Monday, February 15, 2010

Salem Rotary presents $20,000 from ODAC tourney

By Meg Hibbert

The Salem Rotary Club presented checks totaling $20,000 to 11 community charities and programs on Feb. 4. The money came from proceeds of the 2009 Old Dominion Athletic Conference basketball tournament sponsored by the club.

Recipients are, from left: front row – Carla Santos and Estelle Avner of the Bradley Free Clinic; West End Center’s Joy Parrish; Big Brothers-Big Sisters Sheila Andrews, Goodwill’s Bruce Phipps, Southwest virginia Second Harvest Food Bank’s Pam Irvine;

Area charities receive $20,000 in 2009 ODAC proceeds from the Salem Rotary Club on Feb. 4. Photo by Meg Hibbert

Area charities receive $20,000 in 2009 ODAC proceeds from the Salem Rotary Club on Feb. 4. Photo by Meg Hibbert

Second row – Rosa Lee Kell and Peter Lewis of Apple Ridge Farm, Presbyterian Community Center’s Tom McMichael, Salem Food Pantry’s Jenny McCormick, and Child Health Investment Partnership’s Nancy Fralin. Representatives of other agencies not pictured are Lee Clark of the Rescue Mission and Jennifer Deegan of the Needlework Guild of America. Photo by Meg Hibbert

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