SOME OF OUR PROJECTS
Buddy Bench Project: If a child feels lonely, they can go to the bench as a signal that they need someone to play with. Another child will see them, go and talk to them and include them in their games. Service to our community.
Young Achievers Award: This program, presented by the Belle Clair Rotary Club and the Belleville News-Democrat, recognizes young achievers in the city of Belleville for the significant contributions they have made in promoting and developing the quality of life on the campus of their school and in their community. The criteria for receiving these awards include a variety of interests that have a positive effect upon the school which the student attends as well as the community in which the student resides. The areas of athletics, the arts, academics, community service, or vocational will be identified by those individuals who nominate students. Below is the 2023 awards presentation held on April 2, 2023.
2023 BELLEVILLE YOUNG ACHIEVERS AWARD RECIPIENTS
Community Service Projects: Helping to make our communities better, Rotarians volunteer to help clean up properties in conjunction with other organizations and other non-profits.
Third graders in schools within our service area are each given a dictionary to help in their learning. The Dictionary Project has become a project that includes a number of local businesses join us as sponsors.
The Dr. Steven C. Suess Student LeadershipAwards are presented to one 8th grade student at Signal Hill, Blessed Sacrament and Harmony-Emge school. The award is named after Rotary Past President Steven Suess, who was a life long educator in Belleville and started the student achievement awards
