Fallbrook Rotary awards grants

FALLBROOK — The Rotary Club of Fallbrook held three Community Service 2007 Grant Awards programs recently, handing out a total of $60,610 in checks to local nonprofit organizations. The funds for these charitable grants come from the proceeds of the club’s annual Lobster on the Green fundraiser, held each fall, as well as periodic donations from club members during the year.

Grants were awarded to the following:

• Boys & Girls Club of North County – $10,000

• Boys & Girls Club of North County Foundation – $2,000

• Fallbrook Music Society – $3,500

• CATCH (Community Access To Child Health) – $2,310

• GANAS (Guidance and Nurturing and Support – Fallbrook Youth Monitoring) – $3,500

• Think First – $2,500

• Fallbrook Child Development Center – $1,000

• Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society – $1,000

• William H. Frazier School Book Giveaway – $500

• KOPA, Fallbrook High School literary magazine – $500

• Fallbrook Healthcare Foundation and Paws in the Park – $10,000

• Fallbrook Hospital Auxiliary – $3,000

• TIP (Trauma Intervention Program) – $1,600

• Southern Caregiver Resource Center – $1,200

• Fallbrook People to People – $1,000

• Fallbrook Smiles Project – $1,000

• FUHSD, Marching Warrior Band – $1,000

• Fallbrook Food Pantry – $500

• Friends of the Fallbrook Library – $5,000

• Trails Council, Fallbrook Land Conservancy – $2,500

• Art Campus at Fallbrook – $2,000

• Fallbrook Historical Society – $2,000

• Fallbrook Land Conservancy – $1,000

• Live Oak Park Coalition – $1,000

• Save Our Forest, Fallbrook Land Conservancy – $500

The 2007 Lobster on the Green will be held Thursday, September 13, beginning at 5 p.m. at the Grand Tradition. For more information contact President Jack Wood at (760) 731-3193, President Elect David Kauffman at (760) 805-2404 or Event Chairman Joe Fedorchak at (760) 728-0658 or 728-4556.