Oberlin Rotary

Upcoming Events...............

March 4th - the Oberlin Rotary club holds its annual pancake breakfast. The proceeds from
this event are earmarked for several international projects. Time: 8:00am -1:00 pm at the
Oberlin High School.

March 16th - Four-Way Speech contest at Oberlin Rotary Meeting

March 31st - District Assembly

Other Club Activities............

a) We are selling raffle tickets for a chance to win 3 casesof wine - $10.00 per ticket (will
e-mail you a copy of the ticket) we have a possible chance to raise upward of $10,000.00.
at minimal cost to the club.
b) We have given $1,000.00 for a shelter box.
c) We will be supporting the "Back Pack" program - the interact students will be filling back
packs for students to take home on weekends - with food and snacks (additional
information can be supplied by Donna Shurr.)

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

February 18th - The Annual Paul Harris Celebration was held and three certificates were
presented:
- Shirley Hull (Club)
- Linda Basche (Club)
- Donald G. Heuring 1 (Don Heuring)
Congrats to three very deserving recipients!

February 14th - A youth exchange meeting was held on the 14th of February. Heidi
Fredrickson (Melanie Satterfields daughter) is going to be a short term exchange.

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.