New Officer Installation & Rotarian of the Year
New officers were installed, a Rotary Foundation Benefactor was recognized and our Rotarian of the Year was awarded at our annual Club Picnic at Sen. Robert Morgan’s home on Thursday, June 24, 2010.
New Club President, Karen Kratz, Secretary, Cameron Barr, and Treasurer, Ronald Jaynes were sworn in as the new 2010-2011 Club Officers. Absent was new Club Incoming-President, Jason Wunsch (who will be sworn in July 1st).
Ann Hood, Honorary Member and wife of member Glenn Hood was surprised (and Glenn was too!) when President Bill Hobbs presented her with Rotarian of the Year. Ann has been an instrumental volunteer for our annual fund-raiser, the Cornelius Harnett Gala. She has also participated in other club events and has been ready and willing to help in all facets of the clubs activities. Congrats Ann!
Also recognized was our second Rotary Foundation Benefactor, Karen Kratz. She was presented a pin, pendent and crystal statue by Glenn Hood, our districts’ Foundation Chair.
We were thrilled to host four of our scholarship winners and their families too. Catering by Howard’s Barbecue was a delicious affair, and despite the heat, a good time was had by all.
New Paul Harris Fellow
Helaine Moesner, one of our newest members, became a Paul Harris Fellow on June 10, 2010. Helaine has been one of our more enthusiastic volunteers. Unfortunately she will be leaving us for a bit while she is stationed over in Korea for the next year (or two?). She will remain a member of our club however, and will take the goodwill of our club, plus some of our club’s banners, with her in her travels to share with other Rotary clubs around the world.
Rotary helps kick polio out of Africa
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In the months leading up to the FIFA World Cup, Rotary club members across Africa are supporting the push to kick polio out of the continent.
In February, Rotary launched its Kick Polio Out of Africa awareness campaign with the symbolic kicking of a soccer ball signed by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who had polio as a child.
From Cape Town, one of the host cities of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the ball is traveling through 22 polio-affected countries to Egypt, en route to the Rotary International Convention in Montreal in June. The journey is underwritten by DHL Express. In each location, Rotary clubs are organizing football-related awareness events to mobilize the public for Pan-African mass immunizations this spring.
Join the global movement to Kick Polio Out of Africa by signing the virtual ball and passing it on to a friend!
Follow the ball on its journey across Africa, and learn more about this historic push to eradicate polio from the continent.
What is Rotary?
The Rotary Club of Lillington is an organization of business and professional persons united with worldwide Rotary clubs who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world. You can learn more about our Club's projects and events within this site.
Chartered on October 23, 1937, the Rotary Club of Lillington has helped to make a better community. Working with the schools and helping build facilities for civic clubs and other events, the Rotary Club of Lillington has been a supporter of youth and education in our community and in the world.