Carthage Rotary Club
SERVICE PROJECTS
• Brats on the Square – Members cook and serve thousands of brats & fixings annually during Maple Leaf weekend to raise funds for scholarships and other service projects
• Youth Scholarships – Our Club grants 5 – 8 $1,000 scholarships to deserving Carthage High School seniors annually
• Dictionary Project – Our Club purchases dictionaries in English & Spanish
and members distribute books personally to hundreds of 3rd graders in Carthage R-9 and surrounding districts
• RYLA – Our Club sponsors and transports Carthage High School Juniors to participate in this annual leadership and service weekend retreat
• Kids Fishing Day – Our Club partners with Kellogg Lake Board to stock the lake with extra fish at this annual event and members cook and serve more than 1,500 hotdogs to kids and families
• Golf Tournament – Members gather sponsors and players annually for this Spring tournament to raise funding for scholarships and other service projects
• 4-Way Speech Contest – Our Club sponsors an annual contest for Carthage High School Speech & Debate students based on our Rotary 4-Way Test; monetary prizes awarded
• Polio Eradication – Our Club supports the Rotary International Foundation to eliminate polio in the world
• Public Park Beautification – Members helped spread tons of mulch to renew flowerbeds in Central Park and our Club purchased a new bench for Griggs Park
• Fire Pups Program – Members helped raise awareness and funding for the Carthage Fire Department Fire Pups Education Program and purchased equipment for the program
• Medical Supply Network, Inc. – Members support this Rotary District 6110 project to deliver medical supplies to developing nations with monetary support and helping to pack supplies
• Sawyer Water Filters – Our Club purchased more than 30 filters and sent them to Belize to help underdeveloped areas have access to clean water
• Members participate with their hands, hearts and/or dollars in support of many other charities and disaster relief efforts such as Joplin Tornado Relief, Art Feeds Carthage, Carthage Bright Futures, Miracle Field, Haiti Earthquake Relief, and more
• Our Club encourages members to participate and provides matches for Every Rotarian Every Year & Paul Harris Fellowships, programs which support Rotary Foundation and its service projects around the world
We welcome your support in our service efforts in the Carthage community and around the world. To make a tax deductible gift, please make checks payable to Carthage Community Foundation – Carthage Rotary Charitable Fund.
