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Pedals for Progress has received, processed and donated over 115,000 bicycles, 1,000 used sewing machines and $10.8 million in new spare parts to partner charities in 32 developing world countries. The Vineland Rotary Club has an on-going bike and treadle sewing machine collection. in 2008, we donated 117 bikes, helping 117 families in need. Contact Henry Hansen at 856-696-0643 for more info.
Decades ago, polio outbreaks were a constant threat around the world. After the introduction of polio vaccines by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin and a steadfast immunization effort, these outbreaks became part of history in most of the world.
Yet many still live under the threat of polio, which is why Rotary and its global partners are committed to reaching every child with the vaccine and ending this disease worldwide.
Major gains have been made in the global fight against polio:
- In the 1980s, 1,000 children were infected by the disease every day in 125 countries. Today, polio cases have declined by 99 percent, with fewer than two thousand cases reported in 2006.
- Two billion children have been immunized, five million have been spared disability, and over 250,000 deaths from polio have been prevented.
- Challenger League
The Challenger Division was established in 1989 as a separate division of Little League Baseball to enable boys and girls with physical and mental disabilities, ages 5-18 or the completion of high school, to enjoy the game of baseball along with the millions of other children who participate in this sport worldwide.
 
Linda Foster Rose Robles
Orchid Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation, is dedicated to the continued service and maintenance of the Armando Rosenberg Home and School. The orphanage, located in Sabana Perdida, the largest barrio in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, currently houses one hundred and forty children from throughout the Dominican Republic. There are, in addition, seven hundred students who walk to school from surrounding areas for education. Two new High School buildings have recently been completed with a daily occupancy of 1200.
The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.
The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.
The Vineland Rotary's goal is to have 100% participation. Donors of US$1,000 or more to the Annual Programs Fund, PolioPlus, or the Humanitarian Grants Program, or people who have that amount contributed in their name, can be recognized as Paul Harris Fellows. Each new Paul Harris Fellow receives a commemorative certificate, a pin, and a medallion. To sign up for the Paul Harris Foundation Peldge, click on the link below.
Foundation Pledge.pdf
Educators see thrid grade as the divinding line between leaning to read and reading to learn. Over 9,606,878 children have received a dictionary thanks to the generosity of sponsors like the Vineland Rotary Club who have participated in the Dictionary Project. Sponsors provide a dictionary for the children in their community each year, so they can enjoy the benefits of a large vocabulary.
2,330,715 dictionaries were given to students in 2008 as a gift from people who live in their town.
The Vineland Rotary Club has donated over 1500 dictionaries to third graders in the Vineland and Millville areas as part of this nationwide project.
The Vineland Rotary Club holds a road clean-up two times a year to help support Vineland Clean Communities. The Saturday clean-up takes place on Landis Avenue between Main Road and Lincoln Avenue. This past year (2010) was a joint venture with the Rotaract Club and Vineland High School Interact Club.
To learn more about the Adopt-A-Road Projects in Vineland, click on the link below.
Adopt a Neighborhood Block packet.pdf
Vineland Rotary Club has participated witht he American Red Cross in donating blood for the past 11 years. During that time, 1,000 units of blood have been donated by Rotarians, their friends and family members.
Goodwill® is all about putting people to work. Through our job training and career services, we help local residents with disabilities and disadvantages obtain the marketable job skills needed to become employed. By donating to Goodwill and shopping our stores, you help our clients discover a new day of the week-pay day!
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