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What a way to kick off the second half of Margaret's Presidential Year. Our club had been involved in many overseas projects funded by a Global Grant but this one is special because it doesn’t help fund a major international project, overseas.
It’s fundamental-kids who can’t hear can’t learn. If they don’t learn, their future job prospects are limited. We have hundreds of kids like this in WA. Many of them live in rural indigenous communities. Sometimes people ask what we are doing to support local communities with global grants.
Well now we are, at Moora, and addressing a solvable challenge that will change lives.
Congratulations to Chris Whelan for seeing how we could do this and link to his old Alcoa mates who are members of RC Washington in Pennsylvania. Congratulations to Tom Atkinson for landing this, his first as International Director.
It’s fundamental-kids who can’t hear can’t learn. If they don’t learn, their future job prospects are limited. We have hundreds of kids like this in WA. Many of them live in rural indigenous communities. Sometimes people ask what we are doing to support local communities with global grants.
Well now we are, at Moora, and addressing a solvable challenge that will change lives.
Congratulations to Chris Whelan for seeing how we could do this and link to his old Alcoa mates who are members of RC Washington in Pennsylvania. Congratulations to Tom Atkinson for landing this, his first as International Director.
Confirmation email from Rotary International
Dear members:
Congratulations! Your global grant application for funding to improve access to early intervention speech and hearing services for developmentally vulnerable children by providing audiology equipment and support for integrated ear health and speech programs in Moora, Western Australia., submitted by the Rotary Club of Applecross and the Rotary Club of Washington, has been approved by The Rotary Foundation. The award is in the amount of US$ 59,946.00.
This letter serves as formal notification of your grant approval and explains what you need to do to receive grant payment. It also contains important information about travel, grant reporting, the conditions you must meet for the grant to be closed (if applicable), and links to additional resources.
Dorothy
Congratulations! Your global grant application for funding to improve access to early intervention speech and hearing services for developmentally vulnerable children by providing audiology equipment and support for integrated ear health and speech programs in Moora, Western Australia., submitted by the Rotary Club of Applecross and the Rotary Club of Washington, has been approved by The Rotary Foundation. The award is in the amount of US$ 59,946.00.
This letter serves as formal notification of your grant approval and explains what you need to do to receive grant payment. It also contains important information about travel, grant reporting, the conditions you must meet for the grant to be closed (if applicable), and links to additional resources.
Steven Sundstrom
Regional Grants Officer | Rotary Grants
Email to Tom Atkinson from our Grant partner the Rotary Club of WashingtonOn behalf of the Rotary Club of Washington, I want to congratulate you and your club for an outstanding achievement. The children of Western Australia will never know your names; they will only know that someone cared enough to help them hear. It is an overwhelming amount of work requiring intense attention to detail, but your club pulled it off. Thank you for allowing us to be part of it!
Dorothy
DorothyTecklenburg
Rotary of Washington, PA
