COVID-19 Response
Through fundraising efforts, Sammamish Rotary is responding to the impact of the global COVID-19 crisis with grants to local and international nonprofits supporting those in need in the following areas:
- Food, Water, Hygiene, Medicine
- Homelessness – emergency shelters/ temporary housing/eviction prevention
- Job Creation
- Mental Health
To date, the Sammamish Rotary COVID-19 Response Fund has awarded the following grants:
Local Grants
Organization
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What We Supported
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Mission Statement
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supply of diapers and formula. |
We imagine a world where all children are healthy, safe, and prepared to build their own futures. |
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volunteer transportation to critical medical appointments, assistance accessing food and supplies; routine client check-in. |
Providing Support & Assistance Needed for Seniors to Remain Independent |
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Increased cold storage (reach-in refrigerator & 6 chest freezers) for food distribution. |
Working to end poverty through food assistance, employment services, financial assistance, housing, transportation, adult education, financial capabilities, energy assistance and family development. |
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financial assistance for rent and utilities. |
Providing emergency financial assistance for utilities and rent. |
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Youth summer meal program for residents of Imagine Housing. |
Youth Development, Healthy Living, Social Responsibility |
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financial assistance for rent and utilities. |
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an international Catholic organization of lay persons who seek, in a spirit of justice and charity and by person-to-person involvement, to help those who are suffering from economic adversity without regard to religious affiliation. |
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Support for virtual mental health services through HIPAA-compliant web-based technology, Telehealth. |
Youth Eastside Services (YES) is a leading provider of youth and family behavioral health services in East King County. |
International Grants
Organization
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What We Supported
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Mission Statement
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emergency food supplies for 150 families for 30 days; goat milk for 60 days for malnourished children; PPE supplies. |
Agros advances a holistic model of economic and social development through four key opportunity areas: land ownership, market-led agriculture, financial empowerment, and health & well-being. |
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emergency food for 100 families, technical assistance for food production; PPE for health workers and families. |
Agros advances a holistic model of economic and social development through four key opportunity areas: land ownership, market-led agriculture, financial empowerment, and health & well-being. |
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Preparation of COVID-19 informational materials, print 7,000 copies; training materials and deliver them to village elders in Lutukira and surrounding villages. Four treadle sewing machines for a mask sewing project that will provide jobs for women in Lutukira providing an opportunity to learn skills to support themselves. |
Dedicated to providing quality basic health, education and infrastructure to meet the needs of orphans and vulnerable children in one of the poorest regions in southern Tanzania. |
For more information on the work of the COVID-19 Response Fund Committee, please email us at info@sammamishrotary.org.