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.
After more than 25 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are now "This Close" to eradicating polio, and a wide array of public figures and celebrities have signed on to help Rotary spread the word. Headlined by Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates, this diverse lineup of influential leaders and personalities includes Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, action movie star Jackie Chan, conservationist Jane Goodall, premier violinist Itzhak Perlman, Grammy Award winners A.R. Rahman, Angelique Kidjo and Ziggy Marley, golfing great Jack Nicklaus, and peace advocate Queen Noor of Jordan.
In a series of print, broadcast and outdoor public service advertisements each uses a simple hand gesture to show Rotary is "This Close" to wiping out polio worldwide. Nicklaus, Perlman and Tutu are themselves survivors of this crippling disease. Broadcast television commercials feature a mix of celebrities and non-celebrities around the world saying, "We are this close to making history. We are this close to changing the world. We are this close to ending polio—all we need is you."
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.
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!
