Youth: The club promotes the Four-Way Test with elementary school
presentations by Club members and middle school essay contests; provide student
recognition; sponsor three to four delegates to the Rotary Youth Leadership
Award Conference; and provide $5,000 through seven scholarships for
post-secondary education.
Boys & Girls Home: The Roxboro Club actively participates in Rotarys
commitment to the Boys & Girls Home at Lake Waccamaw through field trips;
providing material needs for the Rotary Cottage.
Needy Families: Our members share in Person Counties annual
fund-raising for the needy by contributing and delivering food and other items
families in need at Christmas.
The Rotary Foundation: We support the programs of the Foundation
through annual & planned giving; by participation in Group Study Exchange;
sponsoring Ambassadorial Scholars; and in the development of matching grants. We
recently participated in an exchange and hosted an eight pair group from
Australia.
Golf Tournament: A golf tournament was held at Cedar Grove Golf Course
and experienced a good turnout for our first event. The club cleared
approximately $1,000 that was donated to the Person County Museum and to
Safe-Haven.
Picnic Shelter: In the Fall of 1997, we built a picnic shelter at Bushy
Fork Park with Rotary volunteers, who worked very hard and turned out the best
shelter in the program, as reported by the Person County Recreation Department.
Hunger: The
goal this year is to provide 1,000,000 ready made meals to be sent to the Congo.
Dictionary Project: We
are currently providing all third graders dictionaries in Person County.
We are also providing dictionaries and thesauruses to the Charter High School.
