Celebrating 2023-2024 Achievements
Sunday, June 30, 2024
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The Crystal City-Pentagon Rotary Club (CCPRC) closed out the 2023-2024 Rotary year in June 2024.
CCPRC offers our sincere thanks to everyone – members, friends, family, community partners – for showing up this year and dedicating resources, time, and energy to help make our community stronger.
We had a number of significant accomplishments this year, including:
- CCPRC launched an effort to support Ukrainian refugee orphans. This was in collaboration with the Rotary e-Club Poland and aimed to support the mental health of 50 Ukrainian refugee orphans living in two refugee camps in Poland.
Building on the Rotary e-Club Poland’s ongoing efforts, the project gave these children, who were ages 7-16, the opportunity to attend an 11-day mental health and cultural immersion camp on the Baltic Sea coast.
To make this possible, CCPRC and Rotary e-Club Poland partnered with other District 7610 Rotarians, U.S. and Polish non-Rotarian organizations, and an individual philanthropist to raise the $29,000 needed to fund the cultural immersion camp. A team also traveled to Poland to meet our counterparts and visit the cultural immersion camp in July and August of 2023.
This work was featured on Rotary Voices, which is the official blog of Rotary International.
To make this possible, CCPRC and Rotary e-Club Poland partnered with other District 7610 Rotarians, U.S. and Polish non-Rotarian organizations, and an individual philanthropist to raise the $29,000 needed to fund the cultural immersion camp. A team also traveled to Poland to meet our counterparts and visit the cultural immersion camp in July and August of 2023.
This work was featured on Rotary Voices, which is the official blog of Rotary International.
- CCPRC supported students at Wakefield High School through scholarships and support for the school’s Community Closet.
CCPRC awarded two $5,000 scholarships to outstanding seniors who have demonstrated dedication to public service. Additionally, our club applied for and was also awarded a District 7610 grant to support the school’s Community Closet. The closet is available for students in need who might lack clothes, school supplies, and other important items to support their education. We worked with our Interact sponsor at Wakefield High School to identify and purchase appropriate items to outfit the closet.
- CCPRC engaged in numerous avenues of service and fellowship by:
- Volunteering for AFAC, Arlington’s MLK Day of Service, and the HIBS school in Honduras;
- Spreading the word about our small business resources at community events;
- Celebrating our club’s 40th anniversary;
- Hosting a women’s brunch;
- Engaging in service to District 7610 and supporting youth exchange programs;
- Visiting the Black History Museum of Arlington and the National Gallery of Art;