Mayor proclaims Feb. 23 as Lincoln Rotary Club Day    

[FEB. 23, 2005]  During the Lincoln City Council meeting Tuesday night, Mayor Beth Davis proclaimed Wednesday, Feb. 23, as Lincoln Rotary Club and Rotary International Day in Lincoln.

The Rotary Club of Lincoln will celebrate Rotary's 100 years of civic service with a dinner this evening at Taylor Hall, located on the campus of Lincoln Christian College. The dinner begins at 6 p.m. and includes a program to be given by Rotarian Barbara O'Donohue about the African project Children of Pokot Educational Fund.

The Lincoln Rotary Club, which received its charter from Rotary International in 1923, will also view for the first time a locally produced 100th anniversary video to commemorate the milestone anniversary. The video will run on local cable station CITV-5 starting today.

Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards and help to build good will and peace in the world. Paul P. Harris formed the world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, on Feb. 23, 1905. The name Rotary is derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices. Today there are approximately 1.2 million Rotary club members of more than 30,000 Rotary clubs in 163 countries.

[News release from Rotary Club 3272 of Lincoln]