Early Bird - Rotary Club

What do we support?

Spring 2011 Grants
Awarded by the Sheboygan Early Bird Rotary Foundation, Inc.

Hearthstone
Power Flour
Rotary International: Every Rotarian Every Year
Salvation Army
Sheboygan County YMCA
World Affairs Seminar 

Since its inception, the Early Bird Rotary Club has donated almost a quarter of a million dollars to a wide variety of charitable organizations both locally and around the world. A few examples of local organizations that have benefited are the 1907 Club, Above and Beyond Children's Museum, Maywood Environmental Park, Spaceport Sheboygan Education Center, and the Lakeland College Malawi Teacher Education Program. In addition, Early Bird Rotary has provided local students with almost $30,000 in scholarships to enable their continuing education. These scholarships are consistent with one of the primary goals of Rotary International - education.

The money raised by Early Bird Rotary reaches well beyond our local communities! Our club has contributed considerable resources to Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation. Through Rotary International we have helped to eradicate polio worldwide and assisted in providing other humanitarian services, encouraged high ethical standards in all vocations and helped to build goodwill and peace. The Rotary Foundation enables Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.

Examples of Rotarians at work:

• The Rotary interchange at 8th and Indiana. Rotarians planted and maintain the flowers
• Loading hospital beds, nightstands, and wheel chairs from a nursing home in Manitowoc to be transported to a nursing home in Mexico.
• Moving furniture from Oshkosh to the Sheboygan SpacePort.
• Assisting with the Sheboygan Falls River Walk cleanup project of Eagle Scout candidate Jimmy Pecquex.
• Donating a washer, dryer and carpet shampooer to Bridgeway House.
• Collecting yogurt tops for Susan G. Komen and pop tops for Ronald McDonald House.
• Filling the pantry at Bridgeway House.
• Adopting families at Christmas through the United Way.

Examples of Rotary funds at work can be found at the following organizations:

1907 Club
Above and Beyond Children’s Museum
Aviation Heritage Center
Bridgeway House
Good News Jail/Prison Ministry
Great Lakes Aerospace Education Center
Hearthstone
Maywood Environmental Park
Polio Plus Campaign
Sharon S. Richardson Hospice
Sheboygan County Law Enforcement Association
Sheboygan Naval Museum and Education Center
ShelterBox
Spaceport Sheboygan Education Center
Lakeland College Malawi Teacher Education Program
Lakeland College Special Assistance Grant Fund (Scholarships)
Technical Schools Scholarship Program
Workbound

Again, all Early Bird Rotarians say "Thank you" for your financial contributions and your support.