Rotary Club Of Mystic Awards 2023 Spring Grants

Information via Rotary Club of Mystic

MYSTIC, CT — The Rotary Club of Mystic has awarded seven community grants to area 501(c)3 organizations in their 2023 Spring Grant Cycle. A total of $11,000 in grants were awarded to the following organizations.

• Always Home, Inc. received $1,500 in support of their Childcare Solutions Program. This grant supplies financial assistance allowing children to attend summer camp which provides parents’ ability to maintain steady employment.
• Covenant Shelter of New London, Inc. received $900 for installation of two security/safety cameras at their emergency shelter for families and single adults.
• Groton Community Meals was granted $2,809 to assist in providing To Go Meals to Groton community residents suffering from food insecurity.
• Mystic & Noank Library received $1,500 to allow the purchase of computer software identifying employers who “match” employee donations
• Riverfront Children’s Center, in Groton was awarded $2,000 for tuition subsidies for children 12 weeks to 9 years old from low income homes.
• South East CT Community Center of the Blind, Inc. received $791 to assist with travel needs of the blind. Bus tickets allow participants of the Center to travel safely to and from the center to take advantage of services.
• Yellow Farmhouse Education Center, Inc., in Stonington was granted $1,500 to purchase and delivering kelp to 15 high school culinary classrooms in eastern CT during the 2023 New England Kelp Harvest Week April 20 thru May 1.