The Rotary Club of Fort Myers South has over 120 members who are among the 1.3 million Rotarians worldwide. “Service Above Self” is the motto of Rotary International, which has contributed more than $1.2 billion and tens of thousands of volunteer hours toward polio eradication in addition to projects such as water quality, world peace and literacy. For more information about the Rotary Club of Fort Myers South visit www.rotarysouth.org.
Lending A Hand – Rotary International
Through the generosity of our members and events such as the John Carrigan Rotary South All-Star Classic, the Rotary Club of Fort Myers South’s Foundation has donated more than $83,000 in funding for the following projects and organizations in the past year:
- FMPD Fallen Officer Memorial Foundation
- Family Initiative
- AFCAAM
- Trauma kits for local law enforcement agencies
- Creative Theater – production of a play geared towards the deaf
- Florida Mission of Mercy – supplies for dental services
- Junior Achievement of SWFL – youth education
- Foundation for Lee County Public Schools – classroom grants
- SalusCare – therapeutic landscaping for children with mental health or substance abuse conditions
- Early Learning Coalition – scholarships for instructor certification
- Big Rig Books
- Boy Scouts Southwest Florida Council – Lee County Scoutreach multicultural program
- De La Salle Academy
- Lee County Alliance for the Arts – capital campaign for campus improvement/Rotary entry
- Project Dentists Care – grant to provide dentures
- I Will Mentorship Foundation – Discovery Program
- Friends of the Fort Myers Library – literacy project
- Dictionary Day for Lee County third graders
- Josh the Otter – water safety program
- International Clean Water Aqueduct Project – Dominican Republic