Our IRS approved 501(c)(3) charity, Kittery Rotary Cares, Inc., operates exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes, endeavoring to carry on active, impactful and realistic programs that support local, national and international programs under the general heading of world understanding, goodwill and peace, and more specifically related to improving health, relieving food insecurity, supporting literacy and education, and alleviating poverty.
Our major charitable project is the Kittery Reads literacy program. Please visit our Kittery Reads page for details and updates.
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An estimated 500 million people worldwide became infected. Many cities closed theaters and cinemas, and placed restrictions on public gatherings. Rotary clubs adjusted their activities while also helping the sick.
Rotary and the United Nations have a shared history of working toward peace and addressing humanitarian issues around the world.
Every hero has an origin story. “I was 10 years old when the entire journey started,” explains Binish Desai. It began with a cartoon called Captain Planet, an animated TV series from the 1990s about an environmentalist with superpowers. Desai can still recite the show’s refrain: Captain Planet, he’s our hero / Gonna take pollution down to zero! “That tagline stuck in my mind,” he says. “I wanted to do something to help Captain Planet.”
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