By Livia Lynch
Special to The PREVIEW
Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs presents their community grants for the year. Left to right: Rich Valdez, ACVAP board member; Livia Lynch, Rotarian; Janeah Weaver, Pagosa Pregnancy Support Center; Tina Gallegos, Hospice of Mercy; Kitzel Farrah, Our Savior Lutheran School board member; Annette McInnis, Our Savior Lutheran School; and Cody Wilson, Rotarian.
The Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs would like to announce its community grants for the year.
Hospice of Mercy received a $1,000 Rotary grant to help them continue to provide Archuleta County residents with quality end-of-life care. The grant will help cover services like spiritual care, bereavement services, charity patient care and volunteer coordination not reimbursed by Medicare Hospice Benefit or other insurances.
A $500 Rotary award was given to the Archuleta County Victim Assistance Program to provide immediate emergency confidential hotline services for victims needing assistance. The hotline is staffed 24/7 by trained advocates responding to the immediate and early crisis intervention needs of victims in our community.
Our Savior Lutheran School received a $500 Rotary grant to purchase tricycles for physical education and hot lunches at the school.
The Pagosa Pregnancy Support Center also received a $500 Rotary grant to help fund childbirth education classes.
