SMLRotary

The Rotary Club of Smith Mountain Lake

The Rotary Club of Smith Mountain Lake meets twice each month in Moneta, Virginia. 32 members are actively involved in charitable projects that benefit the local community, and in other charitable projects that are regional and international in scope.

Our largest local project partners with Lake Christian Ministries to help alleviate hunger and improve nutrition in the communities that surround Smith Mountain Lake.

Our top international project is the 25-year fight to eradicate polio worldwide.

The Rotary motto “Service Above Self” conveys the humanitarian spirit of the organization’s more than 1.2 million members. Rotary Club members are business and professional leaders who make a difference both locally and internationally through their service to their community and the world.

During the past Rotary year (July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011) through member contributions and SML Rotary’s two major fundraisers, Night at the Races and Christmas Tree Sales, our club has provided financial support and service in the following areas:

LOCAL:

• SML Rotary contributed $9500 for the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for the clients of Lake Christian Ministries. Over 100 volunteers have spent many hours involved in this project.
• SML Rotary donated $4,000 for local High School Scholarships.
• SML Rotary held an “Excellence in Education” Banquet and provided awards to honor the “Teacher of the Year” from the ten elementary and middle schools in our area, both Franklin and Bedford counties, at a cost of approximately $2,000.
• SML Rotary provided 18 Thanksgiving baskets of food, including a Turkey Gift Certificate, for needy families in the Smith Mountain Lake area.
• SML Rotary supported the Good Neighbors Program with both volunteer hours and a grant of $2,000.
• SML Rotary volunteers coordinate the event parking each year for the SML Chamber of Commerce Business Expo.
• SML Rotary maintains the Franklin County Community Park playground (built & donated by Rotary).
• SML Rotary members prepared and served an evening meal for Ronald McDonald House guests and made a donation of $1,000. We also collected over a bushel of pop-top tabs for the McDonald’s Pop-Top Program.
• SML Rotary supported Unbridled Change with a grant of $750.
• SML Rotary supported St. Francis Service Dogs with a grant of $500.
• SML Rotary supported CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) with a grant of $500. CASA volunteers are trained as advocates for children who have been abused and/or neglected.
• SML Rotary actively supported Lake Cleanup, the Charity Home Tour, and the Virginia Dare Flotilla for Toys.

INTERNATIONAL:

• SML Rotary contributed over $3,300 to Rotary International’s PolioPlus Program. Our goal is to eradicate polio from the face of the earth. Polio now exists in only four (4) countries: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan. Since the inception of the PolioPlus program by Rotary in 1985, more than two billion children have received oral polio vaccine. To date, 210 countries around the world are polio-free.
• We contributed over $5,500 (over $150 per member) for other worldwide projects through the Rotary International Annual Programs. The major focus is the advancement of international goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons. These programs center on humanitarian service and the largest of these programs are for Education, Poverty, Water Quality, Sanitation, Health and Hunger.