• Rotary Year: 2022-2023
  • Application Date: 6/17/2022
  • Club Name: Abingdon
  • Project Name: BENCHES/LOGO/4 WAY TEST FOR ABINGDON SPORTS COMPLEX
  • Project Total Expenditures: $8,000.00
  • Grant Amount Requested: $4,000.00
  • Describe the Project, its location and its objectives: THE PROJECT IS THE FINAL ASPECT OF A MUCH LARGER PROJECT OUR CLUB HELPED FUND. IT WILL PLACE 5 BENCHES AT A SPLASHPAD AT THE NEW SPORS COCMPLEX IN ABINGDON, VA. THE SPLASHPAD IS A WATER FEATUR ACCESSIBLE TO ALL YOUTH REGARDLESS OF PHYSICAL ABILITY. IT WILL BE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SPORTS COMPLEX HAS 40 ACRES WITH BASEBALL, SOFTBALL AND SOCCER FIELDS IN ADDTION TO A WALKING TRACK AND PLAY STATION. IT IS ADJACENT TO THE VIRGINIA CREEPER TRAIL WHICH HOSTS OVER 200,000 VISTORS EACH YEAR. OUR CLUB HAS RAISED OVER $100,000 FOR THE SPLASHPAD WICH WILL BE BUILT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN OF ABINGDON. THE SPLASHPAD WILL BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE END OF THE FUNDING YEAR. THE BENCH PROJECT WILL BE PLACE AFTER AUGUST 15, 2022. 4 OF THE BENCHES WILL HAVE THE 4 WAY TEST PLACED ON THEM AND THE 5TH BENCH WILL BE IN THE NAME OF THE ABINGDON ROTARY CLUB.
  • This is the Club’s: Primary Project Application
  • Expected Start Date: 8/19/2022
  • Expected End Date: 9/30/2022
  • Expected Number of Beneficiaries: 10000
  • Describe how the project will benefit the community and/or improve the lives of the less fortunate: THE OVERALL PROJECT WILL BE ACCESSABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE BY OFFERING A SAFE PLAY SPACE TO ALL YOUTH WITHOUT COST AND WITHOUT REGARD TO PHYSICAL ABILITY. THE BENCHES, FOR WHICH THE APPLICAITON SEEKS FUNDING, WILL PROVIDE AMPLE SEATING FOR PARENTS OR GUARDIAINS WHILE SUPERVISING THE CHILDREN. AT THE SAME TIME, THE BENCHES WILL EDUCATE SPLASH PAD USERS AND VISTORS AS THE THE NAME OF THE ROTARY CLUB AND EXPLAIN OUR MOTTO OF THE 4 WAY TEST. THIS WILL ENFORCE THE IDEALS OF ROTARY IN ALL THAT WE THINK, SAY, AND DO.
  • Estimated Total Project Volunteer Hours: 50
  • Describe the Rotarian hands-on activities in the project (i.e. non-financial participation): ROTARIANS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PROJECT DESIGN, SELECTED BENCHES, ORDERING THE BENCHING, AND OBTAINING THE LETTERING AND PLAQUES FOR THE BENCHED. THE MEMBERS WILL HELP PLACE THE BENCHES AND ASSIST IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
  • Describe the publicity plan to inform the general public that this is a Rotary sponsored project: DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE OVERALL PROJECT, THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT PUBLICITY REGARDING ALL ASPECTS OF FUND RAISING AND DESIGN OF THE SPLASH PAD ON THE CLUB WEBSITE, LOCAL TELEVISION, RADIO, NEWSPAPERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. WE INTEND TO USE THESE SAME SOURCES WHEN THE BENCHES ARE PLACE AND DEDICATED.
  • Cooperating Organizations – Please list each cooperating organization, if any: NONE
  • Project Expenditure Budget – list detail uses of funds for the project, or use the Budget Upload: 4 BENCHES AT $1000 FOR THE 4 WAY TEST TOTAL 4000
    PLAQUES FOR EACH BENCH $400 EACH TOTAL $1600
    CANAPIES FOR COVER OVER THE BENCHES $600 PER BENCH TOTAL 2400

    TOTAL 8000.

    THE CLUB MEMBERS WILL FUND THE 5TH BENCH WITH OUR NAME APPEARING ON IT AT $2000
  • Project Funding Budget – list detail sources of funds for the project, or use the Budget Upload: $4000 GRANT FROM DISTRICT 7570
    $4000 FROM FUNDRAISERS
    TOTAL $8000

    5TH BENCH WILL BE FUNDED BY MEMBERS $2000
  • Primary Contact Name: KENNETH SHUMAN
  • Primary Contact Rotary Position: GRANT CHAIR
  • Primary Contact Email: Kennyshuman0410@gmail.com
  • Primary Contact Phone: 2766985368
  • Financial Contact Name: DAN SMITH AND DORIS SHUMAN
  • Financial Contact Rotary Position: FOUNDATION TREAS AND OPERATIONS TREAS
  • Financial Contact Address: 
    P O BOX 485
    ABINGDON, VA 24212-0485
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  • Financial Contact Email: DSMITH540@GMAIL.COM
  • Financial Contact Phone: 276-698-5004
  • District Grant Project Authorization LetterAUTHORIZATION_LETTER.pdf
  • Grant Number: 2022-01
  • Grant Award: $4,000.00