- The Leonardtown Rotary was chartered in 1986.
- Rotary is an international organization with over
30,000 clubs worldwide. The first Rotary club was
founded by attorney Paul Harris in Chicago in 1905
with the goal of promoting ethical business practices.
The name Rotary comes from the original practice of
rotating the meeting place among members’ places
of business.
- Leonardtown Rotary’s signature local project is the
“Service with a Smile” a fluoride rinse program for
third graders in St. Mary’s County schools to promote
healthy teeth. Recently the club sent refurbished
computers to schoolchildren in India and helped
furnish a library in India. Currently the club is
participating with the Rural Water Association and
Rotary International in a clean drinking water project
in Honduras. This project will provide water to nine
villages and approximately 2000 people.
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President Cathy Allen with
a blank check--ready for
next year's grant recipients!
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Leonardtown Rotary, PO Box 738, Leonardtown, Maryland 20650
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L to R: Jon Grimm, Community Service Lane Director; Karen Horton, Comm. Mediation; Beverly Sickles, Cedar Lane;
Sam Brown, A Community That Shares; Nancy Easterling, Sotterley; Barbara Bechtel, Greenwell; Kathy Franzen,
Hospice; Caroline Ball & Michael Copenhaver, LHS Interact Club; George Hurlburt, Literacy Council; Sue Smith,
Pajama Connection and Mike Zabko, American Red Cross
- A Community That Shares, INC
- St. Mary’s Home for the Elderly, INC (Cedar Lane)
- Community Mediation Center of St. Mary’s
- Greenwell Foundation
- Historic Sotterley, INC
- Hospice of St. Mary’s
- Leonardtown High School Interact Club
- Literacy Council of St. Mary’s County
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of So. MD
- Pajama Connection – Hollywood United Methodist Church
- St. John’s Saint Vincent de Paul Society
- American Red Cross Southern Maryland Chapter
- Shop With a Cop of, St. Mary’s
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2009 Leonardtown
Rotary Grant
Awards
13 awards totaling
$4,000
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(Please see below)
