Rotary Club of Redmond‘s President Steve Bozick recently presented grants to Redmond nonprofits New Poet’s Society and the Together Center.

New Poet’s Society Executive Director Rick Smith received a check for $2,000 and Together Center’s Executive Director Pam Mauk received a check for $1,500 to further their respective efforts.

New Poet’s Society encourages students to continue their expressions of creativity by making scholarship awards to participants in poetry contests and by working with schools to help students be better writers. Poetry contest winners for 2011 also had opportunities to share their poems at open mic readings and other venues. Winners of the 2012 contest will be announced in the national poetry month of April.

One of the first multi-tenant nonprofit centers in the nation, the Together Center creates access to human services so people can find help when they need it. Tens of thousands of people from throughout East King County receive help each year from 18 essential agencies and other critical resources at the one-stop campus. The grant to Together Center will support the center’s Front Door Services project to increase one-on-one help and referral tools available to those seeking help at Together Center.

Redmond Rotary is a nonprofit service organization and a member of Rotary International. Rotary International is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. There are approximately 1.2 million Rotarians who are members of more than 31,000 Rotary clubs in more than 165 countries.