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Video Tour Offered at Completed Bomb Shelter at a High School in Lviv, Ukraine

The bomb shelter at School #39 in Lviv, Ukraine has been completed and now offers a safe space for 700 students and community members during daily air siren raids.

Funding for the renovation of the 8,600-square-foot basement at the Lviv high school was funded in part by the Ithaca Rotary Club, which raised $31,000 for the project. The club’s funding included a $25,000 disaster response grant from The Rotary Foundation.

Ithaca Rotary Club Announces 2023 Community Grants Awardees

The Rotary Club of Ithaca has awarded $10,000 in grants to 11 community nonprofits for projects ranging from cleaning up litter along Cayuga Lake to purchasing an accessible picnic table at a public park.

The Rotary Club received 28 applications this year for its annual Community Grants program. The final projects were selected by a seven-member committee of Rotarians who evaluated the proposals.

While the maximum amount of each grant was $1,000, directors of several nonprofits said they would not have been able to complete their projects without the funding from Ithaca Rotary.

Ithaca Rotary Launches 31st Annual Share the Warmth Clothing Collection Drive

The 31st Annual Share the Warmth campaign has kicked off, with more than 14 collection sites throughout Tompkins County.

Donations of clean, new or gently used winter clothing will be collected, sorted and distributed across the area by volunteers from the Ithaca, Dryden and Trumansburg Rotary Clubs; Cornell University; Ithaca College; Finger Lakes ReUse; and Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga.

To volunteer to sort clothing, please sign up at this link.

Ithaca Nonprofit Receives Rotary Grant for Gender Equity Project in South Sudan

At the Abukloi High School in the city of Rumbek, South Sudan, 175 girls collectively miss over 1,000 days of school each month because their families cannot afford to buy them menstrual hygiene supplies.

Thanks to a $4,750 grant from The Rotary Foundation, this is about to change.

Through the efforts of Gertrude Noden, a member of the Rotary Club of Ithaca and founder of a not-for-profit called Words Into Deeds, the Abukloi students have received sewing machines, materials, and training with the goal of producing 600 reusable feminine hygiene kits a year. The grant also supports lessons in gender equity, reproductive health and business planning.

Ithaca Rotary Club Seeks Applications for International Projects on Climate Change

The Rotary Club of Ithaca invites applications from Tompkins County area organizations for projects outside the United States that will make a small but amazing difference on the issue of climate change.

Selected projects will receive $2,000 - $5,000 in grants from the club. The deadline to submit an application is October 31. Please click here for the application or call 607-269-8993 for more information.