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

District 6440 Histories 2005
Heart II Project in Ecuador, served as Treasurer, volunteered to be Sgt. at Arms at the District
Conference, and hosted the annual club picnic in Wisconsin. Congratulations to Nancy Keppel!
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Rotary Club of Wilmette Chartered March 7, 1924
1934-43 - Transportation cost for crippled children to attend school. Transportation of orphans to Shrine
circus. Lunch for outstanding 8th grade students. Sponsor of Sea Scouts and Girl Scouts. New Trier
football luncheon. Host for Girl Scouts at Shrine Circus. War Relief contributions. Contributions to
Wilmette Service Men’s Center.
1954-65 - Administration of Salk Vaccine.
1968-83 - Contributions: Wilmette fire department ambulance, scholarships, senior citizens, Wilmette
baseball, equipment for nurses, NTHS Jazz band to Europe, Wilmette Civic Affairs, Visiting Nurses
Association, high school graduates’ Educational Awards, and sponsorship of students to President’s
Classroom, Washington, D.C.
1978-87 - Contributions to Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette Beautiful Committee, Los Amigos,
Wilmette Youth Resources and continuation of previous contributions sponsorships. 1979 - First
contributions to “3-H Program’ of Rotary Foundation.
1983-89 - International Projects: Grant for Ghana Agricultural training Project for School, farm, and
ponds to teach grain farming and raising of fish, rabbits, and chickens for food. Training 1,500 trainers
to train others throughout the Nation how to convert grain protein to meat protein. Second, treating 600
suffering from Tuberculosis with the Rotary club of Surendranagar, Gujarat, India. Third is to supply
solar operated radio relay stations connecting the northern part of Suriname to southern part for medical
help, these first three with funding/backing from Rotary International.
The fourth project with the Rotary Club of Cairo, worked with World Wildlife Fund for a Park for Peace
at Ras Mohamred to protect endangered marine life and honor Anwar Sadat as a person of peace. Also
working with the Rotary Club of Cairo - sponsored a student getting her Master’s Degree in Computer
Science. Wilmette Club has PolioPlus Program contributions total over $102,000. Soviet Cultural
Exchange program. All projects still in process for 1990.
1989-90 - Organized second club in the Village of Wilmette called Wilmette Harbor Club. Initiated
Interact Club in Loyola and Regina Schools. Spent $10,000 to renovate Wilmette Youth Resource Club
House. Penang Project: Advanced $8,000 to install a computer facility as part of an existing boys’ club
in Penang, Malaysia.
1991-92 - PADA Project (Parents Against Drug and Alcohol Abuse) inspired by Club President Bob
Larsen and funded by Wilmette Rotary Golf Outing. Organized and Developed (by Jim Allans) Guyana,
Northern Brazil Health for Humanity program bringing doctors, nurses, and medicines. Health and
Hunger program implements work with students at Maryville Academy to help young people from the
inner city. Help Preserve Planet Earth involves the distribution of trees and seedlings to schools,
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