Litter clean-up for downtown Covington February 22nd with Kentlake Interact Volunteers.

Funding for and help building homes in Honduras

Thanks to generous donors like you we have been able to raise over $60,000 and more in each of the last 10 auctions. One hundred per cent of these funds are used to support the Covington Rotary Club projects in our local community and throughout the world through our club’s foundation.

Keystone Project – ELK RUN FARM HERB GARDEN

Our newest local keystone project will be partnering with Elk Run Farm over the next few years to finance and provide labor for transforming a portion of the farm into a community perennial herb garden!

Herbs are a healthy way to create tasty meals, and provide an engaging garden interaction by all who visit the farm or are served by the South King County Food Coalition.

To find out more about Elk Run, visit their website at : https://elkrunfarm.wordpress.com/
More information about the South King County Food Coalition can be found here: http://www.skcfc.org/

Local Projects

• Funding for local food banks including The Storehouse (Covington’s food bank) and other South King County food banks
• Funding of a large cooler for Elk Run Farm (local farm that provides fresh produce for 12 South King County food banks)
• Funding three (3) annual $2,500 scholarships at Green River College for local students and adults
• Support Interact and Rotaract Clubs at Kentwood HS, Kentlake HS, Mattson MS and Green River College
• Support for the Covington “Purple Lights Night” and the Annual Take a Step Against Domestic Violence 5K Walk to raise awareness of Domestic Violence

Funding for Kent YMCA

• Support local law enforcement during the Shop-with-a Cop Christmas gift buying day at the Covington Walmart
• Funding for Covid-19 Relief via Emergency PPE for MultiCare Health System
• Employment of local youth with developmental disabilities
• Funding for youth bike programs: Bicycle Rescue for Youth and Tahoma Youth Mountain Bike Club
• Beautify green space in Covington

International Projects

• Funding and support to provide clean water, books and English learning to children in the ghettos in Rio, Brazil
• Funding and support of meal programs and healthcare for Children’s Paths Orphanage in the Ukraine
• Funding for Rwanda Vocational Education Project
• Funding for and help building homes in Honduras
• Funding for education of girls and women through the Avivara Foundation in Guatemala

Backpacks

In 2010, the our Rotary club initiated the Backpack Buddies program in our community. We partnered with The Storehouse Foodbank who distributed the bags to children in need. We helped finance, organize and administer this program which provided more than 200 elementary school children with food for the weekend. Each week, our high school Interact Youth volunteers collected, filled and delivered packed food to the foodbank.

Through the years, the need for this program continued to grow. In 2023 the program shifted to a community-supported program, and the Rotary Club of Covington continues to support with funding as needed.