Bob Clute took the opportunity to thank the Rotary Club of Belleville for their generous financial support of $10,000 towards Habitat for Humanity, a significant contribution because it is directed towards indigenous people, specifically the Mohawks Bay of Quinte. Bob was pleased to be able to provide to the Club information on two families who have been selected as recipients of homes through Habitat for Humanity, both single moms with three children. Bob shared a video of "Anita" one of the moms and her children and her gratefulness for the program that has allowed a substantial change in her life and the lives of her children. The two homes have been built on Donald Street in Belleville and there will be a Rotary Club of Belleville stone recognition put in place soon. This program provides a hand up, not a hand out. Families invest their own sweat equity to help build their homes. They work hard to get there.
Bob made an offer to the Rotary Club of Belleville to have a Rotary "build" Day, on the site that would provide an opportunity to meet the family, contribute to this very worthwhile cause and make a lasting impression in the community.