Thank you for your support. 

With your help last year, we raised more than $77,000 for the greater Kent community and our international projects, including the following:

            $27,000 for Backpack Buddies, our club’s program to provide weekend food to students experiencing food insecurity.

            $20,000 for college scholarships to local high school seniors.

            $20,000 for community grants, including:                    

                        The Kent YMCA,

The Fishing Experience in partnership with Kent City Parks Department,

                        Harvest Against Hunger,

                        Music 4 Life, a Rotary District program to put used instruments in Kent schools,

                        Kent Youth and Family Services,

And others.

            $7,500 for international projects, including:

                        Water projects in Tanzania and Senegal,

                        Support of vulnerable women in Kenya, and

                        Leukemia diagnostic kits for Honduras.

The Rotary Club of Kent has been serving the greater Kent Community for 64 years.  The Rotary Club of Kent Foundation is the Club’s 501(c)(3) foundation to which tax deductible donations can be made.  The Foundation's Federal Tax ID Number is 91-1522960.  All the net proceeds of  our annual auction will be used to support our local and international projects, including food and water insecurity scholarships, education, and other community service non-profit organizations.  None of the funds raised at the auction benefit the Club or its members.  For more on the Club and Foundation visit www.kenrotary.com.