The Kiwanis Club of Lehigh Acres recently presented checks totaling $21,575.00. Some of the recipients included Lee County Volunteers In Medicine who received $2500.00, Florida Coast University received $5,000.00, ECHO received $2,500.00, Riverdale High School got $1,000.00, and $5,950.00 was given to several local teachers as special Honorariums.
Florida Gulf Coast University will use their funds to provide a scholarship for the up coming school year. Pictured receiving their check for $5000.00 is Kiwanis President Elect John Graham and Stanley “Butch” Perchan, who is the Director of Athletic Advancement for the University.
Lee County Volunteers In medicine will use their funds to help fund the Compassionate Care Clinic on Lee Blvd. in Lehigh Acres. The clinic serves those people who have no insurance and who are under insured and who qualify based on their income to receive free medical care.
Riverdale will use their funds to help complete construction of a wrestling pavilion on the school campus, while ECHO will use the funds to seed and match several grants to fund a new sustainable food growth program to implement world wide.
Damon Shelor, Treasurer for the Foundation said “Others receiving checks included the Lehigh Singers, Arts of The Inland, Learning For Life, Special Olympics, and the Kids Wish Network. Additionally we contributed more than $1,375.00 of “In-Kind” contributions to Lehigh Acres Community Services and others”, he concluded.
Kiwanis Club President Bruce Boyd added “These funds and all of the funds that support of our community programs are generated from the Kiwanis Thrift Store located on Homestead Road. Donations made to our store are then resold and all of the money goes back into our community. We are so very grateful for our volunteers and the many people who donate and patronize our store allowing us to make this kind of impact in Lehigh.”