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Representatives of the Rotary Club of Pleasanton Foundation presented checks last week totaling $22,200 to 11 different local organizations through its “October Grant” fund.
The October Grant awards went to:
Hope Hospice, $2,000;
“Every 15 Minutes” program at Amador Valley High School, $2,400;
Tri-Valley Haven, $2,000;
The Arc of Alameda County, $500;
Axis Community Health, $500;
Museum on Main, $700;
Open Heart Kitchen, $3,100;
Pleasanton School District’s Mariachi program, $2,000;
Rotaplast, $5,000;
Sunflower Hill, $2,000, and,
Valley Humane Society, $2,000.
Brian Dunkel, foundation president and Todd Utikal, its secretary, who presented the awards last week, also announced that the organization was awarding $30,000 in scholarships to Pleasanton high school students and $15,000 to the Rotary Club of Pleasanton’s Wheelchair Committee.
Members of the committee will use the funds to buy and distribute 250 wheelchairs to those in need in Peru later this year.
