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

District 6440 Histories 2005
$2,000 CD toward a handicapped accessible playground, $400 to Little City Foundation.
Also, $304 to sponsor a neighborhood watch video with Buffalo Grove Police, $500 sponsored the
National Association of Student Councils National Conference, $200 to maintain and preserve 100-yearold
trees in Knopf Cemetery, $1,000 co-sponsored Wheeling food baskets with Wheeling Rotary and
Wheeling High School, $500 Lekotek toys, $500 Kids Line, $150 little league baseball team, $500
Northwest Community Services. Major fundraisers included Pancake breakfast and raffle and an auction
with banquet dinner.
1988-89 - Sponsored Russ Gunther as one of the 25 non-athlete U.S. citizens to represent the U.S. at
Summer Olympics in Korea. Sponsored the 644 Golf Outing at St. Andrews. Sponsored prizes and
refreshments at Buffalo Grove Days $100, fruit and juice for Buffalo Grove Blood Commission Drive
$100, co-sponsored Summer Concert in the Park $325, supported Buffalo Grove Fire Fighters Ass’n for
Lt. Robert Krause $100, Rotary Club of Batavia Raffle $100, Buffalo Grove resident Doug Stronach
permanently injured from rock climbing accident $200, American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund $200,
holiday food baskets for the Elderly and Needy $1,000, Buffalo Grove resident Karen Wolf participating
on U.S. Olympic Fencing Team $100, Talkline $500, B.G.R.A. baseball team $150, Buffalo Grove Jazz
Band $250, Buffalo Grove Instrumental Band $200, Resource Center for the Elderly $200, Area 24
Special Olympics Bowling $500, Rotary Club of Wheeling Calcutta $100, Rotary International Service
Project in Guatemala $1,200, Buffalo Grove Police Special Olympics Torch Run $100, Floyd Brown
Golf Open for Rotary International $600, supported Willow Stream Accessible Playground for past six
years $12,000, sponsor ongoing events at the Rotary Village Green throughout the year $2,000.
1990-91 - Completed the construction and opened the Handicapped-Accessible playground at Willow
Stream in Buffalo Grove; provided funding for community entertainment at the Buffalo Grove Rotary
Village Green and the Park District during the summer months; continued the annual Rotary Pancake
Breakfast at the Buffalo Grove Days Festival which is a major fundraiser; participated in Village Bank
Program as an International Service Project.
1991-92 - Started the next long-term program which was the Bike Path Beautification Program, a handson
project which entailed fundraising, purchasing planning, design and manual labor to beautify village
and park district bike paths; provided free entertainment with Rotary Village Green Concert program;
assisted in funding of Buffalo Grove Blood Commission regular blood drives in the community; assisted
in funding of Bowling Special Olympics and assisted during competition.
1992-93 - Continued to pursue the long term project Bike Path Beautification Program; initiated club
activity in Interact program for Stevenson High School; organized the annual Rotary Pancake Breakfast
at Buffalo Grove Days Festival.
1993-94 - Interact officially chartered at Stevenson High School; continued to sponsor the Rotary
Village Green Concert Program; sponsored annual Pancake Breakfast and Bingo Night at Buffalo Grove
Days Festival; participated in Thanksgiving Food Drive with Wheeling Rotary Club; completed Phase I
on the long-term project bike path.
1994-95 - Arranged free entertainment for community through Rotary Village Green Program;
continued to support the Interact program with three local high schools; long-term project Bike Path
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