Grants and Funding Support

Rotary Youth Club was honored to receive an Impact 100 Baldwin County grant in 2025 to support major improvements that strengthen our ability to serve children and families.

The funded initiative focuses on three areas:

• Expanding our First Class Pre-K facilities and learning environment.
• Improving transportation opportunities through the purchase of a bus.
• Renovating and improving our kitchen facilities to better support daily programming and meal services.

These investments will help RYC expand educational opportunities, improve facilities, and provide a safer, more enriching environment for the children we serve.

This funding supports improvements to our First Class Pre-K program through professional development, classroom resources, staff support, and facility enhancements.

Funded activities include:

• Professional development opportunities for Pre-K staff.
• Classroom learning materials and dramatic play resources.
• Staff support and recognition.
• Storage improvements to help organize outdoor learning equipment and classroom materials.

These enhancements support a high-quality early childhood learning environment that promotes school readiness and development.

Rotary Youth Club participates in Alabama Quality STARS, the state’s Quality Rating and Improvement System for early childhood education programs.

Our program achieved Star 1 recognition and received quality improvement funding.

This support helps strengthen classroom practices, staff development, learning environments, and our continued efforts toward higher quality standards.

Through this grant, RYC received support for educational services and programming for children.

These funds helped provide instructional resources and staffing support to strengthen educational opportunities for participating students.

As a United Way of Baldwin County partner agency, Rotary Youth Club receives support that helps sustain youth development programming and educational opportunities.

This partnership strengthens our ability to provide accessible, affordable afterschool programming, academic support, and enrichment experiences for local children and families.

Through SAIL support, RYC strengthens its Summer Quest enrichment program by incorporating academic instruction, literacy and mathematics activities, educational assessments, and hands-on enrichment opportunities.