Sunrise Rotary annually applies (and usually receives!) a Rotary District Grant. Half of the funds are from our fundraising, half are a Grant from our Rotary District 5970 Foundation funds.
This year our $5,000 Grant Project is improving the forest at the Cedar Rapids Indian Creek Nature Center.
The project removed undesirable forest undergrowth in October 2025 around the "Barn" and Sugar House, the Nature Center's original facilities. Undergrowth was removed with the help of AmeriCorps and our Rotary Members.
100 new undergrowth trees, protective cages, and watering devices were purchased. Rotary Members transported trees from Ames and Monee, Illinois. Redbud, Wild Plum and Prairie Crabapple trees were planted with cages and watering devices in April 2026 by Sunrise Rotarians, friends, Waltonians and their sponsored Cub Scouts with parents.
The final trees were purchased and adopted from Trees Forever and Releaf Cedar Rapids, to be delivered and planted in May 2026.
