Since it’s inception, our club has been a supporter of the Rotary Foundation because our founders believed donations to the Foundation can have huge impacts locally and globally.  Most donations to the Foundation are either to the Annual Fund or Polio Plus.  We’ll discuss other funds in the future.  Included in your quarterly dues is a $25 donation to the Annual Fund.  One half of the funds donated come back to our District in three years to be used for District Grants.  Our club has recently used a District Grant in the amount of $2000 to create Take Out Art Kits for local elementary students. The other funds are used for Global Grants. If you were at our July 8th meeting, you heard about the $330,000 global grant our club was awarded to create a living water dam for Heart for Africa in Swaziland (now eSwatini). In both cases, these funds are used to match funds clubs raise and have a multiplier effect leveraging Rotarian’s contributions.  Donations to Polio Plus go directly to help in Rotary’s efforts to eradicate polio.  Our efforts began in 1985, and we are so very close top accomplishing this goal!