June 1 deadline for Rotary
scholarship applications
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The Rotary Club of Chariho announced
this week that it is extending the deadline for high school seniors to apply
for scholarships to June 1.
The Club annually presents several
$1,000 Brad Friel Memorial scholarships to Chariho students who have
demonstrated a commitment to community service. Students can re-apply for
additional funding in subsequent years if they meet the club’s qualifications.
Applications can be obtained
through the school guidance offices or at the club’s website, www.charihorotary.org, by clicking the “Brad Friel Memorial” link under
Scholarships in the left side menu.
Rotary
is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide to
provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all
vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. In more than 160
countries worldwide, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than
30,000 Rotary clubs.
Rotary Club membership represents a
cross-section of the community's business and professional men and women. The
world's Rotary Clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open
to all cultures, races, and creeds.
In our area, Chariho Rotary provides donations to
multiple charitable causes, sponsors blood drives, provides volunteers at the
RICAN food pantry, awards some $16,000 each year in scholarships, and most
recently provided labor and funds to build the Chariho High School’s new
courtyard.
The
Rotary Club of Chariho is accepting new members. The Club meets Tuesdays at
6:30 p.m. at Richmond Country Club, 74 Sandy Pond Road in Richmond, and can be
reached by calling David Henley at 401-935-9771, by email through the club
Website, www.charihorotary.org, or
by mail at Rotary Club of Chariho, P.O. Box 543, Hope Valley, RI 02832.