Fairfield, CT - The Fairfield Rotary Club announced it is sponsoring a Shred Fest on November 7th. This event is open to all and will abide by all current social distancing guidelines. The event will accept paper documents that will be shredded onsite at the event location – First Congregational Church, 148 Beach Road, Fairfield, CT. Individuals and businesses will pay $10 per “box” (15”x12”x10”) and $15 for a larger box. To make it convenient and as contact-free as possible, participants will pull up, pop the trunk, pay and drive away. The monies collected will used to fund community grants for local charities and non-profits, and to support international service projects supporting children, women, health services and clean water.
The Fairfield Rotary Club has a long legacy of supporting non-profits in the Fairfield community in the spirit of “Service above Self.” Since 1990, the club has provided over $400,000 in community grants and donations to local non-profits and continues to support local area high school seniors with scholarships. Last year, the Rotary Club awarded $24,000 to three local high school students.
Over the next year, the Fairfield club is co-sponsoring grants to support six international service projects in Haiti, Uganda, Syria, Liberia and Guatemala. In addition to the funds raised to support the local and international projects, Rotary members are encouraged and welcome to take part in the projects themselves, as part of a larger a Rotary Action team. In 2019, two Fairfield Rotary Club members traveled to Uganda to support local water projects, help build a school, and work with a local hospital.
To learn more about the Fairfield Rotary Club, please visit FairfieldRotary.org.
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