Following lunch at the West Chester Golf and Country Club, the Rotary Club of West Chester presented grants totaling $36,000 to the following representatives of area charities. (Standing back, from left) Rob Malone, co-chair Rotary Community Philanthropic Committee (CPC); Beverly Raspanti, Chester County Children, Inc.; Victoria Dew. West  Chester Public Library; Captain Jesus Corraliza, The Salvation Army; Judy Jeffords-Homitz, Safe Harbor of Cheater County; Rotary President Matt Holliday; Dolly Wideman-Scott, Domestic Violence Center of Chester County; Kathleen Sanger, Home of the Sparrow; Kathy Sullivan, West Chester Area Senior Center; Robin Meixner, Friends Assn. for the Care and Protection of Children; Jeanne Meikrantz, ARC of Chester County; Laura Aloisio, co-chair, Rotary CPC; and (seated from left) Jaime Atkins, Charles A. Melton Center; Hallie Romanowski and Denise Antonelli, Act in Faith of West Chester; Captain Maria Corraliza, The Salvation Army; Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh, Chester County Children’s Academy; Maryann Schwab, Laundromat Library League; and Glenda Brion, Community Warehouse Project of Chester County. The grant money was raised from proceeds of the annual Rotary Chili Cook-off held each fall in West Chester.