It started as a conversation in late 2019 between some area Rehoboth Beach Sunrise Club Rotarians, as many of Rotary philanthropic projects do, and resulted in a $5,000 Rotary District 7630 grant for $5,000, plus an additional donation of more than $6,000 from the Rehoboth Beach Sunrise and Long Neck Sunrise Rotary Clubs to procure much needed instruments for the music programs at Sussex Academy.
Dr. Uday Jani, who serves on the Sussex Academy Executive Board, had learned that the Academy did not have the resources to fund the instruments needed to meet growing demand in the Academyâs various music programs. High-school enrollment had grown every year since the Academy started its high school program in 2012, and was projected to be 860 students in the 2020-2021 school year â up from 770.