G-929

Forklift for Algarve Food Bank

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Project Description

Region: Western Europe

Country: Portugal

Location: Algarve

Total Budget: $30,000

Area of Focus: Community economic development



The regional Food Bank of the Algarve presently serves 23,000 people each month, via 110 charitable institutions in the Algarve region of Southern Portugal. In 2013, via a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant, a refrigerated truck was purchased to increase the Food Bank's ability to handle perishable food. A second warehouse has been opened in Portimão, approximately 50 miles west of the headquarters in Faro. Annual food distribution has now increased from 400 tons in 2011 to 1,750 tons in 2014, with 500 tons handled in the Portimão facility. The refrigerated truck is used to collect donations and transfer food between warehouses.

At present, the Portimão warehouse does not have an electric forklift, meaning that all deliveries must be manually unloaded, which is a waste of many man hours. Some donations are cancelled when the donor realizes that his truck will be delayed by time-consuming manual labor.

Rotary E-Club Porches International plans to purchase an electric forklift with a lifting capacity of 1,800 kilos at a price of € 26,445, roughly $28,000.

Primary Host Partner

District: 1960

Rotary Club of: Porches International

Primary Contact: Claire Larson

Email: clarson@mail.telepac.pt

Primary International Partner

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Project Status

Dropped
This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped.

Project listed for the 2015-16 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

E-Club of Porches International (1960)

1-Apr-15

$5,000

$0

$5,000

Araras-Sul (4590)

9-Apr-15

$1,000

$0

$1,000

Coimbatore West (3201)

22-Jun-15

$1,000

$0

$1,000

Remaining Amount to Raise

Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution

$13,000

-

$13,000

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

$10,000

$0

$10,000

Total

$30,000

Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

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History Log Entries

1-Apr-15

System Entry

Creation of project page.

9-Apr-15

System Entry

Pledge of $2,000 by Conrad C. Heede of the Rotary Club of Grapevine, District 5790.

9-Apr-15

System Entry

Project is now "Fully Pledged".

9-Apr-15

System Entry

Project reverted to "Published".

9-Apr-15

System Entry

Pledge of $1,000 by Sergio de Vechi of the Rotary Club of Araras-Sul, District 4590.

22-Jun-15

System Entry

Pledge of $1,000 by C.K.Sashikumar of the Rotary Club of Coimbatore West, District 3201.

22-Jun-15

System Entry

Project is now "Fully Pledged".

17-Jul-15

System Entry

Project reverted to "Published".

29-Jul-15

System Entry

Project dropped by Philippe Lamoise.

Reason for dropping: Dropped at the request of Conrad Heede.

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