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Downtown Rotary gives back to community

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PHOTO PROVIDED Downtown Lock Haven Rotary gave $500 each to three local nonprofits during the club’s open house Oct. 8. From left are Traci Fotorny of Boxes of Hope, Carol Brown of Lock Haven Area Shoe Bank, Brendan Graulau and Rona Houser of Haven Cupboard and Rotary club president Marianne Lotfi.

LOCK HAVEN -- The Rotary Club of Downtown Lock Haven recently donated to three local nonprofit organizations.

Boxes of Hope, the Lock Haven Area Shoe Bank and Haven Cupboard were invited to bring displays and literature to the club's People of Action Open House. During the evening, the club presented them with $500 each.

The donations represent funds the club raised during the 2023-24 Rotary year, thanks to the public's support of Rotary projects like Flags of Honor for Memorial Day and Angel Lights for 9/11.

In 2023-24, the Downtown Rotary Club also gave $5,500 in scholarships to Central Mountain High School students, as well as roughly $5,000 to other good causes, including local food programs and the global fight to wipe polio off the face of the earth. That's more than $10,000 given to worthy causes.

Individual Rotarians gave 1,151 volunteer hours to club projects, a value of $36,602.

"We may be small in number, but together we do big things," club president Marianne Lotfi said.

To find out more about Rotary or how to join, send an email to dlhrotary@gmail.com or find "Rotary Club of Downtown Lock Haven" on Facebook.

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