Rotary Home & Garden Show to benefit nonprofits, students
Posted by Kaitlin Russitano
on Feb 22, 2012
Published: Saturday, February 18, 2012 – Saratogian.com
Thousands of people who stop by the Saratoga Springs Rotary Club Home & Garden Show — which this year is March 2-4 at the City Center — do so to look for ideas and to check out the more than 120 vendors.
At the same time, attendees are helping local nonprofits, as well as college-bound students.
In recent years, the show has raised more than $100,000 annually, most of which is divided between local contributions and major financial gifts to community organizations and youth scholarships.
In its last fiscal year, Saratoga Springs Rotary Club awarded $14,800 to CAPTAIN Youth & Family Services in Malta and $7,000 to the Franklin Community Center in Saratoga Springs. Additional contributions totaling more than $24,000 were given to other local organizations such as Little League, Rebuilding Together, Shelters of Saratoga and Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Services.
The club also provided $10,000 to Rotary International to support polio eradication around the world, to help Japan’s earthquake and tsunami victims and for other humanitarian projects.
An additional focus of Saratoga Springs Rotary is youth scholarships. In 2011, the club awarded 14 area high school seniors with scholarships worth $48,000 for their pursuit of post-secondary education. The scholarship program is supported financially by the not-for-profit Saratoga Springs Rotary Education Foundation.
Saratoga Springs Rotary Club scholarships in the past few years have ranged from $1,500 up to the club’s Presidential Scholarship, which provides $16,000 over four years to one graduating senior. For details about the scholarships, go to www.saratogaspringsscholarships.org.
For more details about the upcoming home show, go to www.saratogahomeshow.com.
To learn more about the club and how to join, go to www.saratogaspringsrotary.org or call president Jim Doern at 581-8441.
Thousands of people who stop by the Saratoga Springs Rotary Club Home & Garden Show — which this year is March 2-4 at the City Center — do so to look for ideas and to check out the more than 120 vendors.
At the same time, attendees are helping local nonprofits, as well as college-bound students.
In recent years, the show has raised more than $100,000 annually, most of which is divided between local contributions and major financial gifts to community organizations and youth scholarships.
In its last fiscal year, Saratoga Springs Rotary Club awarded $14,800 to CAPTAIN Youth & Family Services in Malta and $7,000 to the Franklin Community Center in Saratoga Springs. Additional contributions totaling more than $24,000 were given to other local organizations such as Little League, Rebuilding Together, Shelters of Saratoga and Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Services.
The club also provided $10,000 to Rotary International to support polio eradication around the world, to help Japan’s earthquake and tsunami victims and for other humanitarian projects.
An additional focus of Saratoga Springs Rotary is youth scholarships. In 2011, the club awarded 14 area high school seniors with scholarships worth $48,000 for their pursuit of post-secondary education. The scholarship program is supported financially by the not-for-profit Saratoga Springs Rotary Education Foundation.
Saratoga Springs Rotary Club scholarships in the past few years have ranged from $1,500 up to the club’s Presidential Scholarship, which provides $16,000 over four years to one graduating senior. For details about the scholarships, go to www.saratogaspringsscholarships.org.
For more details about the upcoming home show, go to www.saratogahomeshow.com.
To learn more about the club and how to join, go to www.saratogaspringsrotary.org or call president Jim Doern at 581-8441.