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

District 6440 Histories 2005
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, placed Rotary Cog “Protect our Children” signs near local
schools, and raised $3,000 for PolioPlus.
2000-01 - 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, and Rotary Foundation.
2001-02 – Held first Annual Breakfast with Santa providing Christmas presents and winter coats to 60-
70 needy children from the local community who otherwise would go without. Held last annual “Cow-
Drop” raffle (cow got loose), 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, 2 nd
annual Breakfast with Santa for 60-70 needy children, NISRA, Home of the Sparrow, McHenry County
PADS, RYLA, Rotary Memorial Scholarships to MCC, Rotary Foundation, and donated money to Park
District for Safety Town.
2002-03 - Held first Rotary Car Raffle, sold soda pop, and provided gate security at Crystal Lake
Galafest to raise money for donations to: Continental Amateur Baseball Assoc., Babe Ruth Team, 3 rd
Annual Breakfast with Santa for 60–70 needy children, NISRA, Home of the Sparrow, McHenry
County PADS, RYLA, Rotary Memorial Scholarships to MCC, Rotary Foundation, and raised over
$10,000 for PolioPlus.
2003–04 – Held 2 nd Rotary Car Raffle, sold soda pop, and provided gate security at Crystal Lake
Galafest to raise money for donations to Continental Amateur Baseball Assoc., Babe Ruth Team, 4 th
Annual Breakfast with Santa for 60–70 needy children, NISRA, Home of the Sparrow, McHenry
County PADS, RYLA, Rotary Memorial Scholarships to MCC, Rotary Foundation, raised over $6,000
for PolioPlus, and sponsored Ambassadorial Scholarship winner, Katie Fitzpatrick.
2004–05 – Held 3 rd Rotary Car Raffle, provided gate security at Crystal Lake Galafest (pop sales done
by vendors) to raise money for donations to Continental Amateur Baseball Assoc., Babe Ruth Team, 5 th
Annual Breakfast with Santa for 60–70 needy children, NISRA, Home of the Sparrow, McHenry
County PADS, RYLA, Rotary Memorial Scholarships to MCC, Rotary Foundation, raised $4,000 for
PolioPlus, and sponsored Ambassadorial Scholarship winner, John Fitzpatrick
2005-06: Lloyd Shaw took delivery of a Pontiac after winning the Rotary Car Raffle. The net proceeds
go to our charity fund. Last fall we sold oranges and grapefruit, which brought profit to our charity fund.
We also sold over 200 poinsettias that were raised at McHenry County College. The club will sell again
this fall and will try to up the ante to 500 poinsettias and build on that annually. The Breakfast with
Santa continued last year and we received a lot of financial support that we never received before. We
received a District grant financial donation and other donations from the community that helped us pay
for the toys, clothes and all the things we give to the 65-plus children. We also get entire fruit packages
from local grocery stores for each of the children’s families and two anonymous rotary members donate
to purchase coats for the children. We’ve also committed $1,500 per year to the Crystal Lake food
pantry capital project fund for the next three years.
The club also worked on an international charity project where monies from our club, matched by
District 6440 and then by Rotary International for septic systems and outside bathrooms for two schools
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