 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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