Grant Money Up for Grabs

By Kathy Knotts

Non-profit organizations in Anne Arundel County that serve the needs of children in the areas of education, health and the arts have until March 18 to apply for a grant from the Parole Rotary Foundation Inc.

Parole Rotary’s Foundation awarded $50,000 last year to 20 recipient organizations and expects to do the same in 2022.

Most of the grant money is earned by directing parking at Navy home football games, supplemented by smaller fundraising events held throughout the year.

Organizations and projects that received grants last year include: Germantown Backpack Buddies, $2,176, a backpack buddies program; Let’s Chow, $3,000, a kitchen with a mission training veterans while feeding the homeless; Anne Arundel CASA, Inc., $3,000, program that assigns volunteers to work with children in the court system; AAC Food Bank, $3,000, for baby pantries; Services of the Heart, $3,000, backpack buddies program; Clear Shark H2O, $3,000, for an environmental outreach program to underserved children; Seeds 4 Success, $1,500, for its two-week summer camp for low-income families; Creating Communities, $3,000, for STEM and art programs for low-income children; Assistance League, $3,000, provide school uniforms and books to Title 1 school children; Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park, $3,000, for its year round maritime and ecology program for low-income children; Start the Adventure in Reading, $3,000, remedial reading program for 2nd graders; Girls on the Run, $1,000, program for young girls to promote emotional and physical wellbeing; Londontowne Symphony Orchestra, $2,650, transportation to/from the Halloween concert for disadvantaged children and their parents and/or chaperones; Tennis Alliance of AAC, $1,500, teach tennis to low income children in Brooklyn Park along with library program; YMCA Camp Letts, $1,500, scholarships for low income families for summer day camp; Arundel House of Hope, $3,000, home furnishings for those leaving homelessness; Wellness House of Annapolis, $3,000, counseling and support for children and parents affected by cancer; Opportunity Builders, $1,500, help children with disabilities learn through innovative educational programs; Chesapeake Arts Center, $2,250, mural workshops for students ages 9-13; Center of Help, $3,000, salary for a math tutor for Hispanic children.

The Parole Rotary Club has been giving grants annually to organizations since 1990 through its nonprofit foundation established to support programs that focus on the needs of youth in Anne Arundel County that meet the club’s vision to make a positive difference for youth today so they will make a difference tomorrow.

The Parole Rotary Club is one of 46,000 Rotary clubs around the world. To apply for a grant visit https://bit.ly/ParoleRotaryGrantGuidelines to download the 2022 application guidelines and forms.