Fresh Start Shower Trailer for Unsheltered Men in Kent

The Club received a matching grant from the district to purchase an $8,000 trailer and the materials needed for a volunteer crew to install two showers with privacy walls. The trailer was dedicated on July 8, 2010, at a large community gathering at Kent Lutheran Church. Mayor Suzette Cooke, club president Tray Svendsen and a client of H.O.M.E. did the ribbon-cutting and tested the hot and cold water with inaugural "showers" - heads only! The trailer will be moved to other sponsoring churches.

Our Scholarship Program

Kent Sunrise Rotary Club welcomes applications from qualified high school seniors seeking to further their academic or vocational education. The Scholarship Committee is awarding two $1,500 scholarships. Applicants must be accepted for a college-level degree program or vocational certified program, must be a resident of the City of Kent or the Kent Public School District, and must be a US citizen (or be able to provide legal immigration documentation.) The Rotary Club of Kent-Sunrise scholarships are granted to candidates on the basis of satisfactory evidence of their achievement, community service, vocational academics and volunteer activities.

Watch for upcoming 2011 deadlines next spring.

• $10,000 raised at the Harvest for the Community dinner auction to support the work of Communities In Schools
• $1,000 contributed to Kent Police Chief Steve Strahn's "Pastor Ride Around Program"
• Annual $1000 contribution to South King County Relay for Life
  
• $800 donated to Children's Therapy Center
• Scholarships for high school seniors seeking higher education.
• Fresh Start portable shower trailer for homeless individuals.
• Rotary First Harvest volunteer work on 2nd Saturday of every month (over 10 million pounds of food distributed in King County every year)
• Distribution of personal dictionaries to all local 3rd grade school students
• Middle School Recognition of students, teachers and staff
• High School Interact Club sponsorship and mentoring
• Support of water projects in several nations
• PolioPlus International project to eliminate polio in 3rd world countries
• Funding for Kent Youth and Valley Services Lighthouse project
• Financial support to Katherine's House, a project of CCS
• Support for VIP (Volunteers in Police work)
• Working at the Kent Food Bank during holidays
• Funding of life saving heart operation for one child each year in Vietnam to save his/her life (a project through LOTUS Humanitarian Aid Foundation)
• Participation with a Rotary Club in Nepal to provide education to Persons With Disabilities to enchance economic and social stature
• SR 516 Highway Clean up