College Park Rotary Club Donates Over $14,000 to Local Charities

Orlando, FL, October 30, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The Rotary Club of College Park’s annual Taste of College Park Food and Wine Festival raised over $30,000 in 2009. The proceeds from this event are distributed to area organizations. Each member of the College Park Club has the opportunity to make a request for their “charity of choice” to receive a donation. This year each request was fulfilled and over $14,000 went to the following organizations:

Adult Literacy League
Be An Angel Dog Therapy
Beta Center
Camaraderie Foundation
Causes for Change International
Central Florida Sentinels of Freedom
Christian Service Center for Central Florida
Dogabetics
Dress for Success
Edgewood Children’s Ranch
Florida Hospital of Health Science Grace Fund
Girl Scouts of Citrus Council

Guide Dogs for the Blind
Harbor House of Florida
Heart of Romania Children Foundation
Lake Silver Elementary
Lockhart Elementary
New Hope for Kids
Orlando/Sanford HOPE Teams
Orlando Volleyball Academy
Primrose Center
Princeton Elementary
Ronald McDonald House
Schnauzer Love Rescue
STARS Club
US Lacrosse

Rotary, founded in 1905, is a volunteer organization of 1.2 million business and professional leaders uniting to provide humanitarian service and goodwill through community service projects. Rotary club members work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.

Feel free to join them for a meeting to see what your College Park Rotarians are doing for your community. Meetings are every Thursday morning from 7:30 am - 8:30 am at Dubsdread Country Club, 549 W. Par Street, Orlando (breakfast included). For more information visit www.CollegeParkRotary.org

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