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A total of $47,000 was distributed among the following charities supported
by the 2002- 2003 programs and projects of the Rotary Club of Clearwater.
Each year these funds are raised through the club's primary fundraiser,
the Annual Kingfish Tournament.
Youth Scholarships
- Isaiah's Inn
Isaiah's Inn, located in Clearwater, exists to meet the short-term
needs for shelter, food and clothing of those less fortunate families
who are motivated to become economically self-sufficient.
- YWCA Hispanic Outreach
Center
The Hispanic community is the fastest growing population in Clearwater
and in keeping with our mission "to achieve peace, justice, equality
and dignity for all", the YWCA of Tampa Bay Hispanic Services
provides "on-call" interpreters to assist Clearwater Police
Department officers with their interactions with Spanish speaking
residents; Spanish-language victim advocacy outreach services; English
for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes; and youth development
programs, all from a central Clearwater Hispanic Outreach Center.
- Suncoast
Children's Dream Fund
The Suncoast Children's Dream Fund, founded in 1981, is the oldest
wish granting organization in Florida, serving children between the
ages of 3-18 with life-threatening illnesses.
- UPARC
The Upper Pinellas Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. (UPARC)
exists to enhance the dignity and independence of persons who are
developmentally disabled in the Upper Pinellas area. UPARC is dedicated
to enabling individuals with mental retardation and other developmental
disabilities to choose and realize their goals of where and how to
live, learn, work, and play.
- Homeless Emergency
Project
The Homeless Emergency Project's (HEP) mission is to provide
homeless and low-income individuals and families with housing, food,
clothing, and support services necessary to obtain self-sufficiency
and improved quality of life. Located in Clearwater, HEP is dedicated
year round, on a daily basis to "helping people help themselves."
- Directions For Mental Health
Directions for Mental Health is a private nonprofit community
mental health organization incorporated in 1982, which evolved from
clinics dating back to 1946. Our prevention, early intervention and
treatment programs serve the mental health needs of children, families,
adults and seniors from our main facility in Clearwater, second office
in Largo, and outreach programs throughout upper Pinellas County in
the Tampa Bay area of west central Florida.
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