Rotary Information
Our motto, SERVICE ABOVE SELF, embodies our humanitarian spirit. Rotary’s Avenues of Service guide our activities:
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Through Club Service, we have fun, build lasting friendships, and make sure that our club runs well
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Through Vocational Service, we volunteer our professional skills to serve others and promote integrity in everything we do
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Through Community Service , we address local needs and work with our community to bring lasting improvements
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Through International Service, we meet humanitarian needs around the globe and promote world understanding and peace
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Through New Generations Service, we work with young people to help them become the next generation of leaders, visionaries, and peacemakers
THE FOUR-WAY TEST, created by a Rotarian, underscores our commitment to integrity:
Of the things we think, say or do
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Is it the TRUTH?
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Is it FAIR to all concerned?
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Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
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Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
“If you truly want to give back to your community – and to the world at large – you join Rotary. It has an arm that reaches across all barriers. To be a part of that is very powerful.” – Aruna Koushik, Rotary Club of Windsor- Roseland, Ontario, Canada
Beneficiaries
The Rotary Club of Coatesville supports the Coatesville Community through our service and our gifts by:
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Conducting a yearly highway cleanup on business 30.
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Collecting and donating winter coats
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Annually awarding $8,000 in scholarships to graduates of the Coatesville Area School District.
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Providing $10,000 in support to student academic and extracurricular activities in the Coatesville community.
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Providing personalized dictionaries to third grade students in the Coatesville area public and parochial schools.
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Mental Health Awareness Event focused on youth.
Local Nonprofits Receiving Financial Contributions Since 2015
(Note: From July 2019 to June 2022 No Financial Contributions were Given Due to the Pandemic)
Arts Holding Hands and Hearts - $2,500*
Boy Scout Troop 117 - $500
Brandywine Active Aging - $4,500*
Brandywine (Coatesville)YMCA- $2,500*
Bridge of Hope - $4,000*
Canine Partner's for Life- $2,000
ChesPenn Health Services- $2,000
Chester County Assoc. for the Blind-$4,000*
Chester County Connect Care- $3,000
Chester County Food Bank- $10,000
Chester County OIC- $2,000
Citizens Who S.E.E.- $1,000
Coatesville Area Library - $10,425*
Coatesville Kids to College- $1,000
Coatesville Robotics Club, Inc.- $750
Coatesville Salvation Army- $2,000
Coatesville Youth Initiative- $17,000*
C.Y.W.A.- $3,000
David's Drive- $4,500*
Good Works, Inc.- $7,000
Greater Deliverance Outreach- $2,000
Handi-Crafters- $7,000*
Rotary Club of Coatesville- $13,000**
Thorndale Fire Company- $20,000
Volunteer English Program- $2,000
W. C. Atkinson Resource Center- $4,500
Women's League for Minority Ed. - $1,000
* Organizations Receiving More Than One Grant
** Grant to the Rotary Club from the Rotary Club of Coatesville Foundation to be used for charitable purposes.
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TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS: $132,175