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Fairfield Rotary Club Foundation Grants for 2010

In the spirit of putting "Service Above Self", the Fairfield Rotary Club has donated more than $280,000.00 over the past 22 years in grant funding to numerous non-profit organizations. In 2010, grants were given to seventeen worthy organizations in the area and overseas.

The seventeen grant recipients for 2010, totaling $20,000.00, are:

Fairfield Public Schools  - $250 awarded Sponsor: Bill Llewellyn Purpose: Scrubby Bear Program Contact: Lori Mediate Center for Women & Families  - $1,250 awarded Sponsor: Tony Hwang Purpose: Build new satellite location Contact: Deb Greenwood CLASP Homes  - $1,250 awarded Sponsor: Ed Michaels Purpose: Replace kitchen floor Contact: Robin Hammond Agape Society  - $250 awarded Sponsor: Norma Peterson Purpose: Day in Sun picnic Contact: David Orticelli, Chris Lyddy Thomas Merton Center  - $2,000 awarded Sponsor: Jim Hughes Purpose: Repair tile wall Contact: Mark Grasso Mercy Learning  - $1,500 awarded Sponsor: Gene Richter Purpose: ModuMath software Contact: Kathy Parisi Junior Achievement  - $650 awarded Sponsor: Kevin Lesko Purpose: Financial literacy classes at McKinley Contact: Julia DeMeo International Institute of CT  - $1,000 awarded Sponsor: Pete Penczer Purpose: Repair air conditioner Contact: Angela Zukowski Saint Catherine Academy  - $1,000 awarded Sponsor: Kevin Lesko Purpose: Exercise and PE equipment Contact: Helen Burland Hospital Albert Schweitzer  - $2,000 awarded Sponsor: Bill Kueffner Purpose: Cell phones Contact: Caroline House  - $1,000 awarded Sponsor: Norma Peterson Purpose: Nutritious meals for pre-schoolers Contact: Mary Ellen Gavin Community Closet  - $1,000 awarded Sponsor: George Markley Purpose: Create web site Contact: Laurie Gross, Karen Seferi Family Services Woodfield  - $1,200 awarded Sponsor: John Beckman Purpose: Computer/software Contact: Wayne Valaitis Bridgeport Rescue Mission  - $2,350 awarded Sponsor: John Lee Purpose: Ice machine Contact: Linda Casey, Terry Wilcox Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust  - $1,100 awarded Sponsor: Tom Walsh Purpose: Computer/software Contact: Elizabeth Torres Council for Children in Crisis  - $300 awarded Sponsor: Oscar Recalde Purpose: Thanksgiving food baskets Contact: Fairfield Follies Foundation  - $1,900 awarded Sponsor: John Beckman Purpose: Music program Contact:

Committee:

Scott McCain (Chair)
Gary Kealey
Tom Betzig
Gene Richter
Vance Hancock
Norma Peterson

Recipients of the Fairfield Rotary Club Foundation Grants:

• 2009
• 2008
• 2007