The Rotary Club of Long Beach Island presented a $25,000 check to St. Francis Community Center at the club’s monthly meeting on Feb. 28 at Kubel’s Too. The donation resulted from proceeds of the Feb. 8 cocktail party fundraiser at Sea Oaks Country Club, “Open Your Heart for Sandy Victims.”
President-elect John Tranchida, of the Van Dyk Group, said the St. Francis Center was chosen as the recipient due to its broad range of established community programs.
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