Rotary Club Novara Valticino
The Rotary Club Novara Valticino is a service club operating in the Ticino valley area of the Novara province. Founded in the Rotary year 1977, it will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its establishment in May 2027.[1]
The Giraudi-Abelli Fund
On 12 November 2026 the Fondazione Comunità Novarese announced the establishment of the "Italo Giraudi and Maria Grazia Abelli Fund for the Rotary Club Novara Valticino", a grant-making fund created from a donation by the married couple Italo Giraudi and Maria Grazia Abelli. The initial endowment is 30,000 euros, earmarked for the direct funding of service projects identified by the Club, with particular attention to the Ticino valley area of the Novara province. The fund has no time limit and can be increased by further donations from citizens, businesses and organisations.[1]
Italo Giraudi, a founding member of the Club who turned ninety in August 2026, said he decided on the donation ahead of the Club's fiftieth anniversary, with the aim of giving future presidents resources to allocate to the projects chosen from time to time by the Club's bodies, without tying them to specific aims.[1]
The general director of the Fondazione Comunità Novarese, Gianluca Vacchini, described the creation of the Fund as an act of generosity and a sign of trust in the role of organised philanthropy in the area.[1]
Sources
- Fondazione Comunità Novarese: nasce il Fondo Giraudi-Abelli per il Rotary Club Novara Valticino — NovaraToday, 12 November 2026