STMA Rotary strives to improve the quality of life for our community members and to meet it's needs through targeted projects.
Projects include Beds for Kids, Student of the Month, Cork & Keg 5K fundraiser, Annual Holiday Tree Lighting, Fish Fry fundraiser to support WEB, Library project in Cambodia, Wakami Village project in Guatemala, Little Libraries and water fountains in our parks, Read Across America, Adopt-a-highway, and many more.
We support local programs and organizations, such as STMA Robotics Team, Crisis Nursery, FYCC, St. Michael Royalty, Albertville Royalty, Super Mileage Club, Open Streets, Shelter Box, student scholarships, and ending human trafficking.
For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen.
What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way.
Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."