Peekskill Rotary Foundation Donations 2004-2005

The Rotary Club of Peekskill presented grants, scholarships and awards to more than 50 organizations and individuals in Peekskill, Cortlandt and internationally during the past year. Many recipients sent us letters thanking us for our help and several excerpts are included on these pages. The primary source of funding for these Rotary grants is the club’s Annual Horse Show.

American Cancer Society

Cortland American Little League

Field Library

Field Library: five story telling workshops for 5th-8th graders

Field Library: "library Live" summer evening programs for families.

Fontana Scholarships

Fontana Scholarship Fund

Friends Network

Friends Network: creating an office for programs and meetings

Helen Kaushik Women’s College (Resource Environmental Group)

Hendrick Hudson Free Library

Holy Spirit Church Food Panty

Jamaica Dental Project

Jan Peek Shelter

Keon Center

Lapolla Little League

Lapolla Scholarship

Lehigh University

Paul Harris Fellowship

Peekskill Area Pastors’ Association (Christmas Dinner)

Peekskill EMS Vial of Life

Peekskill High School Reading Program

Peekskill Parks and Recreation Easter Egg Hunt

Peekskill Parks and Recreation Summer Day Camp

Peekskill Police Department Rescue Program

Peekskill Presbyterian Church Thanksgiving Dinner

Peekskill School District (Holiday Singers)

Peekskill Youth Bureau

Premier Athletic – Cystic Fibrosis Fund

Reading is Fundamental

Rotary Gift of Life Foundation

Rotary International Tsunami Relief

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

Salvation Army

Salvation Army: summer camp for 26 children

Scholarship and Fellowship Awards

The Paramount Center for the Arts

Voices of Outreach

Women’s Association Millet Grinder (Peace Corps)

Woodside Elementary School Music Program

Youth Exchange Student Program

The Paramount Center for the Arts	Keon Center

On March 4, 2005 the Peekskill Paramount Theatre hosted the weekly Peekskill Rotary meeting. At this time, Rotary president , Keith Bobolia, presented a check to Jon Yanofsky, Director of the Paramount, in the amount of $2,000. This contribution from Rotary Foundation Funds was given to assist the Paramount in their renovation plans, including the building of a loading dock for the facility. This gift is one example of how Rotary Foundation Funds are used to assist local projects and organizations.	Peekskill Rotary President Keith Bobolia presents a check for $500 to William Melville, executive director of the Keon Center. The Center celebrated its 50th year of service providing the most comprehensive, vocational life skill training center in Westchester County.

Helen Kaushik Women’s College

Peekskill Rotarian Dr. Donald Plunkett traveled to Rajasthan, India in November to deliver a management lecture to students at the Helen Kaushik Women’s College. The school, on the edge of the Great India Desert and close to the Pakistani border, offers to women an extraordinary growth opportunity in a part to the country where their futures are typically bleak. While there, Dr. Plunkett presented a check for $1,200 from the Peekskill Rotary Club to fund a one-year scholarship that will include room and board. As a result, a young woman from the area will likely have a future unimaginable to many there.

Hendrick Hudson Free Library

Peekskill Rotary President Keith Bobolia presents a check for $1,000 to Conny Dyckman, director of the Hendrick Hudson Free Library to help support the library’s Summer Reading Program.