Long Neck Sunrise Rotary donations total nearly $33,000

Long Neck Sunrise Rotary Club recently completed distribution of proceeds from its annual charity golf tournament. In its fiscal year ending June 30, the club donated $32,960 to local organizations as well as to Rotary International’s Global Polio Eradication Initiative and special international causes.

Funds donated and beneficiaries include:

• $8,000 for four Service Above Self Scholarships awarded to graduating seniors at Sussex Central High School;

• $3,800 for monthly birthday bash celebrations that present children attending the Oak Orchard Riverdale Boys & Girls Club with $25 gift cards in their birthday month, and all children with a cupcake and juice;

• $6,460 for the Rotary Reads Program serving all students at Long Neck Elementary with the book “Do You Remember” by Sydney Smith;

• $1,500 to Long Neck Elementary for its outdoor classroom;

• $2,000 to Literacy Delaware to support adult literacy;

• $1,200 to the Oak Orchard Riverdale Boys & Girls Club to use for motivational pizza parties;

• $2,500 to the Great Futures Fund to support the addition to the Oak Orchard Riverdale Boys & Girls Club;

• $500 to Rotary International’s Polio Plus program to eradicate polio;

• $500 to Beebe Healthcare;

• $500 to Bayhealth;

• $1,500 to Warrior Community Connect to support its work with veterans;

• $1,000 to Mid-Sussex Rescue Squad;

• $1,000 to Indian River Volunteer Fire Company;

• $1,000 to Tunnel to Towers Foundation supporting veterans and first responders;

• $500 to Maui wildfire relief; and

• $1,000 to Rise Against Hunger.

The Long Neck Sunrise Rotary Club meets weekly at 7:30 a.m., Tuesdays for breakfast at the Ocean Grill II on Long Neck Road. Visitors and prospective members are always welcome. For more information, go to www.longnecksunriserotaryclub.com