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

District 6440 Histories 2005
Campaign.
1987-88 - Held a garage sale. Sponsored a RYLA student.
1988-89 - Constructed Ray Rugaard Memorial Pavilion. Donated $3,500 to Easter Seals. Sponsored
student for $1,000 vocational scholarship. Initiated a three-year international project to a hospital in
Bolivia. Donated $600 for a wheelchair for an Easter Seals patient.
1989-90 – Assisted with humanitarian project in Bolivia. Participated in Octoberfest, Villa Park’s 75th
birthday festival, and in “Operation Snowball” at the local high school.
1990-91 - Made significant contributions to “PolioPlus”, a local young quadriplegic man for
communication equipment. Received large gift from estate of a past president for scholarships.
1991-92 - Organized and participated in Summerfest ‘92. Continued contribution to Coochabamba,
Bolivia for medical project. Presented gift of $500 to Lombard YMCA. Participated in Odyssey Of The
Mind program and conducted successful Christmas auction.
1992-93 - Two vocational scholarships awarded. Made grant and enabled a matching grant for a hospital
in Equitas, Peru. Significant gift made to “PolioPlus”. Participated in Operation Snowball and Odyssey
Of The Mind. Made contribution to Villa Park Library. Conducted a successful Summerfest and made a
$1,500 contribution to Easter Seals.
1993-94 - Joined four other Rotary Clubs in applying for a Rotary Foundation matching grant, which
supported a team of dentists who conducted cleft palate surgery on needy children in Taluca, Mexico.
Continued to support the Odyssey Of The Mind program in School Districts 45 and 88, and area
organizations such as Easter Seals and NEDSRA. Initiated support for the Literacy Volunteers of
DuPage to support tutoring for adults in the Villa Park Area. On a monthly basis collected food for the
York Township Food Pantry.
2003 – Sponsored a “refrigerator program” to a town in Thailand.
2004 – Co-sponsored Child Car Seat Safety Program along with the Villa Park Police Dept. We made
available child car seats to needy families.
2005 – Donated Centennial Rotary Year Clock located on the Prairie Path to the Village of Villa Park.
Donated a fishing pier at a local park district pond in the name of a deceased member…Dick Ernst.
2005-06 – Numerous Rotary Club members donate their time in local school “mentoring program.”
Annual -- We have sponsored a "Vocational Scholarship"($1,000) program every year with
Willowbrook HS. We also offer a separate "Scavone Scholarship" ($2,000) to graduating seniors from
Willowbrook HS. These projects above are in addition to our usual annual donations to the local
charities such as Northeast Special Education Program, Easter Seals, DuPage Emergency Center, Illinois
Special Olympics, Ray Graham Program, Diecke Home in Lombard, District 45-- Destination
Imagination Programs, and Tri-town YMCA. We also sponsor a high school student each year for the
World Affairs Seminar.
Our major fundraisers each year includes: Annual Christmas Auction (each year for about 25years);
President's Raffle tickets (for the past 10 years); and Annual Fall Golf Outing (past 5 years).
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