The Rotary Club of Montpelier recently awarded community grants to 24 local organizations.
Front row, left to right: Dan Groberg, Montpelier Senior Center; Brooke Salls, Good Samaritan Haven; Joanne Vyce, Central Vermont Adult Basic Education; Nicole DiDomenico, Norwich University Rotaract; Allison Levin, Community Harvest; Claire Kendall, Family Center of Washington County; Patricia St. John, Green Mountain Girls State; Melinda Vieux, Green Up Vermont; and Tom McKone, Kellogg Hubbard Library.
Back row, left to right: Paul Gambill, Montpelier Chamber Orchestra (obscured); Mark Hudson, Vermont Historical Society; Kristen Andrews, Just Basics; Ed McCollin, Green Mountain Boy Scout Council; Kim Bent, Lost Nation Theater; Peter Youngbaer, People’s Health & Wellness Clinic; Sandy Rousse, Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice; Brian Gallagher, Vermont Mountaineers; Christina Goodwin, Home Share Now.
Grant recipients not pictured: North Branch Nature Center, Capital City Concerts, Good Beginnings of Central Vermont, The American Legion/Boys State.
Through fundraising efforts, the Montpelier Rotary Club has contributed thousands of dollars annually to Central Vermont organizations, scholarships to local high school students and humanitarian projects around the world.