 All present and former Mount Pulaski Rotarians as well as a
contingent from Lincoln Rotary are asked to attend. Rotarians from
other clubs and from Rotary District 6490 have also been invited.
Following the dedication, there will be a luncheon at Buff's
Restaurant on the west side of the square in Mount Pulaski.
Directions to the dedication: Take Route 121 from Lincoln; turn
right at the edge of Mount Pulaski onto Elkhart blacktop; turn left
at Washington Street. The memorial is on top of the knoll on the
right side. Park along Washington Street or drive into the cemetery
and park alongside the gravesites below the memorial and walk up.
In case of inclement weather, the public is asked to meet at
Buff's Restaurant on the Mount Pulaski square at 10 a.m.
It was Lincoln Rotary that sponsored the Mount Pulaski Rotary
Club in 1936. The Mount Pulaski group was chartered Oct. 22, 1936.
Harry Wible and Virgil Wynd were elected president and secretary,
respectively.
With the motto "the little club with the big heart," the Mount
Pulaski Rotary has made storied contributions to the community.
Every year since the early 1950s, the club has awarded up to four
scholarships to Mount Pulaski High School graduating seniors with
plans to attend college.
Last year Rotary International became involved in the disaster
relief efforts in Haiti. The organization collected funds worldwide
to purchase $1,000 ShelterBoxes for Haitian refugees. The units
contained a tent as well as foods and necessary supplies to help
those made homeless by the terrible earthquake.
The Mount Pulaski club collected and donated a full $1,000 to
purchase one such ShelterBox, with 75 percent of the funds coming
from the members themselves.
The club also contributes to the Mount Pulaski Library Summer
Reading Program and the Mount Pulaski Community Pride Fall Festival.
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That would be plenty of service for many clubs, but not so for
this group. They also contribute to the Lincoln/Logan County Food
Pantry, the Mount Pulaski Athletic Boosters and the Heart of
Illinois Workcamp.
The club also meets its obligations of being a Rotarian
organization that takes a worldview and contributes to help other
peoples in other lands.
Besides the Haitian ShelterBox, the club has contributed for
several years to PolioPlus, which focuses on global immunization
efforts, and has played a leadership role with the World Health
Organization, CDC and UNICEF in bringing the world to the brink of
polio eradication.
In addition to their own personal generosity, the club has two
main sources of collecting funds: the annual Rotary Christmas citrus
drive and the Illinois State Fair tram service.
[Text from Phil Bertoni, LDN
archives, Rotary website]
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