Executive Director Lupe Ortiz of the Garden Quarter Neighborhood Resource Center, 3733 W. Elm Street, McHenry, IL 60050, is pictured here accepting a $5,000 check from the Rotary Club of McHenry Charitable Foundation.  “The Garden Quarter Neighborhood Resource Center exists to enhance the quality of life of the McHenry community by encouraging education, promoting healthy lifestyles, and developing multicultural relationships.”
 
Among other events, the Rotary Club of McHenry Charitable Foundation sponsors the annual Blues, Brews and Barbeque.  Funding from such events is then invested in our community. The Rotary Club of McHenry Charitable Foundation is the 501(c)(3) tax exempt foundation associated with the Rotary Club of McHenry.
 
Pictured here from left to right are Ron Bykowski (Chairman of the Rotary Club of McHenry Charitable Foundation) and Lupe Ortiz (Executive Director of the Garden Quarter Neighborhood Resource Center)