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

District 6440 Histories 2005
1991-92 - Completed “The Rotary Building” (3 year project) and presented the over half million dollar
structure to Crystal Lake Park Dist. Donations to: Babe Ruth Baseball Team, McHenry Co. PADS,
McHenry Co. Easter Seals, Lake Region YMCA, Crystal Lake Food Pantry, Blackhawk County
Conservation Dist., RYLA, Rotary Memorial Scholarship, Crystal Lake Gala Committee. Crystal Lake
Community Arts Council and Crystal Lake Senior Citizens.
1992-93 - Final donations secured for “The Rotary Building” such as gas stove, fig., etc. Donations to
the following: Babe Ruth Baseball Team, McHenry Co. PADS, McHenry Co. Easter Seals, Lake Region
YMCA, Crystal Lake Food Pantry, Blackhawk County Conservation Dist., Rotary Youth Leadership
Awards, Rotary Memorial Scholarship, Crystal Lake Gala Committee. Crystal Lake Community Arts
Council and Crystal Lake Senior Citizens.
1993-94 - Held annual charity raffle with donations to: Babe Ruth Baseball Team, McHenry Co. PADS,
McHenry Co. Easter Seals, Lake Region YMCA, Crystal Lake Food Pantry, Blackhawk County
Conservation Dist., Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, Rotary Memorial Scholarship, Crystal Lake Gala
Committee. Crystal Lake Community Arts Council and Crystal Lake Senior Citizens.
1994-95 - Held annual charity Raffle “Cow Drop”. Donated video equipment to local high school after
theirs had been stolen. Contributions to the following: Junior High for their trip to Washington, D.C.,
Babe Ruth Baseball Team, McHenry Co. PADS, McHenry Co. Easter Seals, Lake Region YMCA,
Crystal Lake Food Pantry, Blackhawk County Conservation Dist., Rotary Youth Leadership Awards,
Rotary Memorial Scholarship, Crystal Lake Gala Committee. Crystal Lake Community Arts Council
and Crystal Lake Senior Citizens.
1995-96 - Donations to the Continental Amateur Baseball Assoc., Babe Ruth Baseball Team, McHenry
Co. PADS, McHenry Co. Easter Seals, Lake Region YMCA, Crystal Lake Food Pantry, Blackhawk
County Conservation Dist., Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, Rotary Memorial Scholarship, Crystal
Lake Gala Committee. Crystal Lake Community Arts Council and Crystal Lake Senior Citizens,
Croatia/Bosnia Relief Fund, Rotary Dist. 6440 Flood Relief and the Foundation.
1996-97 – Held annual “Cow-Drop” raffle and sold soda pop at Crystal Lake Galafest to raise money for
donations to: Continental Amateur Baseball Association, Babe Ruth Baseball Team, Northern Illinois
Special Recreation Association (NISRA) for disabled children, Home of the Sparrow for battered
women, McHenry County PADS, RYLA, Rotary Memorial Scholarships to MCC, sponsored several
local immunization awareness programs, and Rotary Foundation.
1997-98 – Held annual “Cow-Drop” raffle and sold soda pop at Crystal Lake Galafest to raise money for
donations to: Continental Amateur Baseball Association, Babe Ruth Baseball Team, NISRA, Home of
the Sparrow, McHenry County PADS, RYLA, Rotary Memorial Scholarships to MCC, donated money
and equipment to clinic in Mexico for children with cerebral palsy, and Rotary Foundation.
1998-99 – Held annual “Cow-Drop” raffle, sold soda pop, and provided gate security at Crystal Lake
Galafest to raise money for donations to: Continental Amateur Baseball Association, Babe Ruth
Baseball Team, NISRA, Home of the Sparrow, McHenry County PADS, RYLA, Rotary Memorial
Scholarships to MCC, Rotary Foundation, and donated money for Home of the Sparrow to build a fence
around their sanctuary.
1999-2000 - Held annual “Cow-Drop” raffle, sold soda pop, and provided gate security at Crystal Lake
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