Kym Crump, President

NEWS RELEASE

Rotary Club of Front Royal Contributes $126,370 In FY2017-2018

For Release: Monday, September 10, 2018 Contact: Rick Novak, Past President (540) 660-9597

Kym Crump, President (540) 671-3482 Doug Stanley, Public Relations Committee Chair (540) 622-4848

Front Royal – At its meeting on Friday, September 7th, the Rotary Club of Front Royal celebrated a history of giving back to the Front Royal-Warren County community. Past President Doug Stanley (2007-2008) presented a history of the Club’s efforts in building community and, in the words of current Rotary International President Barry Rassin, Being the Inspiration.

Stanley noted, “As members of this Club, you have seen firsthand the financial support that this Club provides this community. Each year as Club members we roll up our sleeves each July and go out and raise a bunch of money, only to give it all away at the end of the year and start over for the next year. There are a myriad of organizations, large and small that our Club supports each year.”

Stanley noted that since 1980 through June 30, 2017, the Club has directly contributed $1,447,472 to the local and global communities, supporting many worthy projects and helping many organizations pay to turn the lights on every day. Part of that support has been the Club’s Annual Grant Program. In total, the Club has given out 44 grants totaling $247,600 since 1976. Stanley added that when you look around our community, there are many projects that we were a part of creating including:

- The Current Warren Memorial Hospital - The Northern Virginia 4-H Center - Samuels Public Library that is now the Community Center - Lights at the former Bing Crosby Stadium - The Linden Fire Station

- The Red Cross Disaster Trailer - St. Luke (4) and C-CAP (4) for numerous projects over the years - Fantasyland Playground - Playgrounds at AS Rhodes, Hilda, and Ressie Jeffries Elementary Schools

Immediate Past President Rick Novak (2017-2018) announced this week that

that the Club contributed a total of $126,370 to the local Front Royal-Warren County community as well as the global community served by Rotary International during the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year.

Among the larger contributions made during the year include: $ 13,175 Rotary Foundation $ 13,000 Scholarships to Seniors from Warren County Public and Private

Schools $ 7,571 Rotary Foundation – PolioPlus $ 6,100 Annual Grant – Front Royal Little League – Dugout and

Concession Roofs $ 4,300 Community Project – LOVE Letters and PolioPlus Planting

Project $ 5,000 Ressie Jeffries Playground Project $ 3,400 Annual Grant – C-CAP – Food Program $ 3,048 Coats-4-Kids Project $ 3,000 Warren Coalition – Miles of Smiles Dental Program $ 2,558 Doc Smith Christmas Baskets $ 2,550 LFCC Rotaract Dental Mission Trip to Jamaica $ 2,500 QD Gasque Fund – Miracle Kid Noelle – Lung Transplant

Patient Donation $ 2,500 Rotary Youth Leadership Conference $ 2,000 Blue Ridge Heritage Project – Chimney Project $ 1,640 Camp Fantastic $ 1,400 Youth Exchange Student $ 1,131 Miscellaneous Community Support

Among the larger projects, the Club contributed $5,000 to Ressie Jeffries

Elementary School for its project to construct a new playground as part of its 5-year 2017 pledge to the Ressie Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). When the funds are matched, the playground project should be fully funded.

As part of its Annual Community Grant Program, the Club gave out $6,100 to the Front Royal Little League Organization to pay for the replacement of the roof on the concession stand and 6 dugouts, to place gravel to create a walkway, to purchase an ice cream freezer, and to complete installation of an indoor batting cage by installing a concrete floor and providing heat. The Club also awarded $2,400 to C-CAP of Front Royal for the implementation of technology driven infrastructure for

C-CAP to train volunteers implementing QuickBooks Software and its new Link2Feed operating system which will allow them to expand their foodbank services in the community. C-CAP will also received $1,000 towards their “Fresh Food for Families Initiative.” The Club also provided $2,000 to the Blue Ridge Heritage Project and $1,000 to the Front Royal Police Foundation. In total, the Club gave out $12,500 in grant funding this year. In addition, several club members made their own donations outside the presentations to the Club.

Past President Rick Novak, noted at the presentation that, “Today we continue that tradition of giving by celebrating other organizations in our community that are doing great things all around us!” As part of the program, Rick presented a number checks to organizations including:

Front Royal Little League - $6,100 C-CAP - $3,900 Warren County Backpack Program - $1,000 Blue Ridge Opportunities- $1,000 St. Luke’s Community Clinic - $1,000 Samuels Public Library - $1,000 Warren County Educational Endowment - $1,000 Blue Ridge Arts Council - $1,000 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - $1,000 Warren County Public Schools/Ressie Playground- $5,000 Front Royal Police Foundation - $1,000 Front Royal Women’s Resource Center - $1,000 Blue Ridge Heritage Project - $2,000 Warren Coalition - $3,000

In closing, Rick gave a special “Thank you” to all of the Club’s Annual Corporate Sponsors, Individual Event Sponsors, Our Friends and Family who were invite to the various Fundraisers over the year and,especially, a thank you fellow club members for your efforts last year to make the world a better place! I hope you had some fun along the way!

Past President Rick Novak presents $1,000 donation to Lieutenant Jennifer Kirkland of the Warren County Sheriff’s Office for the DARE Program

Club President Kym Crump said, “The Rotary Club of Front Royal supports a

large number of projects and organizations in the local community. Without the support of our Club members, corporate sponsors, and those who support our fundraisers and events, we would not be able to have this large of an impact in our community. It is truly amazing what a Rotary Club can accomplish with the help of its community business partners and motivated volunteers.”

Past President Rick presents $1,000 donation to representatives of Blue Ridge Opportunities

Past President Rick presents $1,000 donation to Doug Stanley, President of the Warren County Educational Endowment

According to former Club President and Sponsorship Chairman Doug Stanley,

“One of the great jobs that a Club President gets to do is tpresent the checks at the end of the year to the organizations that our Club supports. The Club works hard to raise money starting July 1st of each year, only to give it all away and start over. Rick not only did an excellent job of leading the Club in the past but he was able to help our Club expand its reach into the community.”

2017-2018 Front Royal Rotary Club Grant Recipients

Rick Novak added, “It wasn’t until I became Past President that I realized the extent of what our Club gives back to the community. Being a part of an organization that gives back 100% of the money raised throughout the year is a very rewarding feeling. Over $125,000 was handed out this past year and that is a remarkable thing to be a part of and it continues to get better.”

The Club would like to take the opportunity to thank its FY 2017-2018 Club

sponsors. With the sponsors’ support, the Club is able to better serve the Front Royal-Warren County community.

PLATINUM SPONSORS

The Apple House, Axalta, Joseph F. Silek, Jr., PC, George Karnes, Valley Health/Warren Memorial Hospital

GOLD SPONSORS

CBM Mortgage, Charles and Margaret Huber, Edward Jones, ITFederal, LCW, Kathy P. Napier, Pennoni, Sodexho America, Inc., Union Bank and Trust, Wells Fargo

SILVER SPONSORS

Frederick Andreae, Architect, Main Street Travel

BRONZE SPONSORS Ellen Aders – State Farm Insurance, Family Pharmacy, Fitness Evolution, Marlow Motors, Pond Law Group, PC, Republic Services, Royal Oak Animal Clinic, Inc.,

United Bank, Via Satellite

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS L’Dees Restaurant, Po Greens Catering, Via Satellite

Please contact Doug Stanley at rugbee@embarqmail.com by October 1, 2018 if

you are interested in supporting the Rotary Club of Front Royal through its annual sponsorship campaign.

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