Oberlin Rotary

Past News...............

December 14th - Holiday Adopt-a-Family: Rotary helped four area families!

November 15th - Congratulations Vitoria Maciel, our Inbound Youth
Exchange student from Brazil, for making the Oberlin High School Cheerleading
Squad. Way to go Vi !!!!

November 8th - Generous donations of blankets and clothing for
El Salvador flood relief were donated to Rotary's MESA program.

October 15th - Over $36,000 was raised at Rotary's annual fall auction.
These monies are then reinvested into the community --- thanks to all
who contributed and helped to make this event a success.

June 10th - The Oberlin Rotary Club Communiy Fund has pledged a collaborative project
with the Oberlin Underground Railroad Center Implementation Team. The Community Fund
has committed to constructing a bicycle shelter on the site of the
Oberlin Underground Railroad Center (UGRRC) project. The project will be part of the
celebration of the Oberlin Rotary Club�s 75th Anniversary which will be commemorated in
June of 2013. The anticipated construction of the bicycle shelter will be done by the City of
Oberlin in the spring/summer of 2012.

May 25th - Francine Toss thanks Rotary - learn more.

May 21st - Several Rotarians were out helping with PRIDE Day. Thanks again!

May 14th - Congrats to four recipients of the John D. Cole Oberlin Rotary STRIVE
Scholarship: John Srawley (Firelands High School), Stephanie Jackson (Keystone High
School), Justin Walker (Wellington High School), and Brandel Baylock (Oberlin High School).

May 1st - Oberlin Rotary participates in the annual "BIG Parade".

April 30th - Special thanks to Don Heuring and the team of Rotarians & Walmart employees
who did a preliminary clean-up at Martin Luther King Jr. Park! Next clean-up is May 21st.

April 29th - 18 Members of the Firelands High School STRIVE program visited the Oberlin
Rotary Club.

March 18th - The Oberlin Rotary club prepares to help victims of the Japanese through the
Shelter Box Program.

March 12th - President-Elect Curt Paul attends the All-Ohio Presidents Elect Training
program in Columbus. Rotarians Ronnie Cole and Rex Engle serve on the training program.

March 5th - the Oberlin Rotary club holds its annual pancake breakfast. The proceeds from
this event are earmarked for several international projects.

February 26th - Paul Harris Celebration - Fifty Rotarians, guests and spouses witnessed
the presentation of Five Paul Harris Fellow's which is the Rotary Foundation's way of
expressing its appreciation for a substantial contribution to its humanitarian and educational
programs.