GLENS FALLS | Glens Falls Rotary is part of a collaborative of clubs that received the first grant under a new model for Rotary Foundation grants.

The Glens Falls club in collaboration with the Petion-ville, Haiti Rotary, and other contributing Rotary organizations, will receive a $151,000 grant for a water filtration and hygiene initiative in Trianon, Haiti.

Pure Water for the World, a Rutland, Vermont-based charity, will distribute bio-sand water filters to 930 families in Haiti and teach the families how to use them and maintain hygiene.

The Rotary Foundation matches contributions from Rotary clubs and individuals two-to-one, and matches contributions from Rotary district organizations equally.

Eighteen Rotary clubs and four Rotary districts in the United States — from New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Arizona and Texas — contributed funds, which the Rotary Foundation grant matched.

The Elk Ridge, Michigan Rotary asked the Glens Falls Rotary to take the lead on the grant, because the Glens Falls club had experience seeking grants, said Robert Rosoff, who wrote the grant application.

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