Lincoln Rotary donates park
benches for Allison and Ray White Parks
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[October 28, 2023]
On
Wednesday, members of the Lincoln Rotary Club visited Allison Park in
the Mayfair edition in Lincoln to check out the placement of two new
park benches donated to the city by the Rotary.
This is the 100th anniversary of Rotary, and the club hosted a
fundraiser gala earlier this year. According to Rotary President
Mike Starasta and member Darlene Begolka, the fundraiser was
intended to do something to enhance the community. The park benches
answered that quest.
The club lives by the moto of “Service before Self,” and donating to
the community is a part of that service.
It was explained that the benches which are very heavy are made from
recycled bottle caps. The club had started collecting the caps that
could be used as a deposit for the benches. The concepts is that the
group would collect so many pounds of recyclable caps that would be
turned over to the manufacturers of the benches. The benches would
then be made for the club.
However, along the way, the club decided that instead of depositing
the caps for their benches, they would donate the caps collected to
the Lincoln Community High School LEAF club and purchase their
benches outright.
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Seated on the bench Mike Starsta
and Keith Leesman
Behind the bench Bob Chamberlain, Dennis
Campbell, Ellen Burbage, Don Peasley
and Darlene Begolka
The benches arrived in pieces and were put together
by the Rotary members. Then Walt Landers with the city street
department was contacted. There were four benches in total, and two
were placed in Allison Park and the other two in Ray White Park.
Begolka noted that the Rotary has
small plaques on order that will designate that the benches were
donated by the Rotary.
It was also shared that the Rotary is gearing up for the annual
citrus sale. Fruit orders are being taken now through November 21st
with delivery on December 9th and 10th.
[Nila Smith] |