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

District 6440 Histories 2005
and sponsoring a project booth on WHIS-RAD.
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Rotary Club of Richmond Chartered Sept. 9, 1954
Sponsor annually: Senior high school Girls night and senior high school Boys night for Richmond-
Burton and Alden-Hebron High Schools. Annual fundraisers include antique car project, spaghetti
dinner, and an auction. Each year participates in the Richmond Round-Up Days.
Previous contributions and projects: $5,000 donated to Woodstock Hospital to furnish a room in
maternity section; $1,000 street signs and road guide maps of Richmond area; $360 painting Richmond
water tower; annual drapes for stage at high school and Bicycle Safety program. $960 wrestling mats for
high school gym; $100 to send boy to boy’s state and girl to girl’s state annually; $785 Richmond
library. Purchase of rainwear for patrol at school crossing; donated flag pole at high school; annual trip
to Cub ball game for Safety Patrol children, $1,000 donation toward tennis courts at grade school;
annual collection for Easter Seal Drive.
$2,156 building of Park Shelter in conjunction with Richmond Lions Club; $1,000 donation for Hebron
Rescue Squad; $1,250 donation for Spring Grove Fire Department emergency lighting system; $6,000
concession stand and restrooms at city park. Clean up day at Nippersink Creek of debris; $100 little
league catcher’s equipment; $1,500 scholarship for Richmond-Burton and Alden-Hebron High Schools;
$100 grade school lighting; $1,583 for top surfacing of tennis courts at grade school plus striping
applied by club; $200 for Exuma Island Project.
1981-83 - Contributions: $1,730 to McHenry County Rescue Boat with other McHenry County Rotary
Clubs an equal amount; $2,500 toward purchase of a room at Northern Ill. Medical Center (McHenry
Hospital); $150 towards the purchase of blood testing equipment for a local elementary school age child;
$600 to Richmond-Spring Grove Chamber of Commerce to erect welcome signs for community; $400
towards the purchase of computer equipment at Alden-Hebron High School; $2,000 for local youth
athletic activities; $250 to aid two local families burned out of their homes; $50 to Hebron National
Honor Society; $200 toward purchase of van for senior citizens; $50 toward purchase of radios or vans,
$4,500 in scholarships at Richmond-Burton HS and Alden-Hebron HS for seniors to pursue college or
vocational training; contribute approximately 40 Christmas gifts each year to local nursing home
residents.
1987 - Activity sign in Richmond for area $2,500.
1988 - Books for Hebron Library $1,250; start of Creative Arts Center of Nippersink $1,000; Nippersink
Library computer $1,000; roofing of old school building in Union, IL, Historical Museum $800;
Richmond area Boy Scouts $300; and sign and entrance work in Spring Grove Park $2,025.
1989 - 13 Scholarships for Richmond-Burton and Hebron High Schools $3,250; Richmond-Burton track
team uniforms $1,000; Richmond area (Daisies) Girl Scouts $100; Richmond pony league uniforms
$550; Richmond area food pantry $400; student to RYLA conference $500.
1989-90 - Youth Exchange $542.66, nine scholarships $4,950, Rotary Foundation $1,100, RYLA $480,
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