Rotary Club of Alexandria Raises $75K At Taste For Giving

From the Rotary Club of Alexandria:

November 28 2019

Rotary Club of Alexandria’s Annual Taste for Giving a HUGE Success

The Rotary Club of Alexandria is pleased to announce that it raised $75,000 at its signature “Taste for Giving” fundraiser on Friday, October 25, 2019. These proceeds will fund more than 35 grants to nonprofit organizations in the Alexandria community that advance literacy for children and adults and/or improve the lives of children, youth, seniors, and others with special needs.

The annual Taste for Giving, held each October in partnership with over 15 of Alexandria’s best restaurants, features excellent food, delicious wine and beer, live music, along with raffles and silent and live auctions in the spectacular atrium of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Building. The ongoing success of the event is due in large part to the dozens of volunteers from the staffs and associates of the local nonprofit grantees.

The applications for the 2020 grants will be available on the Rotary Club of Alexandria’s website (http://rotaryclubofalexandria.net/) starting on January 1, 2020, with a submission deadline of February 28, 2020. This year’s grant monies will be awarded at the club’s annual Contribution’s Day Luncheon which will be held on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at Belle Haven Country Club.

Rotary President Sharon Meisel reflects, “each year Taste for Giving grows larger and generates more proceeds to help those in need. I am so proud of our Rotary Club members and their commitment to Alexandria. Rotary brings us all together and builds community.”

The Rotary Club of Alexandria, chartered in 1928, has over 110 members who meet weekly at Belle Haven Country Club and live their motto of “service above self” across our Alexandria community and around the world.

This press release was produced by the Rotary Club of Alexandria. The views expressed here are the author’s own.