The Rotary Club of Jenkintown undertakes a wide
variety of special projects to serve the needs of our local, national, and
international communities. Further
information on our community service projects may be found on the events
web page and the charitable
contributions web page of this site. Use the navigation
buttons on the left side of this page to locate further information
about on-going and prior special projects of the club.
Adopt-A-Highway Project
The Rotary Club of Jenkintown and the Kiwanis Club of
Jenkintown co-sponsor the
Adopt-A-Highway
clean up project each year along a
section of Route 611 (Old York Road) in Jenkintown.
. This has been an annual
event for many years to help cleanse and beautify our
community, while enhancing everyone's safety.
Come out and support our environmental
project
each year!
Ambassadorial Scholarship Programs
Ambassadorial Scholarships
provide $25,000 for young people to do post-graduate work at a foreign
university. The Rotary Club of Jenkintown recently sponsored Thomas Erat as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Santiago, Chile. He
earned a Master's degree in Political Science with a
specialization in International relations at the Pontificia Universidad
Catolica de Chile.
Group Study Exchange Programs
Group study exchange sends teams of professional people around the
world to teach and to learn in the hosting country. This
year we have been working with Jasa Poriciello, who left the local area
in January 2002 for Bangaladesh as a participant in this
program.
International Youth Exchange Programs
Each year, the Rotary Club of Jenkintown hosts an
exchange student and this year we were fortunate to welcome 19 year old
Sophie Debaisieux from Brussels, Belgium. Her host family was Pat
and Jay Eager. While in the USA, Sophie attended Abington High
School, traveled to Washington D.C., New York City, Savannah GA, and
Michigan.
Rotary International Foundation
Our club membership donates individually and
collectively to the Rotary Foundation. The mission of The Rotary
Foundation is to support the efforts of Rotary International in the
fulfillment of the Object of Rotary, Rotary's mission, and the
achievement of world understanding and peace through local, national,
and international humanitarian, educational, and cultural programs.
Rotary Night with the Philadelphia Phillies
This annual event raises funds for the Rotary Foundation. For
each ticket sold, nine dollars is donated to the Rotary
Foundation. The event is organized by Rotary District 7450, of
which our club is a constituent part, and has raised $130,000 in
aggregate since inception of the program.
Rotary
Club of Jenkintown
