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Welcome to The Rotary Club of Menlo Park And The Rotary Club of Menlo Park Foundation
Rotary Club of Menlo Park Makes $5000 Grants to Two Non-Profit Groups
The Rotary Club of Menlo Park has chosen two non-profit groups to receive $5000 grants: CASA of San Mateo County and Paws for Purple Hearts. They were chosen from a group of 25 applicant organizations that submitted funding proposals that identified compelling needs in our community and proposed projects to meet those needs.
Paws for Purple Hearts Program
Paws for Purple Hearts is a program within the Bergin University of Canine Studies in Santa Rosa. Paws for Purple Hearts began as a pilot program two years ago at the Trauma Recovery Unit at the Veterans Affairs facility in Menlo Park. The purpose of the project is twofold: to provide well-trained service dogs to veterans with mobility impairments; and, at the same time, to create an opportunity for veterans in active duty service to address their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms, through the medium of training a service dog.
The Rotary grant will help the Paws program foster independence for veterans who use a wheelchair. At the same time the program will engage other veterans, those with PTSD, to help take care of their own, by training the help dogs. Helping veterans to help other veterans demonstrates a win-win-win model for the injured veteran, the veteran dog trainers, and the community.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of San Mateo County
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of San Mateo County partners caring adults with children who have come under the court's protection because their parents can't or won't take care of them. The group recruits and trains the adult community volunteers to monitor and speak up for children in foster care or delinquency systems. The $5,000 grant to CASA will be used in its Academic Success Project. This program seeks to improve higher education and vocational outcomes for foster children through individual student and systems-wide advocacy. Roughly 33 percent of foster children experience five or more mid-year school changes, which cost a child an estimated four to six months of academic progress. CASA programs cover many of the same communities served by the Rotary Club of Menlo Park -- Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, Atherton and Redwood City. In 2008 alone, 47 children were removed to foster homes in these communities. Awards Process The Rotary Club of Menlo Park advertised the availability of $10,000 in grants through newspapers, Rotary contacts, and on its website. Over 25 organizations submitted applications. These proposals were evaluated using three criteria: *the identification of a compelling need of an underserved population in our local communities *the plan to carry out an provide a final report on a project to alleviate one of these needs *the ability to raise awareness of the ongoing service of Menlo Park Rotary in our community
What We Do
The Rotary Club of Menlo Park provides an opportunity for people to work together to enhance the lives of children, the elderly, and other underserved members of our local communities. Our members are men and women living and working in Menlo Park, Atherton, and surrounding communities. Additionally, we work with Rotary International to help people around the world who are struggling for survival. However, it is not all work, we have a fun time socializing as well. Many of us also support each other's careers, adding to our networking ability.
Watch a short video about our club
Four Avenues of Rotary Service Opportunities:
Community Service College Scholarships Annual high school Academic Awards Ceremony Tutoring Student leadership program Grants to local non-profit groups Local work projects, such as Special Olympics and Rebuilding Together
International Service $300,000 matching grant for health, water, air quality, and microlending in Guatemala Matching grants for pipe system for potable water in Guatemala Support of Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars Support of the International Groups Study Exchange Program
Vocational Service
Club Service Annual Club BBQ Holiday Luncheon Tutor Appreciation Luncheon Weekly speaker program TGIF’s Wine appreciation group
The Rotary Club of Menlo Park Foundation
The Rotary Club of Menlo Park Foundation gives as much as $114,000 each year in scholarships to local high school students. We also provide grants to local non-profit groups.
100% of Donations to The Rotary Club of Menlo Park Foundation are tax deductible, since none of these funds are used for administrative expenses!
Join Us for a Club Meeting
Even though Rotary Membership is by invitation only, you are welcome to visit a club meeting and meet our members. The Rotary Club of Menlo Park meets every Wednesday at 12:15pm at Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. RSVP to rsvp@menloparkrotary.org if you would like to attend a meeting.
The Rotary Club of Menlo Park has a Facebook page with more club news.
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