The Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary Club is proud to announce the first of two awardees of our annual Community Grant for Children, Youth and Families (CYF Grant). Started in 2017, the CYF Grant was designed to award grant money to non-profits in the DeKalb County area who have a project aimed at helping children, youth and/or families. Each year the club hosts the "Taste of DeKalb" event in September to raise funds for the grant - always with the goal of raising $10,000. Most years that goal was achieved but this year we were able to award $8,000. Since its inception, our club has awarded over $74,000 to non-profits in DeKalb County!
We received many worthy applications and ultimately decided to make two awards. The first is to Brightpoint, a leading child and family services agency with efforts in 70 counties in Illinois. Our club awarded $5,194 to Brightpoint to help purchase needed materials for expecting or new mothers who need a hand - things like car seats, formula, pack and plays and breastfeeding supplies. With nearl 25% of children under the age of 5 in DeKalb County living in poverty, the impact will be substantial and timely.
The club is proud to partner with Brightpoint for this important work. We'll be announcing our second CYF Grant recipient soon!
Picture: Club President Gip Seaver presents Stacy Miro from Brightpoint with the "Giant Check".