Kyle sends along this announcement…

The Decatur Rotary Club is now accepting applications for 2013 Decatur Rotary Club Community Project Grants. Grant applications may be submitted online at www.decatur-rotary.org and must be received by the Club no later than March 29, 2013.

Decatur Rotary Club Community Project Grants fund projects focusing on either literacy or at-risk youth that are based in DeKalb County and serve DeKalb County residents. Grant funds must be administered by a nonprofit agency currently maintaining a tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and should be used between June 1, 2013 and May 31, 2013. The Decatur Rotary Club invites qualifying organizations to apply.

Grant criteria and the online application can be found at www.decatur-rotary.org.

From Decatur Rotary member Scott Drake..

The Decatur Rotary Club announced the annual Community grant recipients on May 14 at their weekly meeting. The Community Grants Committee solicited grant proposals and awarded them based on specific criteria, which focuses on local programs that serve at-risk youth or promote literacy. Pictured above are: Far right, Decatur Rotary President Bryan Downs and far left, The Community Grants Committee Chair Rev. James Brewer-Calvert.

Recipients included representatives from Decatur Education Foundation, Decatur Cooperative Ministry, Decatur-DeKalb YMCA, DeKalb Library Foundation, DeKalb Rape Crisis Center, Friends of Refugees — Mommy and Me, Global Village School, Our House, Outreach Development Unit of the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta and United Methodist Children’s Home.

Next Stop…Decatur has a great pic of Decatur’s welcome sign at the intersection of Ponce de Leon Ave and Scott Boulevard circa 1950.

Looks like Decatur was all about cursive lettering and the Rotary Club back in the day!