The Rotary Club of North Scarborough is pleased to announce it is distributing a total of $100,000 to 17 organizations serving the needs of Scarborough residents to alleviate the problems they encounter during the COVID-19 pandemic.

North Scarborough Rotary Club President, Barry Smith stated this morning, “The support to our community came about because of the generous donation of Park Property Management.” He said, “Park Property Management selected the North Scarborough Rotary Club to review, conduct due diligence and choose deserving organizations to receive the funds.”

Nadia Heyd, Donor Relations Coordinator of The East Scarborough Storefront (a recipient of funds) said, "The funds helped us pivot: we informed people in new ways how to access food banks, financial (income) supports, job opportunities and well being supports." She said "We are now able to prepare for a safe return to our building as we've installed Plexiglas barriers."

“The Scarborough community has been particularly hard hit by the COVID 19 virus”, said, Barry Smith. “We’ve seen the loss of many jobs, the closure of businesses, and overall loss of revenue during this epidemic.” The organizations the North Scarborough Rotary Club selected include food banks, welfare agencies, family services and shelters, lunch programs, refugee and immigrant centres and other health centres. He said, “We are indebted to the generosity of Park Property Management which manages, among other things, 74 buildings and 8,400 rental apartments mostly in Scarborough.”