District 5960 Grant Activity

District Grants

FARIBAULT – Soccer (pitch) field in Cambodia –
$5,200 DDF – Budget $10,500
Contact Chris Kaufman

FOREST LAKE – Underwater camera system for Forest Lake aquatic programs –
$7,200 DDF – Budget $17,500
Contact Rebecca Fahning

GRANTSBURG – Grantsburg Rotary Pickleball court benches –
$2,530 DDF -Budget $9,315
Contact Greg Peer

GREATER MANKATO – Imagine One reading program –
$4,500 DDF – Budget $45,000
Contact Don Putzier

HAYWARD AREA – Benches & Table Community Park –
$2,950 DDF – Budget $7,000
Contact Ed Haugen

LAKEVILLE – Technology Hub in Kenya –
$11,880 DDF – Budget $24,000
Contact Joshua Lee

LE SUEUR –Downtown Le Sueur walking history & industry tour –
$4,500 DDF – Budget $38,000
Contact Betty Jo Braun

NEW BRIGHTON MOUNDS VIEW – STEM programing at CPY –
$4,460 DDF – Budget $9,000
Contact Cindy Carlson

NO. ST. PAUL MAPLEWOOD OAKDALE– Children in Africa computer lab –
$11,880 DDF – Budget $24,779
Contact Sylvia Allen

NORTHFIELD – Books for South Sudan – mega project –
$10,800 DDF – Budget $25,000
Contact Charlie Cogan

OWATONNA – Commemorative century clock & time capsule –
$6,740 DDF – Budget $39,638
Contact Lois Nelson

OWATONNA EARLY EDITION – Shipping school supplies to schools in Tanzania –
$5,140 DDF – Budget $15,200
Contact Geoff Stamp

ROSEVILLE – Community Center Library Water in Uganda –
$9,900 DDF – Budget $22,000
Contact Joy Ngobi

PRIOR LAKE – H²OOpen Doors wall spring Filtration system in Peru –
$8,910 DDF – Budget $19,000
Contact Michelle Jirik

STILLWATER SUNRISE – Read to Feed literacy program –
$4,950 DDF – Budget $10,000
Contact Dave Waldschmidt

WABASHA –Upgrades to Rotary Beach Park –
$2,530 DDF – Budget $15,000
Contact Cari McCann

WHITE BEAR LAKE – 3 Boreholes for 3 schools in Uganda –
$11,710 DDF – Budget $23,655
Contact Patty Hall

WOODBURY – Donations for food inventory for local food bank –
$4,210 DDF – Budget $20,000
Contact Larry Propst

Global Grants

STILLWATER SUNRISE – Water, sanitation, hygiene project for 4 schools in 3 rural villages in India –
$25,000 DDF – $20,000 World Fund – Total Budget $62,000
Contact Ted Nesse

PRIOR LAKE – Support training teachers in a Cambodian school and establish a sustainable teaching cadre at PTD Learning Center that can be depended upon to carry forward innovation and best educational practices to teach children with special needs, the English languages, and education around healthy nutrition and life skills. Refurbish a classroom to meet the needs of disabled children. –
$25,000 DDF – $20,000 World Fund – Total Budget $92,000
Contact Sambath Ouk

ROSEVILLE – Prep for and drilling two wells, installing submersible pumps, installing solar array for electricity to power the pumps and creating elevated water tanks and piping to various locations for smooth distribution to the community with established serving kiosks with taps clearly marked with Rotary Symbol. Project takes place in Uganda.
$25,000 DDF – $20,000 World Fund – Total Budget $129,791
Contact Loren Swanson

RICE LAKE & NEW BRIGHTON MOUNDS VIEW – Guatemala Literacy Project – D5960 DDF –
$8,500 World Fund match 6,800 Total budget to be determined but usually GLP project budgets exceed $400,000.
Contact Claire Parrish or Cindy Carlson

POLIO PLUS

$30,000 DDF

DDF (District Designated Funds)