .
  • Carloads of hygiene products to the Early Childhood Education Center
  • Toys and winter clothing at Christmastime to low-income families