Club Projects
IMPRESSIVE HISTORY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
Medical: Purchased first ambulance for HHI rescue squad. Raised $75,000 for worldwide polio eradication. Sponsored "Gift of Life" surgeries for twelve young people from Third World countries. Contributed more than $20,000 for Alzheimers' disease care and research.
Education: Provided more than $300,000 in college scholarships to local students. Sponsor annual international student exchanges. Conduct vocational and mentoring programs in the public schools. Recognize outstanding public and private school students and teachers annually.
Youth Services: Developed Island Rec Center. Sponsored first Boy Scout troop on Hilton Head Island. Purchased first van for Boys and Girls Club. Funded soccer fields, equipment and lighting for Crossing Park. Established Interact Clubs at High Schools on the Island.
Professional Development: Seeded startup of Leadership Hilton Head. Sponsor annual professional international exchanges (in-bound and out-bound). Recognize outstanding small business of the year. Co-sponsor annual breakfast to honor local law enforcement/security officers and firefighters.
Charitable Support: Provide annual bell ringing for Salvation Army. Conduct annual food drive. Seeded start-up of SHARE Center. Co-sponsored Habitat for Humanity Community Center. Led million $ campaign to provide permanent home for Deep Well. Contributions to community total more than $1.7 million.
CURRENT PROJECTS
MEMORY MATTERS: WE DID IT!!! OUR GOAL HAS BEEN MET!
We made a $250,000 commitment to Memory Matters as a matching grant in 2008 for the purpose of helping them find a permanent facility. This important organization helps the families and caretakers of those with Alzheimers and dementia through daytime programs and professional counceling. They had been doing their work out of churches on a temporary basis. Today they have a brand new building. We are continuing to raise funds through several means. Throughout the fall and winter Rotarians are hosting "Dining in with Friends".
To learn more about Memory Matters go to www.memory-matters.org. To help us in our efforts, please contact our Rotary office or send a check to the Community Foundation and note that it is for the Hilton Head Rotary's Memory Matters donor advised fund.
Polio Plus:POLIOPLUS: 
As Rotary International initiative we are raising funds to help support the eradication of polio. At present this horrible disease exists only in four countries worldwide. Rotary has been given a challenge to raise $200 million by 2012. Locally we have partnered with the 5 area Rotary clubs in Beaufort County and the Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association to put on "Heel to Toe for Polio" , a walk at Coligny beach. To learn more about this initiative and the status of polio cases accross the world visit http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/Polio/Pages/ridefault.aspx?housead.
Join our polio walk on October 8, 2011 as a walker or a sponsor. Click here for more information.
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SALVATION ARMY:
One of our community service projects is to help ring the bell at holiday time for the Salvation Army. Look for us outside local stores throughout November and December.
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LITERACY:
During the spring we assist the Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry at their annual "Cooks and Books" event. We will help with the setup, teardown, ticket sales and at the beverage table and wherever else we can be of use.
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SCHOLARSHIPS:
During the spring Hilton Head Rotarians are the bus greeters and fore-caddies for the Heritage Classic Golf Tournament. We use the funds raised to provide scholarships to local students.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Throughout the year we take on projects to help in the community. One of our "hands-on" projects has been to help the Coastal Discovery Museum with their seashell pathway.
