In addition to giving locally, our club partners with other Rotary Clubs around the world to provide funds for international humanitarian projects. Our club is part of Rotary International with a global reach. The following is a list of projects our club has supported over the past four years:

Uganda — Supported the educational fees for three girls over three years in partnership with the Rotary Clubs of Ottawa South and Mbarara, Uganda.

Zimbabwe — Supported the cost of shipping 32 incubators to Harare, Zimbabwe in partnership with the Rotary Club of Ottawa.

Thailand — Provided funds for food and rice to the Wildflower home in Thailand through the nonprofit Together We Can Change the World.

Guatemala — Provided five Java model cook stoves for families in Guatemala. (See photo above.)

Lebanon — Individual member donations to victims of the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon through the Los Angeles Rotary Cedars Club.

Puerto Rico — Helped purchase mattresses to citizens who experienced devastation from Hurricane Maria in 2018.

Croatia — Sent funds to the Rotary Club of Zagreb Maksimar to help purchase Pediatric Endoscopy Equipment.

Haiti — Supported the continued reconstruction of schools in Haiti.

Cambodia — Supported a dental clinic in Cambodia through a Rotary Club in Colorado and Together We Can Change the World.

Jakarta Indonesia — Support the cost of identity papers for LGBTQI persons.

Ghana — Supported a Global Grant with the Cornwall Sunrise Club to build a vocational School in Ghana.

By partnering with Rotary Clubs around the globe, we can have a substantial impact in making the world a better place.

The Rotary Club of Lake Placid meets weekly and welcomes guests who would like to see what we are all about. Please contact rotarylakeplacid@gmail.com, visit our website at rotarylakeplacid.org or our Facebook page.