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1. “Ready Set Grow”  $1,000.00  (This organization teaches gardening skills to 

   children of the City of Kent Schools and helps to furnish fresh food to local pantries.)

 

2. Portage Medial Center Foundation $5,000.00.  Grant monies will be funneled to                                                ​    the Kent Fire Department to acquire AED’s (Automated External Defibrillators)

   The AED’s provided for in this grant shall be placed in community spaces or schools.

 

3. “Edible Kent” $1,400 -- This organization plants the community gardens near the 

   Farmer’s market and a garden at Kent Social Services. All that is grown if for 

   the benefit of the public and Kent Social Services.   

 

4. “Great Trail Council” (Boy Scouts) $1,500 This grant will help maintain the three

area camps that for the benefit of local children.

 

 

Thanks for your support and generosity which made these grants possible. 

 

The next meeting will be held June 9 from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. at a place to be announced at a later date.  Any member of the Rotary Club of Kent is welcome to attend meetings of the Foundation Board.  We ask that any proposals be submitted no later than May 26.  

Submitted by:

Carol Crimi, President Kent Rotary Foundation

Our next Kent Rotary Digital Meeting is on Tuesday at 12:30pm and will feature a live presentation from Kent City Health Commissioner Joan Seidel. She will give us all the latest update of COVID-19 in Kent and Portage County. She will be able to take some questions, but the meeting is scheduled to end at 1:00pm. If you cannot attend, we will post the recorded meeting on our Facebook Page for your viewing convenience. For those attending, you can begin signing into the meeting at 12:15 on Tuesday. You will see a welcome PowerPoint scrolling to some soft music and I will call the meeting to order promptly at 12:30. I know some of our members got tangled up with the technology last week. These instructions may help everyone:

 

Click on this Link, or Copy & Paste this Link to your Internet Browser

 

https://zoom.us/j/5704543309 Meeting ID: 570 454 3309

You can than choose to join with audio or video  

 

Dial:                        1-929-205-6099

Enter Meeting Id:  570-454-3309 when prompted

 

 

I want to thank those who have taken the time to respond to the survey (it’s not too late!) and giving your Rotary Club of Kent Officers feedback to help make these meetings productive for our members. We are all in uncharted waters, but we will remain afloat!

 

On another note, if anyone would like to contribute to help defray the cost of the Community Lunch foods Rotary sponsored and are being served (using safe distancing procedures) by Carol Crimi and her committee, the anticipated cost will be approximately 150.  Any leftover food will be donated to Kent Social Services.  If you would like to help defray this expense by chipping in $10- $15, that would be appreciated. Send your dollars to Carol at 2906 Windsor Court Stow 44224.

 

Lastly, next week’s meeting will feature Michelle Hartman of Treno Restaurant presenting on the financial difficulties facing our downtown businesses, especially restaurants and bars, during this crisis.    

 

 As always, please contact any of us on the board with your needs, thoughts, and concerns.

 

Roger Sidoti

330-554-3592 

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