In light of the COVID19 pandemic, the Rotary Club of Fonthill decided together with their community partners to defer the Raise the Arches project. Additionally, the club is deferring its major 2020 fundraisers including Purse Bingo and Niagara Family FunFest so that members can focus on support to the local community.
The Fabric Mask Initiative: Members reached out to the community for help in organizing a project producing sewn fabric masks for distribution to individuals and community organizations. To date, the Rotary Club of Fonthill together with community volunteers has produced and distributed over 2,100 masks! The Fabric Mask Initiative has provided opportunities for the club to promote fundraising efforts of local charities whose resources have been stretched by the pandemic.
The club has undertaken a provision of $1,400 in supplies including eggs, milk, and butter to our local food bank Pelham Cares utilizing a District Grant.
On May 5th the club announced a contribution of $350 to Ronald McDonald House Charities' Meals That Heal.
Club member and District Membership Director Angela Carter together with other District partners recently launched the #RotaryD7090Challenge to #TagtheSpirit. Club members were pleased to participate and continue to promote this initiative to spread the positivity, service, and spirit of Rotary on social media.
The Rotary Club of Fonthill has resumed regular weekly meetings remotely by Zoom with great success and is organizing a ‘Quarantine at Home - online BINGO Social’ on May 27.
Pictured are two community volunteers, Our Mask(ed) Heroes Tove Bowman (Past-Secretary 2009-12, Paul Harris Fellow 2013) and Dr. Jim Dixon.
