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The Sunrise Rotary has established an endowment fund in their organization’s name through the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore.  In partnership with the Community Foundation, the Sunrise Rotary will continue to award scholarships to benefit local students on an annual basis.  The Sunrise Rotary’s annual junior golf tournament on August 11 at Nutter’s Crossing and other fundraising activities keep this scholarship active so that the Sunrise Rotary is assured of being able to perpetuate these youth scholarships into the future.

 

Bill Ferguson, President of the Salisbury Sunrise Rotary Club, states that “the Salisbury Sunrise Rotary Club is proud to partner with the Community Foundation to ensure that our scholarship is awarded each and every year.  This Club is committed to our community and now the impact will be shared with generations to come.”

 

“Investing in leadership to address community needs is at the forefront of what we do here at the Community Foundation,” said Spicer Bell, President, Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore.  “We look forward to working with the Salisbury Sunrise Rotary Club to build a sound Fund that helps meet the community’s needs forever.”

 

The Community Foundation is proud to now be the steward for 500 such funds established by local individuals, businesses, civic organizations and local nonprofits that support charitable activities across a broad spectrum of interests.  In 2010, the Community Foundation distributed gifts, grants and scholarships of more than $4.1 million dollars—including $200,000 in scholarships to more than 150 local students anxious to attend local and regional colleges and trade schools.  Since 1997, the Community Foundation has distributed 913 scholarships worth $1.3 million dollars to local students.

 

Recently ranked in the top 100 community foundations in the nation for receiving the most gifts per capita, the Community Foundation is continuing a strong tradition of philanthropy on the Lower Shore.