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Community Service Grant Applications

We are the Rotary Club of Oakland Sunrise – a group of professional men and women with a long history of getting involved where we live and work, Oakland and the greater Bay Area, through contributions and hands-on service projects. With an overarching theme – to contribute positively to our communities – our Community Service Grants Program will award grants to qualified, compelling and outstanding organizations that provide support and services designed to build a better future for all in the greater Bay Area of Northern California.

Our grants can be up to $4,000, but are typically smaller. Grant applications are considered twice a year. Grants must be received or postmarked by October 31, 2009 for consideration in our first funding cycle, and then by March 31, 2010 for consideration in our second funding cycle. In planning for your application please consider that the grant review process may take as long as sixty (60) days.

Other Local Projects – Oakland Sunrise also supports local community projects, primarily focused in Oakland, including:

Youth @ Risk – In partnership with the City of Oakland, Catholic Diocese and other leading organizations and individuals, Oakland Sunrise is facilitating a 6 session journey into better understanding of the root causes of youth violence. The program will result in defining “how Rotary can help best”, inform funding opportunities and in project to raise community awareness through media coverage and theater performances.
ILSP- A program supporting youth transitioning from the foster care or juvenile justice system to independent living.
Interact - Interact is Rotary International’s service club for young people ages 14 to 18. Interact clubs are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs, at a local level. Interact provides support and guidance towards young people becoming self-governing and self-supporting.
RYLA – Each year, thousands of young people ages 14-30 take part in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program worldwide. Participants, who are chosen for their potential as leaders, attend an all-expenses-paid seminar, camp, or workshop to discuss leadership skills and learn them through practice. Rotary clubs and districts select attendees and facilitate the events
Rebuilding Together Oakland – Twice each year, Oakland Sunrise members join several other local organizations and businesses in the process of significantly improving the living environment of underprivileged families in East and West Oakland.
Several other projects, including:

Dictionaries and backpacks for kids
Meals for the homeless
Visits to Senior Citizen Centers, Hospitals and Shelters
Collaborating with community organizations on their local projects

Click here for pdf form community grant application.

International Service Grant Applications

The Rotary Club of Oakland Sunrise has contributed in many ways on an international level. Since 1985, OSR has contributed over $20,000 to eleven international projects in 7 countries on four continents. Some of those accomplishments/donations have included hosting guest speakers from international Rotary clubs, Ambassadorial Scholars and Peace Fellows, Faces of Hope in Guatemala, Tanzania explorations of an OSR member and donating mosquito nets to Tanzanians, participation of the Rotary Project Faire in Belize, the Wheelchair Project, supporting Lantern projects and SionFonds, providing motorcycles for Guatemala outreach workers, audio visual equipment for Guatamala hospital, water system in Latin America.

Polio Eradication Project - Two of our members are leaders in Rotary’s global Polio Plus program which has reduced the prevalence of world-wide Polio by 85%, during the past 8 years. The project has been successful, raising $850 million with partners such as the Bill and Linda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization and government leaders.

Other International Projects – Each year Oakland Sunrise raises funds to support several projects. Over the years, this has included:

Faces of Hope - nearly 500 Guatemalan children stricken by cleft palate disease, have been treated by volunteer surgeons who perform both structural and cosmetic surgery during a two week period.
Guatemala Burn Center – providing funding the first burn center in the highlands and mountainous area of Guatemala, OSR has also leveraged partnerships with organizations with access to free medical supplies to support the burn center.
Ghana Clinic – Initially supporting the construction of Ghana’s first medical clinic, the project was expanded to include building of a residence for clinicians, allowing them to stay on site, rather than travel 3-4 hours in response to providing medical services.
MicroBusiness – Supporting establishment and growth of home-based cooking, crafts and other merchandisable goods, assisting families and small groups becoming self-sufficient.
Other Projects –Funding small to medium sized projects in 3rd world countries ranging from Tanzania, Haiti, Nigeria, Columbia, Boznia.

Click here for pdf form international grant application.