April, 2006 My Fellow Rotarians - Rotary's Global History Fellowship

District 6440 Histories 2005
1988-1989 – Sara Newell, first woman president for a Rotary club. Annual Senior Citizen Christmas
party. Donated clothes to Pan-Am club for day care school. Held raffle for charities raising $5,000. In
process of second fundraiser for Foundation and matching funds for Paul Harris Fellows.
1989-1991 – Hosted Exchange Student from Brazil and short-term Exchange Student from Belgium.
Hosted summer picnic and holiday luncheon for Barrington Area Seniors. Sponsored Barrington area
clothing drive donating items to Chicago area underprivileged. Raised $7,500 holding reverse raffle for
Rotary charities. Participated in RYLA and in Group Study Exchange with group from Japan.
Sponsored high school student for World Affairs Seminar in White Water, Wisconsin. District 644
Vocational Scholarship program participant; donated 400 seedlings to area schools for Arbor Day
observance. Raised $1,800 sponsoring a pancake breakfast on Memorial Day, donating half of earning
to Roy Wilmering Scout Cabin renovating project.
1993-1994 – Fellowship programs included: Field of Dreams family picnic, progressive dinner.
Community Service: Traveling children’s museum established, provided daffodil bulbs to third graders
in conjunction with Barrington garden clubs, revived Barrington High School Interact Club, and sent
three students to Valley Forge in conjunction with RYLA. One of five service groups sponsoring 4 th of
July celebration, conducted annual Clothes for Kids collection in fall working with elementary and
middle schools, Memorial Day pancake breakfast with Scouts to fund Scout Cabin, Carousel reverse
raffle raising $4,568 for Rotary Maxillofacial surgery fund, Barrington Children’s choir, trees for
Barrington Park District, Children’s Safety Town, Meals with Wheels, and Home of the Sparrow.
International Service for 1993-1994 - Included sponsoring two students to the University of
Wisconsin/White Water work affairs seminar, Mexico surgery project, and Bosnia Children’s Relief
Fund. Also in Vocational Service was a $500 vocational scholarship to a high school senior.
1994-1995 – Club Service included: Progressive dinner, family picnic, initiated “Rotary Ramble”
month when each member attends as many other clubs as possible. Community Service included: Cosponsored
the Long Grove Rotary Club with the Buffalo Grove Rotary Club, “Playground for the Mind”
Children’s Museum continued, daffodil bulbs provided schools’ third graders for spring planting, annual
seniors luncheon and picnic, helped sponsor community’s July 4 celebration, Clothes for Kids collection
in November for Day of Giving in December, Memorial Day pancake breakfast which raised $1,300 for
Roy Wilmering Scout Cabin, carousel reverse raffle discontinued, was sponsoring group for Citizens for
conservation’s annual Planet Earth April program, helped sponsor with funds and labor annual Northern
Illinois Special Recreation Association’s spring fishing classic for more than 100 youths with
disabilities, and distributed $9,000 through Barrington Breakfast Rotary Charities, Inc.
International Service included Kobe, Japan earthquake disaster relief fund, supplied Foundation
Scholar’s applications to three candidates, began consideration of Rotary Foundation matching grant for
Dr. Donn K. Branstrator’s Lake Victoria perch research project. Distributed vocational scholarship of
$500 for graduating senior.
1995-1996 - President John Hipsky- Club Service - Membership built to 25. Rotary Ramble suggested
with members attending meetings of other area Rotary clubs. After hours reception for proposed Rotary
members. Resulted in five new members. Club anniversary held April 19, inviting former members.
Community Service - Banquet for veterans in recognition of WWII 50th anniversary. Club was the first
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